Oregon Iris (+ crop)

I found a spot yesterday that is as awesome as any place I know of on the Oregon Coast. The bad news is that getting a photograph to even come close to doing the place justice might be next to impossible. I kinda caved in to the fact that I wasn't going to get that shot, and just enjoyed the day.

Here is just a small sample of the hundreds of Irises blooming underneath a canopy of wind twisted oldgrowth Spruce and Pines - all high above the ocean below. The biggest problem as you can see is the way the trees reach out and over the edges of the cliffs- making clear views very difficult to get at. Like I said, this place is incredible, and needs to be seen in person to really get the full effect. I plan on coming back with camping gear to spend a night or two in the near future.

Thanks for any comments.

very nice aaron! the irises appear to glow.

Excellent job handling the exposure on this high contrast scene and I like the low vantage point you chose in order to emphasize the flowers. My only suggestion would be a slight crop from the top to a point between the two main horizontal branches. It is a little busy but sometimes we just gotta take what Nature gives us.

My thoughts exactly on the crop...otherwise an excellent image!

Jack

The crop idea sounds good.. great light on the flowers.. nice find!

Thanks for the crop suggestion. I don't know why I didn't think of it. It really cleans the composition up quite a bit. Here is a re-do, cropped to where I liked it, and then slightly re-scaled vertically to fit a 4x5 aspect ratio. It was just a fuzz over that ratio, so I squashed it down a tad to keep it to a "standard" size.

Nice shot Aaron. You pulled together some great elements in this shot.

John