Peonies from a friend's

Gallery: FloraPosted June 10, 201145 views4 comments

Still learning to use my D700.
This image was shot inside with natural light under 2 skylights.
I used a black velvet background
D700
Nikkor 60 mm f/2.8 micro lens
f/13.0 @1/8 sec
ISO 1600
Camera profiled with ColorChecker Passport
Eizo Monitor profiled w/ColorMunki
Tripod
Processed with LR3/ CS5 w/ Nik filters
C&C please.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 11, 2011 at 5:17 AM

Beautifully done Dave. Strong composition and the black bg serves you well here. A very fine peony image.

pat

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 11, 2011 at 6:49 AM

Nice composition, beautiful flowers and perfect dof. Dramatic elegant feel to the image. Well done!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 11, 2011 at 4:36 PM

I am so glad you posted this over here, David. Extraordinary shot, imo.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 13, 2011 at 6:23 PM

lovely whites, David and a fine composition. I like the isolation of the flowers on the black bg and the grouping.

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