Bougainvillea

Gallery: FloraPosted December 3, 2017311 views6 comments

Kauai, Hawaii - February 2017
D800
70-180mm macro @ 122mm
1/800 sec, f/5
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off

These very, very old and huge bougainvillea in the old parts of Kauai offer magnificent colour from bushes all growing together and intertwining. It's hard to find a good perspective, though.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 3, 2017 at 4:00 PM

Sandy, these are quite lovely. The OOF color blobs are a nice balancing act. cool

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 3, 2017 at 6:21 PM

Sandy: Wonderful colors in the bloom and BG. I also like your POF/DOF choices. I wonder about rotating the camera a bit to the right to include a bit more of the flower and a bit less BG? Still pretty darn good as is. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lowe on December 5, 2017 at 2:06 PM

Sweet. What an explosion of color!

Registered on February 11, 2004, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Schwartz on December 7, 2017 at 2:33 PM

Sandy,
Perfect progression of the DOF layers and wonderful colors.
Try as I might, I have yet to get a satisfactory photo of bougainvillea.
This is Very well done.

Registered on September 29, 2016, 23 Posts, 97 Comments

Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on December 8, 2017 at 3:51 AM

A feast of colors Sandy. I like the contrasts of warm and sharp colors in the front against the cold and soft colors in the back. Only the saturation is the same, have you tried to lower the saturation in the BG for increasing the distance even more?

Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments

Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on December 13, 2017 at 9:28 AM

Sandy, the color are incredible and the single white center brings you right it. The sharpness of the flower and DOF is very nice adding to the image. I like how the flower is centered to the right of the frame allowing the purple and green to make it pop. Hawaii is a very special place to find unique and wonderful flowers to photograph thank you for sharing.

Registered on October 27, 2016, 229 Posts, 393 Comments