Mother and Daughter

Gallery: FloraPosted September 22, 201045 views8 comments

It was the annual "Take your daughter to Work Day" at the Nursery yesterday. This Dahlia Mom and her baby were good enough to pose for a few shots. I'm just beginning to experiment with HDR software and this is an early attempt.

Thanks for your comments, Larger version available

canon 7D
canon 100mm macro f2.8L with macro support ring
F/2.8 -1.5 1/6000 ISO 100
tripod, cable

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 22, 2010 at 8:50 PM

I like this a lot Craig, particularly the composition but the processing as well. There's a dark shadow at about 2:00 to the right of the main flower that I might clone over. Other than that I hope to see more of these.

Pat

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 22, 2010 at 10:08 PM

So glad Mother and Daughter are doing well, and you're having fun, Craig. Nice experiment. Next time I'd leave a little more room at the top. It will be interesting to see your next post.

Cheers,

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on September 22, 2010 at 10:26 PM

The background is really interesting on this. This lighting on the flowers looks like the shadows and highlights somehow lost their puch. Is that the HDR? The arrangement of the flowers is super, but would look even better with a bit more space on top.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 22, 2010 at 11:10 PM

I really like the light in this one, and what the pp did to the background. Cool!

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on September 23, 2010 at 11:23 AM

Beautiful and engaging shot, Craig. Did you really need HDR on this? It certainly doesn't have that "HDR look," so that is a good thing.

Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on September 24, 2010 at 11:53 AM

This seems to work well for me Craig. I like seeing the two different blooms at differing angles. Nice work!

Nathan

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 25, 2010 at 5:57 PM

Hi Craig.

A very interesting composition, with an unusual B.G. and light that works very well.

Albert Darmo. Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 25, 2010 at 11:06 PM

Craig: I like the tonal range you got and the pristine perfection of the main flower and the bud. Really good work. >=))>

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