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Columbine

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: FloraPosted May 3, 2016154 views5 comments
The normal Columbine in this area is a brilliant red with a yellow center.  Out on the local preserve Sunday, we ran across a number that had much more yellow in the petals.  I'm not sure what's going on with that unless one of the yellow varieties accidentally got introduced.  In any case, they are stunningly lovely.  The breeze was blowing pretty good this morning, so I reverted to my bird photography mode-hence the odd settings.

5D3, Canon 180mm f/3.5 Macro, tripod & ball head, f/16, 1/320, iso 1600, aperture priority, pattern metering, instead of hte normal manual focus for macro work, I switched to autofocus and AIservo to try to maintain focus as the flowers bounced around-it worked fairly well.  Processed in LR5 & CS6.  Cropped to 18.7 MP before resizing-no particular aspect ration-just what looked good to me).

Comments and criticisms are very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on May 4, 2016 at 9:32 AM
Nice details, I do like the colors.  Good sharpness considering the breeze.  Thanks for sharing
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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 4, 2016 at 8:46 PM
Very nice, Dennis. The columbine stands our beautifully against the very clean bg. Excellent dof management. Really surprised the 1600 iso given how nice and smooth the bg looks. 
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 4, 2016 at 9:23 PM
Simply good work, Dennis. The subtle colors, the lighting, the details, the lack of noise and the good comp makes this top notch. No nits!
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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 5, 2016 at 12:50 PM
I had no idea there were any Columbine in PNW but this is wonderful.  Color, detail and BG seem outstanding.
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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 6, 2016 at 9:38 AM
Beautiful portrait of this Columbine, Dennis!  The lighting, colors, details, and bg are all excellent.
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