Iris innards

Gallery: FloraPosted June 5, 201180 views15 comments

Our favorite Iris. The tallest, darkest and we think most outstanding beauty. Clipped, taken inside and shot with 2 umbrella reflected lights and chosen background.

Olympus E-t
50 mm F2 macro
aperture priority
1/3 sec @ F7.1 -1 EV
flash off
vivid mode
+2 saturation
High key gradation
spot metering ISO 200
manual focus
tripod

Large view provided

Thank you for any response.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on June 5, 2011 at 9:45 PM

The lighting, colors and settings all team up to make this a superb portrait of a beautiful subject Charlie. Wonderfully captured.
Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 6, 2011 at 7:29 AM

Very powerful composition, Charlie, and wonderfully rich colouring ! The sharpness and textures are just superb. I can see why this is your favourite among the irises.

Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 6, 2011 at 8:13 AM

I love the rich color Charlie as well as the bg. It seems to me to be the perfect color complement to the flower. I think your composition emphasizes the bilateral symmetry in the subject and being a symmetry junkie that really appeals to me. Gorgeous subject and presentation.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 6, 2011 at 11:46 AM

Charlie: Got a nice little

-meter spike on this one! I like this very much as is and would also consider a small crop from the top to fill the upper frame a bit more like the bottom. I would not crop away all of the BG as that would make the top too tight for the upper beard. Your lighting is absolutely perfect as is the color rendition. Striking subject superbly rendered. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on June 6, 2011 at 4:06 PM

Wow, Charlie. The flower is so wrapping that seems to hug you. Superb colors and detail.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 6, 2011 at 4:40 PM

Its all been said and I agree... a great subject for its beauty and color. Nice dof choice and comp. Love it!

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 6, 2011 at 5:00 PM

To me the background at the top is essential for this composition - the back petal gives it a feeling of greater depth. Lovely colors and fantastic depth of field. Lovely work, Charlie

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 6, 2011 at 5:24 PM

Thank you all for really nice comments, Bill and Ram I did some cropping variations and decided not to post other variations because at this point I prefer the posted version. I'll fool some more and if I come up with another that is better I'll post it.

Thanks again, all.

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 6, 2011 at 7:56 PM

Just glorious! Fantastic color, superb lighting and detail.

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on June 6, 2011 at 9:22 PM

Striking image.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 7, 2011 at 1:51 AM

Charlie:
Perfect lighting to bring out the really striking color!!

This is one of my favorites from you. You have moved out the realm of documentary pictures to definitely artsy one. Congrats.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 7, 2011 at 9:12 AM

Thats some great detail and colors. I would suggest asmall crop off the top as well and then it's Perfect!

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on June 7, 2011 at 6:35 PM

Spectacular detail and a strikingly beautiful image. I can see why this is a favorite

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on June 8, 2011 at 8:17 AM

Charlie, I'm grinning at your title. :) These are some of the richest colors I can imagine, and the light is wonderful. In the larger version you can see the beauty of the textures so well.

Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 8, 2011 at 12:04 PM

Hi Charlie

This is marvelous. stunning color, light, BG, and detail

Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments