Snowflake

Gallery: FloraPosted October 13, 2016162 views6 comments

Rather the floral equivalent in Queen Anne's Lace. Every time I see these on our morning walk, I tell myself I need to photograph them. Of course, I managed to wait until all the really lush ones were gone, but I did finally bring one home and photograph it. In some ways, I think it worked out well as the smallness of the bloom emphasizes the hexagonal symmetry.

5DIII, EF180 f/3.5L, tripod and cable release, f/22, 5 sec, iso 100, manual exposure. Processed in LR5 and CS6. Selective darkening to the bg and sharpening of the flower. Arbitrary crop.

Comments and criticisms are always welcome.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Mark James Ford on October 14, 2016 at 1:22 PM

Hi Dennis, i think you have really done the subject justice - composition and presentation is spot on for me with the stem being only barely visible. The multiple structure of the flower head is shown very nicely. With f22 you got the best DOF and for me the front focus is the right way to go here - with great detail and structure at the front. As a 'portrait' I think the subject is perhaps just right for a stack which would have allowed a more open aperture and brought a little more crispness into the flower head in general ...

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on October 14, 2016 at 3:05 PM

Dennis I love the portrait of this nice flower that I have never been able to take in a decent way. Yes, the problem of these flowers is that they are too small and too close; have you tried to lower a bit the light and increase the contrast at the same time? Just for experimenting.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 16, 2016 at 5:27 PM

The symmetry sells this. A difficult flower to photograph for detail, although a stack might have helped. But I really have no nits. A very well thought out presentation.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 16, 2016 at 7:20 PM

Dennis: Ditto what Mark said. Very nicely crafted image.>=))>

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 17, 2016 at 8:19 AM

Hi Dennis, This is well done. The light and dark bg worked well to enhance and show the details and beauty of the subject. devil

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on October 19, 2016 at 11:30 PM

Beautiful structure, Dennis. The flower does look like a snowflake. Nicely done!

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