Viburnam opulus

Gallery: FloraPosted May 15, 201797 views11 comments

Viburnam opulus.
Greenish flowered variety.
D7100
Sigma 50mm macro
100 ISO
30th @f 5.6
7 Stacks in CZM
Curves/Levels in Paint shop pro.
Slight crop.
Tripod/remote-hand focused stack
Thanks for looking
JohnR

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 15, 2017 at 7:57 AM

This is beautifully done, John, with a delicate touch. I tend not to like neutral backdrops, but I must admit the grey brings out the beauty of these blooms extremely well. Don't know whether you've taken a shoot or got this in the garden but the lighting and composition are excellent.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 15, 2017 at 8:08 AM

Thanks Ian
I tried "in the field(or garden I should say ! Slightest draft and stacking is no good. so I took a twig into the conservatory.
Thanks for looking
John

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 15, 2017 at 8:14 AM

Well done, John. Excellent light, color, and detail.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 15, 2017 at 9:08 AM

John: My thoughts echo Ian. There is just enough subtlety of tone in the BG that it's not a negative for me. Nicely done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on May 15, 2017 at 1:44 PM

Great stack John, and a nice BG for showing off this portrait. Very pretty!

Nathan

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Comment posted by Wayne Bartz on May 15, 2017 at 2:45 PM

Excellent photo John, great deail.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 15, 2017 at 5:01 PM

Thanks all. Have to admit -I quite like it. Sometimes they just seem to "click" for no real reason. (Often they don't !!)
Cheers
JohnR

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 16, 2017 at 10:19 AM

Pretty, and an excellent job on the hand stack. At a distance, these look very similar to smooth Hydrangea. On reading the literature, Hydrangea blooms later and larger. While they look similar, they are not of the same family at all.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 16, 2017 at 10:23 AM

Yes Phil- these are off a huge bush 14 foot high and covered in golf ball sized flowers.
I originally dug it up off a rubbish tip !!
JohnR