Fragility

Gallery: FloraPosted May 1, 2012159 views17 comments

I have been told these small flowers, grouped in threes, are a variety of chrysanthemum - they do seem to be of the Asteraceae family, but I would be grateful for an ID. They seemed to me particularly fragile, and so I've gone for a somewhat high key effect.

Canon 400D, 100mm Macro lens, 1/6 sec @ f9, + 1.33 ev, Helicon stack. natural light indoors

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 1, 2012 at 9:23 AM

Excellent grouping of the twin and triplet, Ian. Pastel shades through-out are also highly pleasing. I would let go of the small portions of the leaves in the lower left corner, but certainly not a deal breaker.

Astrantia is the ID for this flower.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 1, 2012 at 9:48 AM

Thanks, Ram, for the ID - I was way off beam !!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 1, 2012 at 11:11 AM

Hi Ian :wavey A beautifully arranged and delicate floral composition

The pastel color tones work wonderfully well with the high-key background

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on May 1, 2012 at 12:08 PM

I like this group very much. Nice colours and BG.

D&L

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on May 1, 2012 at 12:20 PM

Excellent presentation and awesome delicate colors on this image- Your composition choice couldn't be better than this- Thanks for sharing, Fabio

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on May 1, 2012 at 12:47 PM

Ian, this is absolutely gorgeous! Perfect comp IMO and wonderful colors and details in these flowers. I think the high key look works great in this. Looks like an ideal print to mount and put on the wall! Love it!!

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on May 1, 2012 at 3:03 PM

Yes, this is definitely a wall hanger. This would brighten anyone's home decor. Very creative with the high key look. I would probably clone out the leaves at the LLC.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on May 1, 2012 at 3:11 PM

Lovely, beautifully composed , I agree with Ram about the leaves in the LLC . Otherwise a wonderful image !

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on May 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM

Beautiful indeed! I think I would have liked to see just a little more of the leaves in the lower left to somewhat anchor the stem a bit...

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 1, 2012 at 5:05 PM

Very pretty colors and fine composition. The high key background works really well here.

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on May 1, 2012 at 6:11 PM

I knew who had posted this as soon as I glanced at it...... just beautiful...........so soft....... is this really a photograph!?

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 1, 2012 at 6:46 PM

Agree with Ram. Looks almost like an illustration. High key did really well by your subject. How many stacks?

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 1, 2012 at 8:22 PM

Very good composition of this lovely flowers with splendid colors, nice POV and excellent BG. Good details presented. Nicely done Ian.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 1, 2012 at 8:31 PM

Very artistic, beautiful presentation, Ian.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 1, 2012 at 11:04 PM

Ian:
Looks like a page on a botanic book. Beautifully taken and illustrated.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on May 2, 2012 at 6:21 AM

very nice comp. and colors, Ian.... I like these flowers a lot!!!

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on May 2, 2012 at 3:44 PM

Excellent Ian! I love the high key effect. I think I would crop a tad from the bottom to get right of the extra greenery there.

Nathan

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