Blue wildflowers with repost.

This shot was taken a couple weekends ago at cooper mountain nature preserve in Beaverton.
300mm f4 at 1/40th of a sec at f5.6 ISO 100.

I really liked the curve of the stem, what do you think?.

I like the composition and the OOF background. The only thing I would suggest is to brighten up the blue flowers a bit.

Nice! I like the soft green background, the gentle curve of the stem and the blue flowers seem to really stand out.

Matthew

The composition is excellent and the depth of field just right. Like Mark said, I think it would be improved if the flowers were lighter.

Anyone got an ID for the plant?

A wonderful comp and capture here, I agree with the boost to the flowers.

Ditto for me Wade, great capture and complimentary BG, just need to lighten up the flowers. Nice job!

My first thought was to lighten it up also. I would like to see a re-post.

Here is a lighter version.

I did a little search, Wade. I think this is Cynoglossum grande (or some variant of it). We get it in our yard periodically:
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&ndsp=21&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=3&q=Cynoglossum+grande&btnG=Search+images

According to this link, it is also called a "forget me not" and is in the borage family.
http://www.baynatives.com/plants/Cynoglossum-grande/


Regarding the repost, I like the flower being brightened, but I wish the background were the more muted green in the original.

Yeah, the boost to the flowers is perfect. The comp with the way the stem curves is just great. I vote for the muted bg, though. More work, but, wow, it would be worth it, I think.

ditto what Catherine and Marylynne said. The brighter background here brings out some white with lines that are distracting.