Seattle Flower n Garden

Gallery: FloraPosted February 11, 2012317 views11 comments

Went to find inspiration and beauty at the Seattle Flower and Garden Show today. Snapped off a few shots.

This was with Zeiss 100mm, F20 and about 1/2 second shutter.

PScript: Thanks for comments. The light was both filtered window and flood lights...mostly incadescent. The 1/2 to 1 sec shutter allowed me to place my hand to shade a portion of the flood lights in order to avoid strong shadow lines. Then I experimented by moving my hand during exposure to allow some flood lights through to brighten portions whilst softening the shadows rather than eliminating them entirely. That latter activity produced the best light and tones.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM

Ken: I think you found your beauty for sure. I especially like the comp and colors. The blues in the BG are especially pleasing to me. Most excellent.>=))>

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on February 11, 2012 at 7:10 PM

Primroses in abundance !!! Lovely colours and I like the detail.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 11, 2012 at 8:03 PM

Beautiful combination of form and color. this is lovely

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 11, 2012 at 8:49 PM

Ken, this is gorgeous. I am not sure if it is the result of your post processing, the light, or some combination, but the color tones couldn't be better.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 11, 2012 at 8:51 PM

Great collection of colors. I like how you've spread them through the frame. As a minor nit, I could see cropping most of the leaves at the top to further emphasize the flowers.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 12, 2012 at 4:03 AM

Ken:
The color is gorgeous. The light is not even throughout which makes this special. Is this natural light?

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on February 12, 2012 at 2:21 PM

Remarkable lighting, Ken - really effective !! And this is superbly composed and executed to give a heightened mood. Beautiful !!

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on February 14, 2012 at 6:59 PM

This is beautiful, Ken. Great technique applied. The vignetting works really well.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 15, 2012 at 2:53 PM

Great technique to render a gorgeous image.
Congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on February 15, 2012 at 4:32 PM

I really liked this image, Ken. Many congrats on the EP !!

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Comment posted by Shrinivas Sharma on February 16, 2012 at 12:20 AM

Congratulations on EP. Well deserved

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