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Wood Anemone
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Wood Anemone

by John Robinson

Gallery: FloraPosted June 10, 201195 views6 comments
Done outside with black card backdrop.
D200
Sigma 50mm macro
100 ISO 250th @f8
4 Stacked images czm
Slight crop
Levels Paint Shop Pro.
Cheers
JohnR

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 10, 2011 at 6:24 PM
John:
This is fantastic. The black bg works really well to showcase these two beauties. Great placement on the frame and the flowers are facing just the right way to show the centers in both. Congrat on a very beautiful image. :toast:
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 11, 2011 at 5:09 AM
Beautiful work John. These really show well against the black. As a documentary image i think your composition is perfect. As an alternative, not an improvement, I might consider a tighter crop on the blooms, removing some of the foliage. I'd just like to see more of the blooms.

Given the stack, the detail is exceptional of course. Very fine image.

pat
Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
Comment posted by John Robinson on June 11, 2011 at 6:19 AM
Thanks both.
Pat -yes here is a cropped one . It does seem to add a bit of attention to the blooms themselves. Your right again :smile: :biggrin:
Cheers
JohnR
Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 11, 2011 at 6:43 AM
Like how the black background makes the plant stand out. In your cropped version you have clipped the leaf on the upper left... suggest redoing and leaving entirely in. Another possibility would be a white background which would give it more of a fine art botany print feel. Lots of options here for this beautiful flower and image. :wavey:
Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 11, 2011 at 4:36 PM
The crop is better. It puts so much more emphasis on the flowers. Quite lovely.
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 11, 2011 at 10:07 PM
Hi John :wavey: Both shots are beautiful, but the crop shows up the blooms even better :jump: Love the color, BG. and light :toast:
Albert Darmo
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments