A Summer's Day

Gallery: FloraPosted August 9, 201391 views9 comments

I've chosen this title because nothing seems to me better to catch the feel of summer than a field or bank of chamomile daisies. The high ISO is simply because I forgot to reduce it after shooting some fast moving butterflies !!

Canon 7D, Tamron 55-200mm lens @ 200mm, 1/2500 sec @ f 5.6, ISO 640, hh.

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9 comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 9, 2013 at 11:43 AM

Ah yes, a dreamy summer day. Takes me back to my youth, and that was a looooong time ago.

This is as soothing as Chamomile tea, Ian.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 9, 2013 at 4:29 PM

Fantastic image Ian, I like everything about this.
Bob

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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 10, 2013 at 7:13 AM

Nicely composed and captured for the dreamy look. I like the dof and pof, and the overall soft colors.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on August 10, 2013 at 11:05 AM

The shallow DOF here gives this an almost dreamy feel. I think it works well here. It also conveys the warmth of a summer's day very well.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 10, 2013 at 6:53 PM

Ian: Another beautiful SOA presentation. Love the comp and color palette as well as your DOF/POF decisions. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 10, 2013 at 8:54 PM

I don't really have anything to add from what the others have said. I like this very much—the softness, the shallow DOF, the pastel colors. The thumbnail does not do it justice.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on August 10, 2013 at 9:01 PM

Dreamy shot Ian !

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 11, 2013 at 11:27 AM

Hi Ian

I'm mesmerized by this soft dreamy scene

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 11, 2013 at 8:08 PM

Ian - Lovely treatment and just about enough DOF to capture the details on the yellow center.

I am not sure the OOF Bloom right of center adds to the composition but it sure lends a counter balance to the main bloom.

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