3's a crowd

Gallery: FloraPosted August 19, 2012116 views12 comments

I took this in a group of ponds behind a neighboring town center.
D80, F5 @ 1/50 sec, tripod
All comments and critique sought. Thanks in advance
Bob

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12 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on August 19, 2012 at 9:00 PM

Beautiful, Bob. Well composed. The white flowers are elegant against the dark water. You're on a roll.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 20, 2012 at 3:21 AM

Beautiful - I can never find pristime blooms like these, or leaves that are not spotted and torn.
Great colours and comp.
Seems fairly soft -

Sandy

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on August 20, 2012 at 5:21 AM

A crowd, maybe, but they make for a nice diagonal across the centre of the frame. Beautifully exposed, Bob - the reflections being especially good.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 20, 2012 at 7:37 AM

I really like the composition and colors in the image. The flowers seem fairly oof to me.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on August 20, 2012 at 6:32 PM

The composition & subject is very nice. I also agree the flowers seem soft, but somehow they also seem oversharpened for some reason...or maybe the highlights are too reduced?

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on August 20, 2012 at 9:19 PM

The composition and subjects are presented nicely, but... there is something very funky about the processing of the flowers. Not sure whether curves is the culprit, but that would be my best guess.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 20, 2012 at 10:25 PM

Hi Robert

Perfectly composed, with great color and stunning detail

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on August 21, 2012 at 12:21 AM

Nice trio Robert. Great supporting cast of the pads around.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 21, 2012 at 6:05 AM

Beautiful blooms along a diagonal. Like the dark water and reflection.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 21, 2012 at 9:37 AM

Robert - May be a wee bit soft but still one that hold great interest. Nice exposure, diagonal alignment for the trio and pads completing the framing.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 22, 2012 at 6:27 PM

Beauty.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on August 24, 2012 at 10:26 PM

Gorgeous subject and comp, Bob. I get sort of an "HDR-ish" feeling from the way this was processed. The surreal appearance does not diminish the beauty of the scene, but as a photographer, it makes me wonder about the processing. (I think if I were not a photographer, I could just enjoy the art of it instead of trying to analyze how this seems to depart from reality.)

P.S. I just realized that part of my "surreal" impression of this image is merely an artifact of my wide-gamut monitor making some colors (especially greens) look oversaturated. I would have deleted the comment, but I thought I should explain it, in case you already read it.

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