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Pink Moccasin Flower

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Posted by Jim Deasy on June 2, 2007 at 7:27 PM
Pink Moccasin Flower
1DM2, 180mm Macro, 1/6th sec, F18, Tripod, Diffuser as shade

Mike and I were on the prowl for wild flowers today. Found a few nice Pink Moccasin Flowers in Grantham, NH @ the YMCA Camp Coniston. Mike's oldest daughter runs the joint so we were able to walk around.
I found these two Pink Moccasin Flowers in great condition growing among the pine trees. Rather than shoot this at a low aperture number and fade out the entire background I wanted to show a little bit of the environment around these flowers. . .

Posted by Bill Whitney on June 3, 2007 at 7:46 AM
Jim....wonderful image. great detail and nice environmental shot.

Bill
Posted by Jim Salge on June 3, 2007 at 8:06 AM
I like the inclusion of the environment, and the mirrored pairing of these two is really something special. I might bump the contrast a slight bit, but otherwise this is really a great photo of a great find! :toast:
Posted by Michelle C. Parent on June 3, 2007 at 1:50 PM
Jim,
I like the find of twin pink ladyslippers here, but the light looks a bit harsh on the tops. I might have diffused it a bit. :smile:
Posted by Jim Deasy on June 4, 2007 at 6:48 AM
I prepared this image on my laptop and the color management on that screen is always suspect. I am going to do this over when I get a chance to do on my main workstation. I agree the light looks a bit harsh on the tops of these flowers. I was holding the diffuser above these guys when I took the image but I held it up high so I was shading them as opposed to getting that glow when the diffuser is close. I think the problem was that I only had my 22' light disk with me and I probably needed the 46" disk to shade the light from above properly. I think when I get on this image on a properly color managed screen I will be able to adjust the temperature to bring back the light I saw with my eye, which was much less blue than this light.