Cardinal Flower

This was shot last year along Ellis Creek. I was really impressed with the bright red.
D-200, 17-50 @46mm, 1/200@f5.6

An interesting specimen Glenn. You've done a nice job on the difficult reds here and I like the oof background setting of the plant.

I found it about 9:15 and the sun was on it but I shot anyway. I had to work the curve a bit and a few other things get to this point. I'll go back in July when they come out again and use what I've learned since then to get a better shot. It is pretty sharp though. Compression doesn't let you see that. Thanks for the comment.

Those are some real beauties, Glenn - some of the best I've seen. Nice work with the post processing. If this were mine, I might try cropping the lower wilted blooms, and concentrate on those in focus.

Hi Glenn you caught some beautiful color in these, well done.

Thanks for the comments. I'll try that Bill.