Quintessential Paintbrus

Gallery: FloraPosted March 28, 2015197 views10 comments

Sony A77
Minolta 200mm macro
ISO 200, 1/40 @ f8

Not quite a pristine perfect subject but the setting came close. Taken near Washington on the Brazos state park this morning on my first wildflower hunt of the spring. The flowers are coming in late but promises to be a good year. All comments welcome. >=))>

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10 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 28, 2015 at 8:21 PM

Been a long time since I've seen one of these, but you got my two favorite colors, "War Eagle" orange and blue!

Good DOF on the Paintbrush, and I really like the OOF Blue Bonnets!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on March 28, 2015 at 8:40 PM

Nice close up image of classic texas wildflowers, Bill. I like the painterly look and the great colors. The paintbrush stands out nicely from the bg.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on March 28, 2015 at 9:04 PM

Well, it's far better than any of my efforts over the years with paintbrush, so I have to say that I'm impressed. It's difficult to find this subject in a natural setting with a complementary background and all the other essential elements. You did very well here. Maybe add a bit of a vignette to focus attention on the main subject a little more? That's about all I can think of to improve the image.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on March 29, 2015 at 10:28 AM

Once again you've got the dof just perfect, Bill, with the sharp upper area showing some nice detail, and the rest of the plant gently merging into the bg. The background is the real treat - that marvellous blue especially !!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 29, 2015 at 11:46 AM

Great set of colors here, Bill. The Paintbrush stands out well due to color and sharpness, but the bluebonnets in the background add well to telling the story of Texas wildflowers.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on March 29, 2015 at 11:38 PM

Very nice subject and an excellent BG, Bill. Looks like your wildflowers are on! Excellent.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on April 2, 2015 at 1:40 PM

The blue flowers in the background (your lupines?) push the subject out of the frame. Excellent photo for me, Bill.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on April 4, 2015 at 11:08 PM

Very nice Bill! Can't think of a better picture of the Texas wildflower season.

Focus, dof, background... everything is right on. Love it!

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on April 5, 2015 at 9:05 AM

Nice and colorful composition. You have some wonderful details captured in the paintbrush.........................Jim

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on April 7, 2015 at 7:49 PM

This is very nice, Bill. Beautiful collection of colors, both subject and background.

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