False indigo

Gallery: FloraPosted June 6, 201335 views6 comments

This is the best that I have seen these wild shrubs look in quite a few years. A very modest image compared to most in this gallery but the rangy form is attractive to my eye:)

Sony A77
Sigma 150/500 @ 500mm
1/200
ISO 100
f/6.3
hand held.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 6, 2013 at 2:39 PM

This looks like a tough plant to photograph. I like the angled flow and the good separation from the background, but find myself wishing that the bloom in the lower left wasn't cut off. Given that there's not much happen along the right side, I wonder about angling the camera a bit left to pick up that last bloom.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on June 6, 2013 at 9:45 PM

I like the separation you have achieved of subject to background Joel. I'll second Marks observations.
Bob

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 6, 2013 at 10:15 PM

Joel - Mark summed it up nicely. I really like the contrast between the dark flowers against the green foliage.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 6, 2013 at 10:42 PM

I second the other observations, Joel. also, I'd like t see it composed so there is a bloom cluster in sharp focus to provide a reference for the rest of the plant.

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Comment posted by Joel Thomas on June 7, 2013 at 12:34 PM

Thank you all so much, these critiques are extremely helpful to me! You people are GREAT!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 9, 2013 at 10:40 PM

Hi Joel

Dennis echoed my thoughts perfectly

Albert Darmo

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