Showy Peavine

Gallery: FloraPosted April 8, 201261 views11 comments

The spring flowers are starting to bloom. Taken at Cedar Canyon. This year we are not going to have the masses of flowers we had last year. By the 1st of June last year we were 9" above normal for moisture, in the month of March this year we had 0" of moisture. It is very dry. All comments and critiques are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
Sigma 70-300
All settings on manual
Shutter 1/1000
Aperture f8
ISO 250
300mm
Tripod
Slight color correction in PSE9

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on April 8, 2012 at 5:40 PM

I like how your background is blurred, and good focus on the front of the flower! The lighting is a little bit harsh...perhaps a diffuser panel could have helped a little bit. Also I am wondering if the white balance is off a little bit but I am not sure what to do about that...maybe it is slightly too red?
Pretty little flower!

Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 8, 2012 at 9:04 PM

A pretty flower, Richard. Unless the wind was blowing (hence the f/8, 1/1000), you could have gotten a great more dof, since you were on a tripod.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Southard on April 8, 2012 at 9:30 PM

Nice color, comp, and BG. And, I think I'm seeing a dust speck just to the right of the top of the flower.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on April 8, 2012 at 10:12 PM

Nice capture of beautiful flower. I like this image but I'm not quite sure about the tight vertical format. You shoud try allowing more space on the side.

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

Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on April 9, 2012 at 6:50 AM

Beautiful flower portrait, Richard! I love the color of the BG, it suits very well with the color of the flower.

Registered on March 16, 2006, 419 Posts, 2076 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on April 9, 2012 at 10:44 AM

I like this portrait Richard, the BG and BG control make this for me. I also see what appears to be a dust orb just to the right of the bloom, but that is easy to handle. Well done in my opinion.
Bob

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

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 9, 2012 at 12:55 PM

Lovely job of capturing the flower against the oof background. The details in the flower are really nice. I also see the dust spec, but as said by others that's an easy fix.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on April 10, 2012 at 1:38 PM

Beautiful flower and bg. The color of the bg goes very well with the flower.

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on April 10, 2012 at 6:09 PM

beautiful contrast in bg color with the bloom.... nice colors overall!

Registered on March 8, 2012, 39 Posts, 509 Comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on April 12, 2012 at 9:14 PM

Wonderfully captured Richard, love the colour and detail , I think Eirini had a great tip about using a diffuser to help tone down the lighting just a tad.

Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 13, 2012 at 10:28 AM

Hi Richard

Well composed with a good background

I think Eirini 's suggestion about a diffuser should make these delightful colors even better

Albert Darmo

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