Geranium 'Magnificum'

Gallery: FloraPosted June 11, 201097 views13 comments

Hooray...weekend and sunshine! Tomorrow is another garden tour with my wife. She gladly provided the above Latin name...kinda tune-up for the chit-chat that will happen while I shoot. Hopefully, I will find something good to shoot. I did use a white core board to try to shade the b/g and brightened the flowers...then I added emphasis of same in photoshop.

Zeiss 100 mm, f22, 1/40s ..or so.

Nikon D300

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Miro Susta on June 11, 2010 at 9:43 PM

Beautiful image of violett geranium. This colour is not very typical for geranium and can see it very seldom (at least in my area). Ken you have captured really excellent image if this nice flower. I like the well captured details and fabulous ligting. Well done.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on June 11, 2010 at 10:19 PM

A really nice image Ken. Great sharpness/detail in the flowers. Excellent DOF, light, and color.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 11, 2010 at 11:43 PM

Ken: Marvelous subjects and just a superb capture. The details and textures in the buds and flowers are terrific. Exceptionally well done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 12, 2010 at 8:03 AM

The thumbnail doesn't begin to do this justice Ken. Beautiful image. I like the detail and the comp but it's the color and light that really appeal to me.

Pat

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on June 12, 2010 at 2:33 PM

Excellent color and detail Ken, beautiful light and composition, I like this very much.
John

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM

Excellent comp and wonderful processing Ken. Great looking photo. I like it a lot.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on June 12, 2010 at 5:25 PM

Ken, these flowers are glowing

beautifully captured and presented, wonderful colors and comp

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 12, 2010 at 5:28 PM

Ken, Beautiful photo. Not sure if its your processing or reality - it almost feels as if a Gold Reflector was used to light up the frame. Looks all nice to me

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on June 12, 2010 at 5:49 PM

Great capture Ken, the flowers are electric. Very good composition. The detail is great. The only nit is the green on the foreground leaves and buds seem a tad too yellow.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on June 12, 2010 at 7:51 PM

Hi Ram and Bob, thanks for the pointers...I did slide the yellow in color balance adjustment trying to give more boost and contrast against the b/g. Will pull it back a bit. Great to hear!

Ken S

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on June 12, 2010 at 9:28 PM

Holy cow - this is amazing. Did you do a workshop on Pandora? Just drop-dead gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 12, 2010 at 10:15 PM

Hi Ken

Wow.!! What an amazing image.!! There is magic in that golden effect, and those colors, I really like it.

Albert Darmo Canada

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 12, 2010 at 10:20 PM

The lighting in combination with your post processing work makes this a stand out! You've turned a nice image into something special.

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