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Wild Crocus

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Posted by BLUFFSPRING on June 1, 2008 at 7:54 AM
I was out shooting a sunrise yesterday from a favorite bluff of mine when I turned around and saw this collection of Wild Crocus blooms. There was no wind and so I took advantage of the opportunity. The sun was hitting this flower from the right and almost made the petals translucent.

I've applied a gaussian blur to the background and can't decide of I'll leave it that way or not.

Posted by Bill Dark on June 1, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Very nice work on this, Rod. Nice detail in the blooms, and the blur works well too. I'd probably try to clean up the little spider webs if it were mine, but that's just a personal preference. Beautiful light.
Posted by Tom Kennon on June 1, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Nice find, Rod, I like the light coming from the right and I would keep the gaussina blur in the background.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on June 3, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Nice work Rod. Really nice specimen and a good job isolating the subject from the bg.