Sunrays

Gallery: FloraPosted May 17, 2009539 views24 comments

Hi all.

We went to our favorite garden center on Saturday...

This is an African Daisy, a variety called 'Sunray'. All of these blooms are on the same flower. This one flower was just loaded with blooms. I have lots of comps of the grouping of blooms.

Does the wilted abberant petal on the top bloom hurt the shot? I know that I have some from later shooting where I moved the petals on the right bloom over that bloom. I did not take the time to try to fix the petal on this one.

Honest thoughts please! Any and all thoughts appreciated.

Edit: This is NOT a composite shot, the flower really had this many blooms right together.

Nathan

Nikon D80, Sigma 180 macro, tripod, ISO 200, f16

Comments

24 comments

Comment posted by David Rogers on May 18, 2009 at 12:07 AM

Nathan,

I think the shot is amazing as is. The petal adds character - nothing is perfect after all.

Critical inspection leads me to think the center of the shot should not be green background but filled with the flowers. The top-right, right above that upper petal, should be cropped/cloned out IMO.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 18, 2009 at 12:39 AM

Nathan: Frame filling fantastic. If you had not mentioned the petal I would never have noticed it. Fabulous subject superbly captured.>=))>

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on May 18, 2009 at 2:16 AM

Wow, this is really fantastic!!!! I like it how it is

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Praveen Unni on May 18, 2009 at 4:40 AM

Beautiful shot Nathan... I like the comp and nice colors too.. Thanks for sharing this..

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 18, 2009 at 4:51 AM

The errant petal is a plus for me, Nathan - a nice colour ( !! ) accent. Love the slightly grainy feel to this ( is that the result of ISO choice in bright light ?? ) and the central gap around which the petals gather. Nice shot !

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Mitchell on May 18, 2009 at 8:50 AM

Nathan, I love this shot!!! The colors are just fantastice and I am enjoying the larger version very much. When's the poster size coming out?

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Comment posted by Maureen McKovich on May 18, 2009 at 10:01 AM

I do not have a problem with the wilted petal, although it might be nice to compare the two shots.

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Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on May 18, 2009 at 10:51 AM

Nathan, like this a lot and like it as is. wonderful frame filling image and beautiful colours

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on May 18, 2009 at 1:53 PM

Interesting composite shot, Nathan. I would not have noticed the that willful petal if you had not mentioned it. I especially like the muted colors.

I wonder how this would look if you rotated the image 90 CCW???

Carol

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on May 18, 2009 at 1:56 PM

Hi all. Thanks for the comments.

This is not actually a composite shot, this was just the way they were alligned and arranged.

I am not sure about the 'Grainy' appearance - the sun was mostly down at this point, and I was just shooting at ISO 200. They did have an amazing amount of detail in the blooms though.

I did clone in just a smidge of color into the upper right corner of the shot.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM

this is just gorgous Nathan:

You captured the color tones beautifully. ..... The composition is very artistic

P.S. The wilted petal only adds to the beauty of the shot.
Albert Darmo Que. Canada

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 18, 2009 at 6:28 PM

Nathan,

Just magnificent.

Pat

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on May 18, 2009 at 7:21 PM

Sorry, Nathan. Wasn't implying this image was a composite image made of several images. I was using composite in the sense that many elements (flowers) made up the image.

Carol

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on May 18, 2009 at 7:45 PM

I want to love this but I just don't really like symmetry all that much. =) I know its not perfectly symmetrical and all the colors are different and thats what I like a lot but the general comp bugs me. =) The top half with the 3 flowers would be great. I like everything about this, I'm just weird about symmetry.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on May 18, 2009 at 7:47 PM

Oh, no problem Carol. Was not offended at all. Just wasn't sure what meaning of 'composite' you meant. Thanks for the comments.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 19, 2009 at 8:18 AM

Very beautiful shot, Nathan

- not quite easy to find that many flowers more or less in the same of focus.

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on May 19, 2009 at 11:56 AM

I love this, Nathan - great composition.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 20, 2009 at 3:33 PM

Powerful shot, Nathan!

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 26, 2009 at 8:56 AM

Congratulations Nathan, for a richly deserved Weekly Pick

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on May 26, 2009 at 3:35 PM

Obviously the little wilted spot did nothing to harm this fabulous shot, Nathan. Just added a little extra character and something to think about. Congrats on yet another Flora EP!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 26, 2009 at 4:56 PM

Well deserved EP! Congrats

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 26, 2009 at 6:32 PM

I'm sticking with my original comment Nathan - just magnificent. Congratulations on the EP, it's very well deserved for this.

Pat

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 26, 2009 at 9:45 PM

Like i said, Just gorgeous and artistic. congrats on the E.P Nathan
Albert darmo Canada

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on July 22, 2009 at 9:43 PM

This is a glorious beautiful image!

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