Noon in the Crocus Fores

Gallery: FloraPosted February 24, 2010140 views17 comments

This is the large patch of crocus that was first to bloom and from which the close-ups came. More to come along with some from other patches- yellow, purple, etc.

D700, 70-200/2.8 VR at 160 mm, hand held; f 11, 1/60, ISO 200. Ground level shot.

It was so bright and sunny when I started the shoot, and this was the first image. Hopefully it thaws out some of you who are still getting snow!

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Michael Lowe on February 24, 2010 at 4:01 AM

Warms me up. We're supposed to get another foot of snow this weekend.

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Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on February 24, 2010 at 4:13 AM

Gotta love crocuses! Nice splash of color. Great reminder of spring.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 24, 2010 at 8:05 AM

"Crocus Queen" strikes again!
Sure looking forward to all your spring flower shots.
THis is lovely - just enough in focus to draw attention, yet softly blurred for the rest. That one blade of grass right above the in-focus crocus (unintentional rhyme!) bugs me a little..

Sympathy to all those still covered in snow..
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 24, 2010 at 10:13 AM

You're just cruel to be posting spring flowers in abundance like this right now.

About another 2-3 weeks for us in Denver. Just a great shot, Catherine. I like your pof and dof.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on February 24, 2010 at 11:26 AM

Ditto, Catherine, for all of the previously made compliments.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on February 24, 2010 at 11:40 AM

Wonderful color and comp. Just fine work. Yep, I'm envious but glad for you to have the these marvelous subjects to play with.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on February 24, 2010 at 2:02 PM

Oooo, Sandy, where's my tiara?

Morris: You've discovered my mean streak. Darn my cover is blown.

Hey, but that's okay, since you'll be getting even with CO wildflowers later.

Michael: Another foot of snow? Now? Now, that's cruel!

Thanks to everyone for the comments.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on February 24, 2010 at 3:44 PM

Very nice effect. Colours, DOF and POV work very well.

D&L

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on February 24, 2010 at 6:11 PM

Wow Catherine! What a great patch of crocus! I need to plant me one of this size! This is awesome!

Nathan

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on February 24, 2010 at 8:19 PM

Beautiful shot Catherine. Great dof choice for my tastes and the to my eye the pov makes the shot. Superb work.

Pat

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on February 24, 2010 at 9:25 PM

So very nice Catherine. Splendid color, comp, and DOF/POF choice.

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Comment posted by Tomas Turecek on February 25, 2010 at 2:03 AM

Aah, a whole bad of crocus flowers, that's a theme for hours and hours for a flower photograph, isn't it so? :) I think that you perfectly captured sharp details and also achieved the evocation of the amount of these beautiful little flowers.

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on February 25, 2010 at 6:03 PM

You're lucky to have these to photograph. I haven't been able to see if mine are even up yet - cuz they're continually getting buried under snow! Just a beautiful spring image. Great work.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 25, 2010 at 10:50 PM

Catherine: What a marvelous scene! I like this very much as is and also would consider a crop from the bottom to get rid of a bit of the undergrowth. I kind of like the blade of grass poking up and really like your POV and DOF choice. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on February 26, 2010 at 5:15 AM

Excellent DOF and beautiful colour palette. Ver well done Catherine.

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Comment posted by David Cobb on March 3, 2010 at 10:32 AM

What a great patch of Crocus Catherine, and what a wonderful capture.

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Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on August 10, 2010 at 9:53 AM

Such a sweet shot! Well done!

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