Crocus

Gallery: FloraPosted February 28, 2016115 views4 comments

It's been a strange winter in Oregon. The crocuses have just come up, after the daffodils-very unusual.
It was windy and I placed a light box over the crocus. Despite the box being quite translucent, I had to work fast as the crocus closed up after a few minutes.

Canon 7dII
100 mm macro
.4 sec at f11
ISO 100

Comments and critiques appreciated.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on February 28, 2016 at 1:34 PM

Love the detail in the centre and petals, Allen, and the top down view is excellent for this variety, giving the centre a very dynamic feel. I only wonder if the leaves might be darkened a little ( always they raise difficulties I find !! ) but this is in any case a lovely image.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 28, 2016 at 1:42 PM

Very nice, Allen. Good use of the lightbx to diffuse the light on the crocus. The details and colors on the flower are excellent. There is a lot going on in the bg which is interesting but sort of distracting from the flower.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 28, 2016 at 6:04 PM

Allen: Love this POV and the colors especially. I would crop some from the top to decrease the impact of the leaf in the ULC and would also crop a tiny bit from the left to make the partial leaf on the edge go away completely. Still a beautiful subject nicely captured. >=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 28, 2016 at 10:49 PM

The crocuses are fine as is. The BG is pretty ho hum.

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