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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Bob_B on July 04, 2014, 07:56:44 pm

Title: Coneflower
Post by: Bob_B on July 04, 2014, 07:56:44 pm: I was wandering through my garden this afternoon when I spied this coneflower dappled in the afternoon sunlight. I'm not sure of the crop, but I captured the lighting at the moment. Please feel free to c&c.

Canon 7D
50mm f1.4 @ 1/250 sec f/3.5 ISO 100
Lightroom and Photoshop postprocessing

Bob
Title: Re: Coneflower
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 04, 2014, 11:41:42 pm: Quite nice.
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Post by: thierrylegros396 on July 05, 2014, 04:19:54 am: Just at the right moment !!

Thierry
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Post by: Walt Roycraft on July 05, 2014, 09:02:32 am: Nicely done. I like the crop.
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Post by: francois on July 07, 2014, 06:02:28 am: Very nice image with soft colors and well chosen background. I like the framing and the distant flower.
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Post by: Bob_B on July 07, 2014, 09:17:55 am: Thank you to all who have viewed and commented. I greatly appreciate your responses.

Bob
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Post by: ThePhotoDude on July 14, 2014, 07:37:27 am: At first glance it is a beautiful photo, and well done on the technical aspects.
But, I can't help seeing a flower that is chewed up and missing petals on the far side. To me it is very distracting and takes away the gorgeous composition, focus and colors you have captured.
Title: Re: Coneflower
Post by: ripgriffith on July 14, 2014, 07:57:15 am: Quote from: ThePhotoDude on July 14, 2014, 07:37:27 am
At first glance it is a beautiful photo, and well done on the technical aspects.
But, I can't help seeing a flower that is chewed up and missing petals on the far side. To me it is very distracting and takes away the gorgeous composition, focus and colors you have captured.
I have to agree with the Dude here, although there are certainly times that a really chewed-up flower can make a stunning image. Plus I see no aesthetic reason to have cropped out a chunk of the background flower. To me, that really unbalances the composition. FWIW, echinacea purpurea is one of my favorite flowers to photograph (or just to see,for that matter).
Title: Re: Coneflower
Post by: Colorado David on July 14, 2014, 10:40:05 am: Nature can be messy. Perfect flowers only exist in the Florist's Shop. I like the image the way it is.