Hibiscus III

Gallery: FloraPosted February 8, 2017165 views5 comments

Last of the series. This color was growing halfway into the driveway of one of the other complexes on the street, but I figured no one would object to my taking a picture or two. There was a bit of lighter colored bg stuff to the right of the blossom, so I darkened it in processing and just left the leaves showing.

5Diii, EF100 f/2.8 macro, tripod and cable release, manual focus, f/22, 1/160, iso 500, aperture priority, pattern metering, -2/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to a 14.7 6x7 ratio before resizing. Taken at 3:22 PM on January 27th.

Comments and criticisms are always welcome.

Thanks,

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Paula LeVay on February 8, 2017 at 9:29 PM

Dennis, the color and detail in your Hibiscus III image is wonderful. While I really liked your other two Hibiscus images, I prefer this one that is displayed in it's natural setting.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 10, 2017 at 8:31 AM

Impressive flower nicely imaged in its natural setting, Dennis. Excellent color and detail throughout the big bloom.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 10, 2017 at 11:05 PM

Dennis: Beautiful flower done right. I like the bud peeking through the petals up top and that you have sharp focus on the center parts. Bravo! >=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 12, 2017 at 3:22 PM

Perfectly lovely and well taken. Techs look appropriate. I suggest a slight crop on the right to lessen the impact of the dark area, maybe half way to the green leaves on the right of the flower.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on February 15, 2017 at 5:08 PM

Love the detail in this, Dennis - not just the flower centre but also the petal markings which can be too florid sometimes but here are handled beautifully. I like all the touches of greenery, except maybe for the single leaf encroaching a bit on the stigmas. Beautiful image whatever !

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