Tuplip at Cantigney Park

Gallery: FloraPosted May 11, 201343 views5 comments

We had a outting early this morning for my composition class at Cantigney Park, Batavia, IL. It was cold, and there was lots of dew on everything; started raining as I left.

Although I found it too breezy to do any stacking, the teacher, Willard Clay, guided me to a tulip bed that was somewhat protected from the wind by hedges, and I took a series of five images of this particular tulip. They were processed in Zerene DMap to accentuate the subject while providing a maximum bokeh, one way focus stacking is used.

Any reactions, comments and/or critiques welcome.

Pentax K-5, Pentax 300mm at f/4, tripod; ISO 100, 1/45s.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Michael Cothran on May 11, 2013 at 9:52 PM

I like it John.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 11, 2013 at 10:01 PM

John: Shooting this same subject I would shift it left in the frame to put more space in front of it so the flower is "looking" into the frame instead of out but this still works for me as is. Really nice work on the stack. >=))>

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on May 11, 2013 at 10:13 PM

Beautiful...love the colors, the droplets of water, everything. Great job!

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on May 12, 2013 at 12:42 AM

Very nice John. Willard Clay, huh? A legend!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 13, 2013 at 7:58 PM

Very nice effect, John. Water drops are always a plus with me.

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