Passion for Purple

Gallery: FloraPosted May 23, 201254 views8 comments

This image was captured hand-held in a slight breeze. I had to wait for the calm moments to capture this beautiful iris. I chose a very shallow depth of field to show of the nice lines in this flower. Shot details: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon 100mm Macro lens, iso 1000, f/2.8, 1/1000. I would appreciate any feedback you could offer on this image.

Thanks,
Jake

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Manoj Wijekulasuri on May 23, 2012 at 8:12 AM

Jake, I like the way you captured this flower. Nice colors & background. well focused under breeze. I wish if there is no white area in the right bottom corner. I would move bit to my right & get a another image to see how it looks like. Anyway its beautiful shot. Regards Manoj

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 23, 2012 at 9:17 AM

I like the flower colors. Otherwise no comments available.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 23, 2012 at 11:02 AM

Hi Gary

I would have made a tighter crop .: The OF white on the top petals is distracting........ this is not working for me

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on May 23, 2012 at 11:02 AM

I like the colors and the view of the edges Jake, but I am having a bit of a hard time connecting with the shot. Maybe I am not seeing enough of the bloom? Maybe it is that I am seeing a bit of the flower with green BG on both sides. I am not quite sure.

Keep them coming!

Nathan

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 23, 2012 at 7:10 PM

Irises are difficult subjects. The OOF areas and variations of focus are making me dizzy!

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 23, 2012 at 8:36 PM

Jake:
Good plane of focus on the edge of two petals. This is obvious the center of attention in the image and the left quarter of the image is not contributing much. I would experiment with different crop to sharpen the point of focus.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 24, 2012 at 6:13 PM

The sharpness is amazing as is the use of iso 1000.

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on May 24, 2012 at 7:10 PM

Lovely colors and wavy lines ... maybe cut out the back oof and crop around your main subject?

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