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Cardinal Flower
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Cardinal Flower

by Jim Zablotny

Gallery: FloraPosted September 12, 2017147 views3 comments
Cardinal flower in natural light, Gowan, Michigan.  K5 IIs 180 mm f3.5 (1/8 sec at f11, ISO 250) Levels, Shadows & highlights, Crop for comp.............................Jim

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 13, 2017 at 1:11 PM
A nice wetland species, more picked than picked on. People will pick them for Christmas decoration. Not an easy flower to capture. You have done well here, but I do wish there were less spent and more live. Lovely BG, though!
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 13, 2017 at 9:10 PM
Jim: Great BG management and a very pleasing rendition. 2 thumbs up.>=))>
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 17, 2017 at 9:40 PM
Hi  Jim  crying   Excellent  work   on  the  background    and  capturing  the  fine detail of this delicate wildflower.


Albert  Darmo
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