Wild Chicory

Gallery: FloraPosted August 1, 201160 views11 comments

Chicory, Cichorium intybus.

Olympus E-5
50mm F 2 macro
4 sec @ F22 -0.3 EV
flash off
2 umbrella reflector 5500k lamps
spot metering
ISO 200
manual focus
tripod
full frame
Shot 6/31/2011

Large view provided

Thanks you all for comments and critique

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 1, 2011 at 4:04 PM

Beautiful color Charlie and an absolutely perfect bg for it for my tastes. Sweet light, ideal placement in the frame and very fine detail. As fine an image of chicory as I've seen. Superb.

pat

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

Comment posted by Miro Susta on August 1, 2011 at 11:46 PM

Very nice combination of color and light. Nicely done Charlie.

Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 2, 2011 at 12:02 PM

Tastefully done, Charlie. Reminds me of Stephen Kahn's series a year or so back

. I like the hint of yellow splattered at the center.

As a side note, the whole flower looks "stretched" - perhaps due to the angle chosen.

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

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on August 2, 2011 at 1:30 PM

Ram, the yellow is a nice note in this for me too. I shot this at many angles and this does look stretched. It was the image with the best outcome of the pollen and yellow in the center.

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

Comment posted by David Spindle on August 2, 2011 at 7:04 PM

Great composition, and color. I love the detail on the pollen, and the way the center "glows".

Registered on July 25, 2011, 16 Posts, 45 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on August 2, 2011 at 8:38 PM

Beautiful color and detail here, Charlie. I like your composition with the flower filling the frame and the nicely blurred background.

Registered on May 28, 2004, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 2, 2011 at 9:53 PM

Hi Charlie

Best shot of a Wild Chicory I've seen

The detail ,color and light are perfect

Albert Darmo
Abstractland

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

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 3, 2011 at 11:55 AM

Great detail and composition Charlie. Superb presentation in my opinion.
Bob

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

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on August 3, 2011 at 10:34 PM

Charlie, I love the comp and the light and the color, the texture and the detail.

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

Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 4, 2011 at 8:27 PM

Excellent detail and color. Very well done.

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

Comment posted by Krunal Janani on August 5, 2011 at 1:27 AM

What a lovely looking little flower Charlie,
the yellow in the center is what makes this image so special to me
Charlie maybe u sud start doing stacking it'll really be very helpful in this kind of images

Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments