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Cornflower

by Elisabeth Czwikla

Gallery: FloraPosted August 4, 201268 views8 comments
The cornflowers are in full bloom. Here is the first, taken in the evening.
comments always welcome!

D300
ISO 400
f/4
1/50s
105mm macro

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Mark Windom on August 4, 2012 at 12:03 PM
I think your point of focus is right where it should be as the petals are nice and sharp and the BG is gorgeous. The only thing I would rather not see is the OOF blue right behind the petals of the main subject....but there's not much you can do about that unless you want to do some pruning before shooting.... :wavey:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 176 Posts, 2302 Comments
Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on August 5, 2012 at 4:27 AM
The backlighting is great in your shot. Some room between the two flowers would have made this better in my opinion. :wavey:
Registered on March 16, 2006, 419 Posts, 2076 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on August 5, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Elisabeth, this is excellent, IMO. I love the watercolor look, the BG, and the overall feel. My only suggestion would be to crop some off the top as I think there is a little too much bright empty space.
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 5, 2012 at 1:00 PM
I'll second Scott's suggestion of cropping down a bit. I don't think there is much that could have been done rear bloom other that to remove it. I do like your depth and light. Nicely seen and captured.
Bob :wavey:
Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 5, 2012 at 1:54 PM
The sharpness in the subject is great and the background has a really fine "painterly" feeling. In this case, could you circle to the left a bit to move the oof flower off to the side?
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Chris Grabski on August 5, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Blue cornflowers always bring a lot of great memories from my childhood holidays at my grandparents' farm. Thank you for this one. :smile:
Registered on April 29, 2011, 122 Posts, 431 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 5, 2012 at 9:31 PM
Elisabeth:
The blue cornflower looks really nice and the bg is especially pleasing. Just wish the bg flower was not in the way or at least more to the side.
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on August 6, 2012 at 10:23 AM
So beautiful, Elisabeth ! Love the comp and background, and the lighting on the main flower is a delight.
Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments