Gardens at the Getty

Gallery: FloraPosted April 27, 2013767 views6 comments

I visited the Getty Museum in LA awhile back and afterwards went out to the gardens. One section had a whole collection of succulents that I found appealing. I was with my girlfriend and her daughter so I didn't have time to play around, basically shoot and run, but I came away with 6 or 7 shots I was happy with. I created a series of images all cropped to a square format and wanted to run them by y'all for critique. I don't know the name, I looked online for a bit but couldn't find anything so if anybody can give me an identification that would be great.

Canon 5DII, 17-40L @ 40mm, f/11, 1/80 sec., ISO 200, handheld

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6 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM

Very need shapes and excellent dof, Scott. I like the imperfections in the leaves.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 27, 2013 at 7:54 PM

I like it very much—except for the large imperfection. Easily cloned out.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on April 28, 2013 at 1:47 PM

I like the color, the comp & the square crop works well. It's a bit of a bummer about the large hole in the leaf however as I find it a bit distracting.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 28, 2013 at 10:45 PM

Hi scott :wavey : I like how you composed and captured the geometric symmetry of those lines on the bloom. the light and color are also well done

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Scott Fricke on April 29, 2013 at 7:47 PM

Thank you everyone for your comments! I was going back and forth over the hole in the one 'leaf' and it was interesting each of you commented on it. I think I may try and clone it out just to see how it looks. I'm also thinking, as posted, it looks a little dark and I will try to brighten it a bit.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on April 30, 2013 at 4:55 AM

Bold and very effective framing, Scott ! Love the square format for this plant. Might personally clone one or two of the imperfections, but that's a personal preference.

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