Blue eyed Mary

Gallery: FloraPosted April 13, 201257 views4 comments

Found a small bunch of these spring flowers in front of an old log which was broken open, giving a light tan BG instead of the usual green.

Canon T3i
1/160 @ F-9 ISO 100
Canon EF 100mm macro USM
tripod, cable release, live view.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 13, 2012 at 6:01 PM

The background sets the flower off nicely. Nice details, especially the bits of pollen on the right lip.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on April 14, 2012 at 9:03 AM

I like this nice flower portrait. The colors fit well with BG. I wish it would be displayed in square format.

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on April 15, 2012 at 7:33 AM

Beautiful details and colors...... the light tan background really does set it off well, doesn't it! Did you try angling it at all?? I wonder how that would add or detract to the image?

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on April 15, 2012 at 5:45 PM

John, this is a nice find and a great subject, but to be perfectly honest, I find the background very distracting. Maybr if you had waited till the sun went down to avoid the contrasty light and dark areas. Just my personal preference.

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