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Spring Makes It To Oregon!

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Posted by Geoff Shapiro on April 18, 2006 at 12:47 PM
Taken a fews weeks ago and proving that spring has finally (kind of) made it to my little patch of the Willamette Valley.

20D, 300/4L + 1.4xTC, 1/500 @ f6.3, ISO 200

(In case you'd noticed the focal length, I was shooting birds and then saw this and redirected my efforts for a few minutes)
Posted by Erik Lundh on April 18, 2006 at 1:43 PM
Geoff,
What I really think is cool about this is the blurred flower on the left next to the sharp one. The contrast between the two really makes the in focus one pop. Nice work!
Posted by Harald Rust on April 18, 2006 at 1:44 PM
I really like this shot. The colors are beautiful and perfect dof.
Harald
Posted by Geoff Shapiro on April 18, 2006 at 4:16 PM
Erik - I agree! That's exactly what I really liked about this comp as I was taking it and especially as I was post-processing it. I didn't even give a thought to cropping the left side out.

...and as Harald also pointed out, the colors really turned me on...
Posted by Mike Jordan on April 18, 2006 at 8:48 PM
Really nice, Geoff. Great colors and really sharp where it counts.

Mike
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 19, 2006 at 12:04 AM
Great color and DOF my friend! :cool:
Posted by Ryan DesJardins on April 19, 2006 at 12:39 AM
A very nice comp and use of DOF.
Posted by Geoff Shapiro on April 19, 2006 at 2:45 AM
Thanks, Mike, Ned, and Ryan. I'm trying to make up for all the months of inactivity over the winter... :biggrin:
Posted by Jim Jirka on April 19, 2006 at 9:12 AM
Very delicate. Nicely done.