Chives with a Visitor

Gallery: FloraPosted August 18, 201179 views15 comments

Sometimes you do get lucky. This was spotted by my friend who I coach every weekend in Abstracts and Close-Ups. I am thankful to him.

ND200, 200mm F/4 Micronikkor, F/11, 1/40 Sec, ISO200, Overcast conditions and Tripod. I wanted a bit more depth of field but it would mess up the background.

Thanks a lot for your comments on Arrows and do let me know if this finds any favour with you.

I have a D300s on order and have also acquired AFS 60mm F/2.8 Macro lens from Nikon. Next weekend I should be shooting with the new D300s.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 18, 2011 at 10:17 PM

Ram:
Congrat on getting the D300 and the damsel. Not waiting for the D800?

I like bugs and flowers and seeing both in the same image is just a treat. They seem to go well together in this photo. When I get bored of the flower, I just go down the frame and admire the DF and then go back up again to flower.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 18, 2011 at 10:43 PM

Congrats on the 300s Ram but mostly congrats on this image. For my tastes the balance between subject clarity and bg softness is perfect here. Beautiful colors and about as representative image of late summer as I can imagine. Again, a very fine image for my tastes. Love the warm color palette.

pat

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

Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on August 18, 2011 at 11:15 PM

Beautiful photo, Ram. I like the combo of insect and flora. Wonderful comp, blurred BG, and lighting. Great natural scene!

Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on August 18, 2011 at 11:17 PM

I like the composition and the leading line here though wish for some more DOF on the flowers. Enjoy your D300s... the extra FPS will come in handy for those quick moving flowers

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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 18, 2011 at 11:22 PM

The flower is great and the dragonfly is great. Getting both against that beautiful soft BG is exceptional.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 19, 2011 at 12:35 AM

Ram,

How's the saying go? Luck favors the prepared? Luck or not, you nailed it. Great nature moment. I'm absolutely loving the bg here, it really has a water color look as well as texture. Fabulous capture.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on August 19, 2011 at 10:43 AM

You kept a wonderful balance here me thinks. The overall blend of soft colors and nice detail on your 2 supjects reveals care in you choices. At F11 that BG must have been far away.

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

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on August 19, 2011 at 12:59 PM

Very nice, Ram. Perfect BG and colours. Maybe some more room at the top and the bottom would work fine.

D&L

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 19, 2011 at 4:24 PM

Good job of keeping the damsel and the flower in focus. It's also a very nice pairing with both elements looking so delicate.

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Comment posted by David Spindle on August 19, 2011 at 7:05 PM

This is really a beautiful photograph, Ram. I reminds me a lot of John Shaw's work. F/11 worked perfectly for both subjects and background and you obviously took great care to stay in alignment. Very nice work!

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

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on August 19, 2011 at 7:39 PM

Nice. Beautiful dof for the detail in both bloom and bug. A nice natural looking bg, too. Really well done.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 19, 2011 at 10:04 PM

Hi Ram

All your images have been thought out before,in your very creative mind. and are all nearly perfect

Love the idyllic mood of this capture. the subjects and the composition are beautiful

Albert Darmo

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

Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 20, 2011 at 2:24 PM

Ram: Great party crasher that adds a lot to a really fine Flora shot to begin with. Superb BG.

>=))>

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 20, 2011 at 9:25 PM

Great work Ram, two very well captured subjects in one image.
Bob

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 23, 2011 at 7:05 PM

The background is so lovely and makes such a perfect backdrop for the portrait of the damsel fly and chives! This tells a story as well. Excellent!

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