Red Dahlia

Gallery: FloraPosted September 17, 2017503 views9 comments

Made this image at Jim's Dahlia Farm this morning. Playing with a lens I haven't used much the Nikon 35mm f1.8. It's a very sharp lens...good color rendering but the build quality is poor but for $250 I'm not expecting much there. Overall a decent value. cloudy and not much breeze...perfect weather for shooting flowers. Thanks for looking...

basic gear and image data:
Nikon D7000 on tripod
Nikon 35mm f1.8
Singh Ray Warming Polarizer
Manual Focus
1/200 sec.
ISO 100
f1.8

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 18, 2017 at 9:25 AM

Bruce: Frame filling fantastic! Excellent reds rendition and a fine comp. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on September 18, 2017 at 12:24 PM

Bruce ...thats a darling of an image. no nits ...love the 3d feel here.

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on September 18, 2017 at 4:50 PM

Lots to like here, Bruce. I'm surprised by so much DOF at f1.8. Maybe you meant f8? Good stuff.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on September 18, 2017 at 10:18 PM

No Bill f1.8 was the setting but it's a significant crop so there wasn't much in focus beyond the chosen edges. Yeah not a true macro I suppose but it still turned out decent I think although probably wouldn't make a print of any real size. Thank you all for the generous comments.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 24, 2017 at 11:27 AM

Hi Bruce

You captured superb color and form here. your crop works perfectly

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Ry Birge on September 28, 2017 at 8:17 PM

Nice picture, well executed. Good contrast and cropping is effective. Keep up the good work! Ry

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on October 2, 2017 at 6:11 PM

I missed this beautiful photo that now I can admire thanks to Jim. Very well deserved Bruce.

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on October 7, 2017 at 2:44 PM

Congratulations, Bruce. I missed this one because I was out of time at the time, but it is an excellent shot.

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Comment posted by John Williams on October 24, 2017 at 2:33 PM

Beautiful and rich Bruce. Congrats on the WP!! devil

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