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Western Red Columbine
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Western Red Columbine

by Bruce King

Gallery: FloraPosted July 12, 2014452 views5 comments
Found this beauty while wading along Panther Creek in MRNP last weekend. My hope was to bring out enough of the bg to show the subject in it's natural environment and still allow the flower to take center stage. Thanks for looking.

f22 @ 70mm
1/13 sec_ex. comp -1.0
ISO 800

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 12, 2014 at 7:47 PM
The flower is well separated from the BG, but my instinct tells me a bit more blur in the BG, without disguising the setting, would be helpful. I think a wider opening, around f/14, would have bettered the detail and more appropriately blurred the BG. :smile:
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 12, 2014 at 10:43 PM
Bruce: The big issue for me in this comp is the bright reflections in the BG, especially the lower one. I would crop that out completely and clone over the one above. I like the flower against the rock reflection. >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 13, 2014 at 11:14 PM
Bruce - Works for me even though I agree with Bill about that bright sky in the reflection.

Background is not a problem for me and I do like the inclusion of the natural habitat here.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments
Comment posted by Bruce King on July 14, 2014 at 12:09 PM
Right I hear y'all about the bright spots. A crop from the bottom doesn't work, it just separates the stems and actually weakens the image IMO. I also don't feel it's a spectacular enough shot to spend too much time fussing with it.
Registered on January 14, 2010, 276 Posts, 2212 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 15, 2014 at 9:26 PM
HI Bruce :wavey: Here is my 2cents worth... i like a BG really blurred or sharp. this BG does not work for me.,. i think Philip agrees....... thanks for sharing this beautiful wildflower with us. and please try my suggestions on the BG ..
Albert Darmo

Canada
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments