I just returned from two days in eastern Washington. I was a bit disappointed in the weather. Rain and/or overcast. This shot was from one of the few breaks in the clouds. Seems I have a hard time getting away from shooting flowers.
Great thinking, Tim, is it a little too bright though?
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on June 12, 2006 at 12:28 PM
Really a great composition but I wish the BG was just a tad darker so that the flowers popped a bit more. But this is lovely....
Posted by Tim Goodspeed on June 12, 2006 at 12:52 PM
Thanks guys. Hmmm....interresting, I worked to brighten the background and give it life. I had not considered keeping it dark so the flowers would have more separation. I will go back and look at it again. Thanks.
Interesting eye-catching image. Unique composition with the tall flower reaching to the clouds. Looks like it's shot from the lower level of Steptoe Butte. I'm a bit amazed how you captured the tall flower in sharp focus, since it's generally windy there. As mentioned, the darker version looks more pleasing to me as well.
Harald
Very awesome image!! I would guess Saturday or Sunday afternoon. I was there but missed connections with all of you. On my monitor your image looks a bit too yellow in the greens. My monitor is calibrated but it could just be my eyes. Now I'm not a digital camera user but with F11 is your apparent film speed around 125?
Actually, Saturday was an awesome day in my book. Certainly some challenges with uncooperative sunlight and clouds. But, I found some wonderful light in the morning and the evening with the thunderheads and the gorgious light was by far one of my more rewarding experiences for image making. Sunday morning sunrise was also quite good. No images to show yet as I use a 4x5 field view for my work. Perhaps by the weekend I will find out what level of success I had. I would love to be back there when the wheat all heads out and then ripens. And, what a sight it must be when the pee fields flower.
All in all a great three days and a beautiful ride over and back. And I got a great view of all the Ice Age Flood topography!
Posted by Duke Beattie on June 14, 2006 at 2:15 PM
Flowering pea fields might be a problem this year.. Yesterday(6/13) we had a hail storm the trashed 80-90% of the peas.. They were just about to flower.. Now they are mashed flat..
This is a great shot btw,,,
Discussion
17 replies17-85mm, f/11
I really like this. This has your style written all over it with the pose of the large flower on the right. I too like the reworked version.
Harald
Very awesome image!! I would guess Saturday or Sunday afternoon. I was there but missed connections with all of you. On my monitor your image looks a bit too yellow in the greens. My monitor is calibrated but it could just be my eyes. Now I'm not a digital camera user but with F11 is your apparent film speed around 125?
Actually, Saturday was an awesome day in my book. Certainly some challenges with uncooperative sunlight and clouds. But, I found some wonderful light in the morning and the evening with the thunderheads and the gorgious light was by far one of my more rewarding experiences for image making. Sunday morning sunrise was also quite good. No images to show yet as I use a 4x5 field view for my work. Perhaps by the weekend I will find out what level of success I had. I would love to be back there when the wheat all heads out and then ripens. And, what a sight it must be when the pee fields flower.
All in all a great three days and a beautiful ride over and back. And I got a great view of all the Ice Age Flood topography!
Phil
This is a great shot btw,,,