Birth of Spring + Repost

Gallery: FloraPosted February 26, 2010398 views32 comments

A Crocus bud nestled in foliage underneath the sunny flower forms of those already bloomed spoke to me of birth-- that moment between safety inside its "womb" and the hearty, yet fragile, first appearance of itself, soon to be a bloom and join the glowing canopy.

D700, 105 micronikkor, hand held; f 5.6, 1/100, ISO 400, +0.67 EV.

Appreciate your thoughts and critique. Thanks.

Comments

32 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 26, 2010 at 5:05 AM

Sure wish I could visualize things as you do!
This is a little different for you, and it's marvelous.
The oof areas really set off the one perfect bud in focus.
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Tomas Turecek on February 26, 2010 at 5:27 AM

I LOVE it! I really like the combination of colours, the composition and the shallowe DOF. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on February 26, 2010 at 9:30 AM

This is beautiful Catherine.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on February 26, 2010 at 9:59 AM

So very nice Catherine. Comp and color wash are great. I really get a sense of "emergence" with this shot. Well seen and captured.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM

NIce insight to life as well as this shot. Luscious color, love the dof, and pof.

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on February 26, 2010 at 11:07 AM

Nice visualization. I love the warm wash of color at the top.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 26, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Catherine: Still reigning crocus queen IMO. Gorgeous shot and especially well seen. Terrific POV and DOF/POF choice as well. I rate this A+ as is but even like it a touch more with a small crop from the top to get rid of some of the featureless yellow. Perhaps a 4:5 ratio or even 4:5.5. 2+ thumbs up!

>=))>

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on February 26, 2010 at 1:25 PM

Nice, real nice Catherine. Tells the story of all the stages of the bloom.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on February 26, 2010 at 1:51 PM

Cathrine, this is a clever photo! A creative vision, to fully blur the big flowers and choose as protagonist a small, just borne baby. I love this image.Bravo!
Take care.

Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on February 26, 2010 at 3:46 PM

Absolutely beautiful! Your POV and DOF are incredible.

D&L

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on February 26, 2010 at 6:10 PM

Beautiful work Catherine. Superbly done. I agree with bill's suggestion on a crop from the top but maybe only 10 or 15 percent. Doesn't really matter though. Love the image.

Pat

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 26, 2010 at 7:31 PM

Absolutely gorgeous. Well seen and executed. A bit like a mini cram. Love this

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Comment posted by Matthew Lippert on February 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM

Catherine, I really like what you have been doing with the Crocus. This is a very creative pov for these little ones. I agree with Bill and Pat just a bit off the top. I look forward to seeing more. Nice work!

Matthew Lippert

Registered on March 9, 2009, 26 Posts, 67 Comments

Comment posted by David Bostock on February 26, 2010 at 8:06 PM

Spectacular image, Catherine.

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on February 26, 2010 at 8:08 PM

Its beautiful and I like the expanse of the color at the top.

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on February 26, 2010 at 8:27 PM

Many thanks for all the comments!

For those, who have suggested a crop off the top: about like this, do you mean?

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 26, 2010 at 10:55 PM

Catherine: Just what the doctor ordered! Now its A+++. Stunning shot. >=))>

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on February 27, 2010 at 2:16 PM

Simply beautiful !

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on February 28, 2010 at 12:34 AM

I think the repost is slightly stronger Catherine. Exceptional image.

Pat

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Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on February 28, 2010 at 7:11 PM

nice how you focused just on the bud. Like the blurry bg.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on March 2, 2010 at 9:45 AM

A joy to behold! Love the wash of color and the pof. Exceptionally fine image.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on March 2, 2010 at 11:12 AM

Congrats on the EP

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on March 2, 2010 at 12:45 PM

Congratulations on the EP, Catherine. I'm sorry I missed this earlier.
The colors are magnificent and I like your idea of using the background of stems and OOF petals for the bud.
Nice job.

Carol

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Comment posted by Mike Reid on March 2, 2010 at 12:55 PM

hey congrats on the EP....looks great to me

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 2, 2010 at 5:09 PM

Congrats on the double EP!!
Between the 2 of us, we did great this week!
LOL!

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 2, 2010 at 11:05 PM

Hi Catherine

Beautifully seen and crafted. The color and form are sublime. As always, You have a wonderfull way of expressing the scene with your images and your remarkable writing

Congrars on the E.P.
Albert Darmo Canada

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Comment posted by David Cobb on March 3, 2010 at 10:35 AM

You're getting some killer crocus shots this year Catherine. Congrats on the EP!

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on March 3, 2010 at 12:36 PM

Congrats on a well deserved EP.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on March 3, 2010 at 5:28 PM

Beautiful Catherine. Congrats on the EP

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on March 3, 2010 at 5:40 PM

Hey, congrats on the EP! Very deserving shot indeed

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 3, 2010 at 6:08 PM

Catherine,
Beautiful visual and phylosophical observation. It's interesting that the OOF elements, even though some partially obscure the in-focus subject, help focus attention on it. Congrats on the EP.

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Comment posted by Kris Johnson on March 15, 2010 at 10:58 PM

Very nice but I think a tighter maybe even square crop would work better. Wonderful colors

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