Dancing with the Wind

Gallery: FloraPosted May 10, 201052 views9 comments

subject was taken with a nikon d40x at iso-100, at one 400th with an aperture of 5.3. Although it was a breezy day, my shutter speed allowed me to take this photo without a tripod,with a 200 mm lens set at 145 mm.
this gave me a narrow DOF, but a darkened and blurred background
welcome comments on composition and lighting.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Jeffrey Mitchell on May 10, 2010 at 8:35 PM

I love the way the Tulips pop out from the darkened background. My only suggestion might be to get alittle tighter on the flowers without cropping the stumps. Good presentation.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 10, 2010 at 10:58 PM

I like the bg and the rhythm of the composition also Bob. I might want the stump a touch sharper and I might crop some from the right in that there's not a lot of visual interest there for my tastes. If you don't crop out some from the right, then I'd probably darken the white spots in the bg.

Pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on May 11, 2010 at 1:12 AM

I love the quartet Bob. I like the varying heights of the flowers. I also like the dark BG. I do wish that the stump was not on the left as it seems to compete with the blooms.

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 11, 2010 at 3:31 AM

Bob:
Nice comp of this quartet. Nice as presented but a vertical crop may also work.

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Comment posted by Bob Grassi on May 11, 2010 at 10:36 AM

Thanks for all your comments. I will re-work my initial photo. BobG

Registered on July 12, 2009, 43 Posts, 41 Comments

Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on May 11, 2010 at 11:34 AM

Very interesting use of the elements Bob... The repost works better for me

Registered on June 24, 2007, 130 Posts, 1309 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 11, 2010 at 12:13 PM

Bob, I quite like this photo

- nice grouping and I think the presence of the stump gives it some depth. A squarish crop should also look great here removing some from the right.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 13, 2010 at 4:16 PM

Bob; Sorry to be so tardy commenting on this. I especially like the lighting. I do like the original but the repost is excellent. Well done.>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Bob Grassi on May 26, 2010 at 7:29 AM

thanks for your many comments. I agree that the closer cropping of the re- post is much more effective

Registered on July 12, 2009, 43 Posts, 41 Comments