African Daisies

Gallery: FloraPosted June 23, 2013540 views9 comments

Closeup of a few African Daisies ( Osteospermum ) against a smooth out of focus bokeh vivid background after a summer rain shower.

Wide open lens, shallow focus, blurry background.

D800# with a 60mm micro lens shot at f/5.6 ISO 200 for 1/250 of a second.
Processed in LR5 and tweaked in Photoshop CC.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 23, 2013 at 6:53 PM

Stunning detail and BG ,beautiful comp.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 23, 2013 at 7:09 PM

Good detail and color on the primary subject. The OOF BG is smooth and a pleasure to see. What is missing for me is transition from in focus to OOF.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on June 23, 2013 at 10:18 PM

I like the comp, the vivid-post rain colors, Matt, and the well spaced oof flowers in the bg. Nice job managing the dof for the subject and bg.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on June 24, 2013 at 6:04 AM

Beautiful work Matt, very nice color and detail in the main flower, love the bg. Beautifully seen and presented.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 24, 2013 at 4:20 PM

Great comp and eye movement thru this capture.

selective NR applied?

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on June 24, 2013 at 4:20 PM

Perfect details on the subject and wonderful BG.

Congrats

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Anderson on June 24, 2013 at 5:00 PM

Rick, actually the opposite, selective sharpening ;)

Registered on September 6, 2007, 346 Posts, 2696 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 24, 2013 at 11:12 PM

Excellent, Matt. Perfect dof for this image.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 29, 2013 at 12:23 PM

Matt: Excellent comp and DOF management. Very well done.>=))>

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