Oregon Grape

Gallery: FloraPosted June 26, 2013126 views17 comments

Berberis repens, Barberry family. I think, but am not sure, that this is the Cascade Oregon Grape variety. If anyone knows differently please correct me on this. The "Tall Oregon Grape" B.aquifolium is the state flower of Oregon. I caught the berry's in a variety of ripening and think the colors are beautiful.

Olympus E-5
12-60mm @29mm FL
6 sec @ f16 -2.7 ev
one 5200 umbrella reflected fluorescent
ISO 100
manual focus
tripod, 2 second release.

Large view provided

Critique and all comments are appreciated.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 26, 2013 at 4:53 PM

Gorgeous image, Charlie. I love your composition and lighting.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 26, 2013 at 7:42 PM

Very well displayed against the dark green BG, Charlie. I like the semi- spiral comp, with the good lighting. One small, teeny nit—I would have been sorely tempted to pluck the partially decayed (eaten?) grape.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 26, 2013 at 8:22 PM

Charlie:

Like the lighting here and the curving composition. Very well done.

Only minor nit is the almost vertical black line in the bg to left of the main stem which I would probably clone out.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 26, 2013 at 9:48 PM

Thought about the partial berry and you can chalk it up to my style of liking some blemish in a photo. I could like it your way too Phil.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 26, 2013 at 9:50 PM

And Gary I should have, but didn't notice the line. It is a fold mark in the backdrop cloth. I'll take care of it. Thanks.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 27, 2013 at 8:39 AM

Nice capture with the seem of drape going down center of frame bothers me. You could clone or heal that out in a snap.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 27, 2013 at 11:05 AM

A most excellent and lovely portrait!! Love the graceful arch of the longest stem, and yes, the colors are super.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on June 27, 2013 at 11:56 AM

A very elegant image Charlie, very well composed and lighted. But I like most the small berries almost tree-dimensional and all with different colors. Beautiful!

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on June 27, 2013 at 8:50 PM

I really like your composition of this stem, Charlie. The beautifully colored berries combined with the sharp and shiny leaves make a great combination of elements that you put together in a very pleasing way.

On my monitor I detect a possible fold line to the left of the berries in the background. Did you use a black cloth of some kind for the background? That's one of my tricks too.

You might wish to make a selection of the background and then run the burn tool over it to get rid of the fold line and some uneven texture. Very nice image!

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 28, 2013 at 6:35 PM

The plant holds the frame beautifully for me, Charlie - with lovely passages of light and shade across the leaves. The delicate colours of the berries are pure delight.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 29, 2013 at 11:32 AM

Charlie: I really like how you have this arranged in the frame. I could also see this flipped horizontally giving it a left to right flow. Excellent lighting and a very nice take on an unconventional subject. >=))>

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 29, 2013 at 9:57 PM

Hi charlie

What's the problem

? i tried to pick the grapes and they wont come off? seriously, .... great work on this finely composed realistic scene, love the colors and light

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 3, 2013 at 7:24 PM

Hi Charlie

I could not pick the Grapes>>> but i can wish you Congrats on winning the WP

Alvert Darmo

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on July 3, 2013 at 8:03 PM

A wonderful capture here, Charlie. Congrats on the WP in the flora gallery this week too.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on July 4, 2013 at 4:22 AM

Many congratulations on the WP, Charlie - a very fine image indeed !!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 5, 2013 at 5:35 PM

The wide variety of gentle colors really make this wonderful and your framing is perfect. No wonder it won a WP. Congrats!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 8, 2013 at 7:01 PM

A well deserving WP Charlie! Very nice work on this!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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