Fall Flora

Gallery: FloraPosted November 5, 2015227 views6 comments

No reason to stop shooting flora just because the flowers are gone. This is an image of autumn colored azalea leaves. I shot this into full morning sun filtered by maple trees. I used minimum dof to minimize bg contrast and emphasize softness. I tried to maintain a bright yellow "sun" area for mood, but let me know if its too bright. Azaleas, Fellows Riverside Gardens, Youngstown. D600, 150 macro, iso 200, 1/400, 3.3, hh. Suggestions, questions, thoughts, and other comments welcome. crying

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6 comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on November 5, 2015 at 12:37 PM

Not too bright for me. I really like the bright, colorful BG, it works very well. Nice choice of foliage to shoot also. My one issue is that the focus is hard to pick out and decide where my eyes should go first.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on November 6, 2015 at 9:28 PM

Hi Scott

Love the composition and the beautiful light and color ...... excellent work devil

Albert Darmo
Canada..

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on November 6, 2015 at 9:59 PM

Like the subtle, muted colors, the composition and subject.. Different than the norm and in this case it really works for me.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 7, 2015 at 5:05 PM

Scott, I don't think it is too bright; more just right. The muted colors of the leaves works for me as well. I agree with Nathan's analysis. Perhaps a crop from the bottom to a 4:5 might bring the focus area more into, well, focus? cool

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Comment posted by Sandro Bisotti on November 8, 2015 at 7:27 AM

<div>really fine the wanted weak saturation and the general softness of tones. OK IMHO also the little DOF, pleasurable background.
I like it!
All the best,
Sandro</div>

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on November 10, 2015 at 8:37 AM

Scott: The sudued color palette on this is wonderful and I like the BG a lot. Well seen and superbly captured.

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