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Bleeding Hearts

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Posted by Bruce King on May 16, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Bleeding Hearts
Took a stroll along the John Wayne/Iron Horse Trail near Rattlesnake Lake, WA last weekend, then took a side trail up to Cedar Butte. Another hiker coming down said the view from the butte was of a massive clear cut and a gravel pit so I didn't go all the way up, but the trail was littered with Trillium, Bleeding Heart and Wild Geranium so I spent some time with the wild flowers. It was a little breezy but I managed to get a couple OK shots (IMO) between blows. Here's the best of the Bleeding Hearts that day. I also posted a shot of a Wild Geranium in the Flora Gallery. Thanks for looking. Comments welcome.

D5000
150mm f/2.8 Macro w/CP
f/11 @ 1/6 sec
ISO 800
Posted by Craig Strand on May 16, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Excellent capture Bruce... I love the color and comp with the curved stem, great OOF BG as well!
Posted by David Bostock on May 16, 2010 at 8:03 PM
Bruce, this is sensational. Excellent color and positioning in the frame. A very minor nit is the color in the upper right corner. You could crop or clone it out very easily. I'd love to see this as a big print.
Posted by Tim Todd on May 16, 2010 at 11:50 PM
Nice detail. The color of the heart bleeds beautifully.
Posted by Jack Graham on May 17, 2010 at 12:23 AM
Bruce, I kind of agree with David, but this is a wonderful capture.
ery nice!
JG
Posted by Bruce King on May 20, 2010 at 1:36 AM
I hear you, I'm going to fix the URC, and maybe remove a little of the darkness on the left edge.
Thanks a bunch.