Bluets Tickled

Gallery: FloraPosted June 12, 2012122 views12 comments

On my last camping trip, I found lots of bluets an opening the the forest on an island. I realized that a great part of their charm is in their dense clusters, so I dispensed with my usual macro efforts and shot them with a wide angle lens. I found a pretty little group and waited for the rising sun to break over a rise until the light tickled the tips of the petals.

Canon 5DII
Canon 24-105
1/8 sec. @ f/16; ISO 100
Mirror up w/two-second timer
Four shots stacked in CS5 for DOF

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on June 12, 2012 at 8:52 PM

What an interesting little landscape find, Wayne! Great comp on this with the arrangement of the flowers, pine needle background, and the rock with leaves encircling it. Nice lighting and good sharpness.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 12, 2012 at 8:59 PM

Wayne - Beautiful setting and light for this small grouping of Bluets. I also like the Lichen infested Rock in the background. Great Frame

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 12, 2012 at 9:23 PM

This is beautiful, Wayne. I like the light on the bluets and the pine border. I have mixed feelings about the rock. It is interesting and colorful, but it competes with the flowers for attention, and, to me, makes the image a little top heavy. You can crop some of the rock or even, as an alternate image, crop this square from the bottom and make the image just about the bluets and pine border. Just a suggestion.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 12, 2012 at 9:36 PM

Wayne:
A beautiful clump indeed. The light is just so sweet on the flowers. I like the echoes of blue on the lichen and the bluet and the framing by the pine needles. Scott's suggestion of a crop from the top to remove part of the rock has merit as it will put the focus squarely on the bluets which are the star of the show. I also wonder about cloning out the almost vertical grass mid left border. Overall a very strong and pleasing image.

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Comment posted by David Schwaegler on June 12, 2012 at 10:45 PM

Wonderful little landscape, Wayne, and perfect as is.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 12, 2012 at 11:06 PM

Nice composition. The position of the flowers and green leaves leads the eye into the image nicely. The colors are very nice also.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 13, 2012 at 1:20 AM

Great arrangement of blooms throughout the image Wayne. Excellent color and a very nice environmental photo. Very well done Wayne.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on June 13, 2012 at 8:20 AM

beautiful image, Wayne...I like the light on the blues and your composition a lot....

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 13, 2012 at 11:07 AM

I am tickled to see this Wayne, beautifully composed and wonderful handled lighting. Lovely shot !

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 14, 2012 at 4:24 PM

Most outstanding, Wayne!! Love everything about it!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 15, 2012 at 7:38 AM

Great eye for the shot as they say, good call on this wide angle comp with its interesting elements Wayne.
Lovely colors and I especially like this light

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 17, 2012 at 5:34 PM

Wayne: What a great scene with wonderful light. Superb capture of a magic moment.>=))>

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