One More Pricklypoppy

Gallery: FloraPosted July 3, 2013124 views10 comments

Here is another angle for the center of the Pricklypoppy. I like this, but I would like to get some other opinions on the image. Thanks for you comments.

Canon 40D
Sigma 17-70
Manual
Shutter 1/160
Aperture f13
ISO 400
70mm
Tripod
Some brighting, contrast, sharpening and cloning out some distracting spots.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 3, 2013 at 6:45 PM

Beautiful, Richard. I like the in-focus parts of the petals leading into the explosion of stamens.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 3, 2013 at 7:23 PM

I think the symmetry works well, Richard. What I like about this subject are the curly stamens, and the comp puts the focus right there. Nicely exposed for the light as well.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 3, 2013 at 9:46 PM

Richard - I like this too but not over the previous version. I am not a fan of putting slightly OOF elements in the beginning of the frame but thankfully it seems to work in your favour here. The erect center pollen structure looks much better in this version than the previous.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 3, 2013 at 11:32 PM

This is Too Cool Richard,
It all works for me, Well Done . . .

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on July 4, 2013 at 7:20 AM

This is even nicer than your previous one, Richard ! The centre detail is excellent and the lighting just beautiful.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on July 4, 2013 at 8:30 AM

Richard, it definitely works for me, excellent light, color and detail in the center of the flower, right where it belongs. Very nice indeed.
John

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 4, 2013 at 11:11 AM

A fine comp and excellent detail. Nice control of lighting as well. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on July 4, 2013 at 3:14 PM

I think this is the perfect composition for this scene, an intimate and somewhat uncommon view. Well done.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 5, 2013 at 12:46 PM

The center sharpness is excellent and you've framed it well with the oof foreground curve. I would toy with cropping from the bottom so that the bright oof foreground edge hits the frame, but I'm not convinced that such a crop would be an improvement.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 8, 2013 at 12:00 AM

Richard: Terrific POV and lighting. Even better than the last IMO.

>=))>

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