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Gallery: FloraPosted February 22, 2015195 views8 comments

Sony A77
Minolta 200mm macro
ISO 400, 1/500 @ f8

We have a magnolia like this in our garden but this particular tree up the street always blooms several weeks before ours every spring. It is full of flowers right now while everything else is still pretty bare. Had a lot of wind to deal with so I gave up on trying to time a respite and just turned on the motor drive and hoped for the best. 12 frames per second is a good thing

. All comments welcome.>=))>

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8 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on February 22, 2015 at 7:35 PM

Beauty in sharp focus. If it were mine I would crop up from bottom and off the right to where the background doesn't show in either place. Can't wait for mine to bloom, but with the weather today that seems like a long way off!

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 22, 2015 at 7:39 PM

Hope you didn't have the freeze we did. Two days of sub-freezing weather has killed every Japanese Magnolia blossom in town! That narrow DOF on the Min 200 did well by you as well! Good clean petals with a nice touch of purple really make the wiggly things pop!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 22, 2015 at 9:04 PM

Beauty, Bill. I like the rich color and detail in the center.

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on February 22, 2015 at 11:27 PM

Very beautiful detail and color!!

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on February 23, 2015 at 12:07 AM

Nice lines, great soft colors, and interesting detail and sharpness from the center, Bill. Excellent!

Nathan

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on February 23, 2015 at 6:09 AM

I don't think the soft qualities of the magnolia petals could have been captured better, Bill. Nice focus on the centre and a lovely composition. Beautiful image !!

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on February 23, 2015 at 10:36 PM

Bill,

I like the image as is. The dark colors lead the eye to the anthers and pistil structures of the flower

.....................Jim

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on February 25, 2015 at 5:45 PM

The sharpness of the center is splendid; for my eyes in comparison the rest of the photo seems a bit too soft. A generous crop from up and right sites may give more dominance to the beautiful sharper area?. Only for experimenting, Bill.

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