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Island Beauty WC 666

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted December 24, 2014184 views5 comments

One of my favorite paddling trips each summer is to visit Enders Island in Mystic, CT, home of St. Edmund's Retreat and one of the most beautiful gardens along the shoreline. This dahlia is in one of the six dahlia gardens on the island.
Powershot SX700, fixed lens at 27mm equivalent, HH, ISO 100, f/3.2, 1/250; a little sharpening done in post-processing. Comments and suggestions always welcome and thanks for viewing.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on December 24, 2014 at 11:40 AM

Beautiful texture on the flower and excellent colors - realistic yet bright! Nicely done!

Registered on December 2, 2014, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments

Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on December 24, 2014 at 2:32 PM

Beautiful rendition of an amazing flower, Jim. You've really handled the semi-harsh and dappled light throughout very well.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 24, 2014 at 2:33 PM

That's a very striking flower, Jim. It really pops against the green foliage behind it. Interestingly, compression is hurting some of the highlights in the flower. They look blown in the smaller version, but open up nicely in the larger version. This is a fine example of a high quality image with limited equipment.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on December 24, 2014 at 10:29 PM

Nothing like a big, bold and dazzling dahlia.

Nicely captured notwithstanding the strong light, Jim.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 25, 2014 at 4:27 PM

Hi Jim

superb detail and color in this powershot image. these point & shoot cameras give a excellent DOF. making stacking redundant :

Albert Darmo
Canada

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