2011 Revisited #5

Gallery: FloraPosted December 21, 2015840 views3 comments

Here is another view of a similar bloom as the last post. Again I used a black cloth as background. I wanted to show the detail in the translucent white stamen and antlers, as well as having the bloom backlite.

ISO 100, 150 macro, f/22, .6 seconds

Comments always welcome.

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3 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on December 21, 2015 at 8:32 PM

I like the simplicity, Steve. Very effective. I would prefer the petal pointing back at the viewer being sharp (and, to a much lesser extent, that the petal on the right was sharp as well). Being practically dead center to the flower and the image, the petal pointing back draws the eye.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 22, 2015 at 7:48 PM

I have to agree with Scott. I'm not sure of any easy solution to get more depth—perhaps backing off and cropping? focus stacking also comes to mind.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 23, 2015 at 10:13 PM

Another nice one, Steve, though I think I prefer the previous post. The edge-on view with the front petal being so oof is a bit distracting. If you could have gotten a rotation to come at it between two petals, you might have gotten enough dof to really make this work well.

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