young Echinacea

Gallery: FloraPosted July 6, 201158 views10 comments

I was playing around with my macro lens and extension tubes and took this close-up of a young Echinacea in my flower bed. When I clicked on automatic levels duing processing,the BG took on a purplish hue. I liked how it set off the flower and decided to leave it.

Canon Rebel T1i. 90mm macro lens with 21mm extension tube. F/3.5 for 1/5 sec. ISO 200.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on July 6, 2011 at 7:40 PM

BG works for me, Carolyn. Nice comp and sharp details up front. Nice job.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 6, 2011 at 8:10 PM

Carolyn, this is pretty with a slanted composition and nice details. You can make a series out of this by making three or more photos at different stages and put them all in one frame.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 6, 2011 at 9:41 PM

I like the bg too Carolyn. Glad you stayed with it. It's really your dof decision that I like most in this though. Love what it does to the back of the flower and the stem. Beautiful image.

pat

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 6, 2011 at 11:50 PM

Carolyn: Really nice DOF management and a fine image. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Morgan Casey on July 7, 2011 at 7:27 AM

Beautiful DoF and PoV in this. I really like how the petals seem to glow and the lighting is great. Well cone.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on July 7, 2011 at 7:56 AM

Great choice of POV & DOF Carolyn
really like the image

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Comment posted by Derek Yow on July 7, 2011 at 12:15 PM

Stellar shot Carolyn! Love the details and POV!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 7, 2011 at 6:33 PM

Very unique, creative and well done. Wonderful work!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 7, 2011 at 10:53 PM

Hi Carolyn

Stunning detail, BG, and color!!!

Extremely well done