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Posted by Darren White on April 24, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Hello Friends......
My 1 of 2 tulip shots this year.......hopefully next year will provide more time for exploring this part of photography!!!!

Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 60 mm
ISO Speed: 200

I blurred the image except for the single bud in the middle......but damn that 60 2.8 is sharp!!!!!
Posted by Jack Garrett on April 24, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Very nice Darren. Soft colors, excellent use of blur and no background to distract me.

Jack
Posted by Curtis Knight on April 25, 2008 at 12:40 AM
Holy cow! I like this a lot Darren. A unique "angle" on flora photography. The DOF is perfect IMHO.

:toast:
Posted by Catherine Reilly on April 25, 2008 at 2:43 AM
Great shot, Darren! Of all the colors in Nature, and in flower gardens, this has got to be one of the best. I use the 105/2.8 and sure like it. Did you manually focus or auto focus? Just curious.
Posted by Marc Dilley on April 25, 2008 at 10:38 AM
I think this is just marvelous, Darren! Purple tulip framed by brilliant yellow tulips - wow. The soft focus on the yellows is very effective. I'm wondering if cloning out the OOF yellow tulip behind and L of the purple one might strengthen the already strong comp even more.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 25, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Sweet shot, Darren - one of the best I've seen of an intimate tulip. I'm going to be with Curtis in the morning in Woodland if you are interested in joining - hopefully there will be some good ones left for frame fillers like this..