Fall Rose

Gallery: FloraPosted October 14, 2013105 views12 comments

Simple portrait of a fall rose.

Nikon D800 1/4 sec at f/8 ISO 400 on a cloudy day.

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment.

Sanjay

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 14, 2013 at 12:40 PM

Gorgeous image. Great color, excellent dark background to make it pop, good detail, and water droplets to top it off. Well done!

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 14, 2013 at 2:51 PM

Sanjay, an excellent shot. At the risk of pigeon-holing myself, this is an excellent subject for a focus stack. I do like it as is, though, as the sharp focus on the water drops is complete and is the meat of the photo, IMO.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on October 14, 2013 at 4:27 PM

Thanks Phil! I did think of your excellent stacking technique more than once as I was trying to get most of this rose in sharp focus. I think the leading edge of the petals could have been rendered perfectly sharp with a stack. But, I don't know how and I don't have PS, which I think is a pre-requisite.
Appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks,

Sanjay

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 14, 2013 at 9:08 PM

Gorgeous rose image, Sanjay.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on October 15, 2013 at 12:38 AM

I love the color and the dew Sanjay. Nice use of a dark BG.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Elizabeth Arellano on October 15, 2013 at 1:23 PM

Exquisite beauty

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 15, 2013 at 9:32 PM

Classically beautiful

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 15, 2013 at 10:35 PM

Sanjay - Very pretty - Dew adds a lot more interest. Frame might look better with a 1 pixel white border inside the black thick one.

A touch more DOF might have brought frontal petal edges also into proper sharpness but if softness was what you were after, I'd say you succeeded.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 16, 2013 at 12:35 PM

Love the comp and the elegance of the image Sanjay. Beautiful work. No suggestions.

pat

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on October 16, 2013 at 5:18 PM

Excellent, simple composition, Sanjay, with a delightful rendering of the petals and droplets. Can't justify the point except as a personal taste but I would have liked maybe to see some gradient in the bg - it is, though, lovely as is.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 16, 2013 at 10:52 PM

Hi Sanjay

Beautifully captured

delightful detail, color and light.!! very well done