Unknown Wildflower

Gallery: FloraPosted September 29, 2012113 views15 comments

Very small (approx 1 cm dia bloom). I will greatly appreciate all critigue and suggestions.

Olympus E-5
FL 60mm
1/80 sec
F 5.6
-0.3 ev
no flash
high key gradation
spot metering
ISO 100
Manual focus

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 29, 2012 at 7:06 PM

Nice! Good narrow DOF and pleasing bokeh and color.

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Comment posted by Jack Riley on September 29, 2012 at 8:20 PM

You may have a species of Dianthus or some other member of the Caryophyllaceae.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 29, 2012 at 8:47 PM

Charlie: Great to have you posting again. Really good POF/DOF control. Nicely done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on September 29, 2012 at 9:32 PM

Thanks Phil, Jack and Bill. Nice to be posting again.

Thanks for a start, Jack. I looked through the guide i have and never came close to anything that I thought was related. The stem and leaf structure I saw on a quick search just now looks very similar to your suggestions.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 29, 2012 at 10:13 PM

Charlie - Nice to see you on the Flora Gallery again. This one appears to be Rose Gentian (Meadow Pink ?) but I am not 100% sure.

I like this shallow DOF photo with focus only on one bloom.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on September 30, 2012 at 12:07 AM

Hi, Ram. Nice to be here. I think your ID is about right, "Rosita Centaury", Centaurium calycosum looks to be it but as you say "I'm not 100% sure". [g]

Charlie

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on September 30, 2012 at 11:51 AM

Beautifully done, Charlie ( and nice to see you back ) !! Can't help any further on the ID - do like the light here and the handling of the dof.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 30, 2012 at 1:41 PM

Hi Charlie

Great to see you posting again

Your choice of DOF works very well against the pleasing BG..... Very well done!

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on September 30, 2012 at 3:19 PM

Hello Ian and Albert. I am enjoying being back. Thanks for looking and comments.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on October 1, 2012 at 12:42 PM

Beautiful light and subject separation Charlie. Superb work in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 2, 2012 at 4:28 PM

Hey, Charlie nice to see you back. I really like the composition of three. Nice color, good bg and sweet dof.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 4, 2012 at 2:57 AM

Hi Charlie

Nice to see you posting again.

Love the painterly bg. Would have like to see the focus on the lower bloom instead of on the bud.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on October 5, 2012 at 12:09 AM

Hi Nancy. It is so nice to see so many past friends. I'm happy to be back.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on October 5, 2012 at 12:12 AM

Hi Gary, I wish I could have done a little better on this beauty too. It was at an odd place and I'm not able to get down low freely and even worse getting back up. I did rush this I'm afraid. Nice to see all of you folks too.

Charlie

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 6, 2012 at 11:04 AM

Soft, delicate, beautiful.

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