Bleeding Heart

Gallery: FloraPosted May 15, 201050 views10 comments

Taken today. One of my daughter's flower beds was going to be dug up, so I "rescued" the bleeding hearts and some other things. Had a great photo shoot with Steven K shooting these. Eager to see what ya got, Steve.

Not sure I like the oof ones in the background, but am afraid if I cloned them, it would be a mess.
Canon 50D
Canon 75-300mm
500D Diopter
1/10, f5

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 15, 2010 at 11:42 PM

Kathy: I like the receding POV. I think I would have pushed the main subject a bit further right in the frame or perhaps crop this to 5:4 from the right. >=))>

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Comment posted by Timothy F. Hale on May 15, 2010 at 11:56 PM

Kathy, the OOF helps to make your subject stand out and I think that you've handled it well!

Tim
Concrete, WA

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 16, 2010 at 12:12 AM

Kathy, OOF elements are just fine. Like Bill said composing more to the right would have utilized more space in the frame and also given a better perspective to the OOF elements. I do like the beautiful pinkish reds and the dark background

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on May 16, 2010 at 3:55 AM

I really like this in just about every way. I did have the same thought on the comp as Bill, I confess, but it's still quite effective as-is.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on May 16, 2010 at 8:57 AM

I like this alot, I think you did a great job Kathy. Nicely done.
John

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 16, 2010 at 10:05 AM

The oof works well for me Kathy. This reminds me of a caterpillar and I like the image. Neat pov.

Pat

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Comment posted by Steven M Kahn on May 16, 2010 at 10:22 PM

Kathy, you are quick! I had a great time in your studio yesterday. I was impressed with it. I have to get some Bleeding Hearts in our flower bed. Our daughter-in-law just casually mentioned this afternoon at dinner that a friend of theirs has a bunch of them growing and available for transplant. She just looked at me - my eyse bugged out. She knows I am interested! Thanks to you! Our vision is different Kathy.

Regarding this capture - SWEET. I like the train effect. Looks like a locomotive coming at you with the rest of the cars in tow. Crop wise, i believe you said this was a quick posting, so I believe you haven't given thought to final printing or cropping. I also like the rim lighting on the "locomotive". I think I could help you with isolating the subject more and working your concerns. I would go with what we might talk about at this coming Saturday's meeting.

Thank you for putting up with me yesterday and looking forward to seeing you and George this Saturday.

For the record - I have 6 finalists from about 30 original captures from yesterday's session.

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Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on May 17, 2010 at 6:47 AM

Beautiful capture Kathy. The receding flower line is just wonderful

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 17, 2010 at 1:47 PM

Kathy, I like the way the oof flowers are lined up in this image. Very nice detail on the first flower and the colors are beautiful.

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on May 17, 2010 at 2:47 PM

You did great here Kathy, the oof blooms are working well as they receed in a natural progression from the main bloom

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