Seeing [now less] Yellow

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 8, 2011397 views22 comments

Yellow Flag Iris is a European endemic that escapes from cultivation to become an invasive species here in North America. Unfortunately it can crowd out native plants and be hard to remove. It's quite photogenic though, and can really put on a show when blooming. This was taken along the edge of Ice House Lake in the Columbia River Gorge.

Nikon D80
Nikon 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 at 12 mm
1/30 sec at f/16 and ISO 100
Hand blend of four photos for DOF

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Jay Levin on June 8, 2011 at 5:17 PM

I love the stunning foreground in this image, John, and how it leads into the background forest. The raindrops greatly add to the image. The large view shows excellent color and detail in the background. Great location find.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on June 8, 2011 at 5:26 PM

superbly blended and composed. i would have loved to have seen more of the leaves with the drops. not sure if my eyes are deceiving me (and it's late so it's possible) but there appears to be a yellow cast somewhere around the center of the image

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 8, 2011 at 5:46 PM

Beautiful image. Great depth and the yellows really stand out amid all the green.

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Comment posted by Daniel Ewert on June 8, 2011 at 6:11 PM

John, I think your comp is superb in this one and those yellow blooms are really lovely. I am wondering if the image is just slightly too warm? Probably a matter of taste. In any event, nice work!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 8, 2011 at 6:18 PM

I feel like I am at the edge of the lake, smelling the flowers and taking in the scene. Very peaceful and tranquil image.

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on June 8, 2011 at 8:02 PM

So deceiving they are. Quite beautiful though and I think you captured them perfectly John.
Love the dappled water drops and hazy mood.
Nicely captured

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on June 8, 2011 at 8:29 PM

Fantastic comp John. There is a slight yellow cast in the greens, but then again, a matter of taste and I like it. I love the wide angle perspective. I might be tempted to crop out the sky, but again, a matter of taste. A crop does seem to focus more on those beautiful yellow flowers and grasses. Enjoyable spring scene for sure.

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Comment posted by Jay Patel on June 8, 2011 at 8:52 PM

One of the advantages of the crop factor camera is that you can get very close to the subject with that super wide lens without having to do fancy DOF blending. Superbly executed image.

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on June 8, 2011 at 10:16 PM

John this is quite nice. Lovely colors, and that flower near the bottom is very intriguing.

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Comment posted by Gary Crabbe on June 9, 2011 at 12:01 AM

Really very nicely done, especially that the sky caps the image without being too bright to steal attention away from the flowers.

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Comment posted by John Williams on June 9, 2011 at 1:23 AM

Thanks for the feedback! Especially about the yellow. To a certain extent, it was by choice (thus the title), but in looking back at the file the blue channel blocked up a bit when I moved back to rgb from lab and it went a little farther than I had intended. Here's a less yellow version.

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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on June 9, 2011 at 2:32 AM

Excellent!!! Like the comp and colors

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 9, 2011 at 8:15 AM

Love how vivd and sharp everything looks here. Great sense of immediacy John.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on June 9, 2011 at 8:47 AM

Nicely captured John. The FG is really sweet. I wish the BG had a little more to offer comp-wise, but still nice.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on June 9, 2011 at 12:01 PM

Really nice John. Excellent depth and the composition is great. The city I work for has been working hard to keep these from taking over the local lake. Too bad, I had planned on photographing some first.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on June 9, 2011 at 2:56 PM

Very impressive blending John. Also, a very natural rendering of the scene. I could see changing the color balance to about about +7 in the mids in the blue/yellow channel. The touch of grey sky adds some much needed breathing room. Really well done.

Michael

PS - sorry didn't see the re-post or read others comments. Looking better!

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by David Edwards on June 9, 2011 at 7:13 PM

A beautiful shot, John. Your dof hand blend looks invisible, and the general processing looks excellent. A wonderful composition... I really like the intimacy of the fg flowers. I don't mind the original version with the cast... gives it a further warm, soft glow to the mood. Beautiful work.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 9, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Gorgeous color and marvelous comp.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 10, 2011 at 1:10 PM

Awesome, John--the repost looks much better!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 10, 2011 at 1:17 PM

I love this image John. Awesome work! Such a peaceful feel looking at this.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Helmut Steidl on June 11, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Hello John

Perfect composition .... I love the fresh green, and the poppy yellow of the Flowers in the image .... The DOF of this Image is amazing
I love it ....

Best Regards from Austria
Helmut

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on June 11, 2011 at 12:51 PM

Gorgeous. I was there last fall and now you have me itching to go again in the spring/summer.

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