Gerbera 1

Gallery: FloraPosted May 15, 2014142 views9 comments

Hi all.

Our local Costco sold lots of nice gerbera daisies this year. We bought about 9 plants. It will be fun to see how they turn out this summer.

Any and all thoughts appreciated.

Nathan

Nikon D7000, Sigma 180 macro, tripod, ISO 200, f8ish

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Alan LaFaver on May 15, 2014 at 2:04 PM

This is so damn good, I 'm having a hard time coming up with a critique. Nice. All around beautiful. Large image is great. I guess, looking real close, I'd like just a bit more DOF to see the details on the next layer of flower parts, the darker spot behind the curly tiny pistols? or stamens? Anyway, killer shot.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 15, 2014 at 3:30 PM

Nicely framed and a well chosen point of focus Nathan.
Beautiful pastel-like color, I like it!

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 15, 2014 at 11:29 PM

Nathan - Nice pastel colors here and the right amount of stuff to hold interest. I am assuming we will see many variations of DOF and POF in the shots to come

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 15, 2014 at 11:37 PM

Lovely composition, and I like your dof and focal plane, Nathan.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 16, 2014 at 1:01 AM

Nathan: Great DOF/POF choice and a fine frame filling comp. Two thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 16, 2014 at 2:50 AM

Hi Nathan

Sorry , i'm odd man out. half the center being soft, does not work for me

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 16, 2014 at 12:58 PM

Love the idea of the focal plane running diagonally across the frame, Nathan. Excellent choice of dof and lovely, soft tonality !!

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Comment posted by Bob/Charly Nelson on May 16, 2014 at 3:22 PM

I might be the odd one that likes the fade of sharp to OOF in the center Nathan. Just visually interesting to me.
Bob

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 16, 2014 at 7:35 PM

This is gorgeous Nathan. Perfect comp and a great dof decision. Don't think it gets any better. (smile)

pat

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