Reaching

Gallery: FloraPosted September 29, 2010794 views12 comments

This is a shot from one of the Stanley Park gardens in Vancouver, BC. The flowers there were terrific, and I had a new 70-300 lens that I got to practice some more isolation type stuff with than I've been able to do with my other lens. I like the way this particular one reached out of the larger (unseen) patch below. I don't know the type, so I'd appreciate some info if anyone knows.

Thanks for looking!

Olympus E-520
Zuiko 70-300 @ 120mm
f/4.3
1/200s
ISO 100
Hand-held, manual focus (rocking back and forth slowly and watching the focus change helps!)
PS CS4 for RAW conversion, web prep

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 29, 2010 at 10:28 PM

David: Looks like a rudbeckia variant of some sort. This is nicely seen and composed. I'm not sure about the OOF BG flower on the right edge. Very well done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Bruce King on September 29, 2010 at 10:35 PM

Nice sharp details on the subject. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 29, 2010 at 10:51 PM

I agree with Bill on the ID David.

Beautiful image. Nice light, good subject/ground separation and a fine looking flower. The partials blooms on the right bother me a little too but short of cloning them out, I don't know what you can do about them. Good looking as posted for my tastes.

Pat

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Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on September 30, 2010 at 7:06 AM

Great bloom and the bg for most part complements.. But I agree about the oof BG flower being a distraction. Cool shot in very good focus

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Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on September 30, 2010 at 8:44 AM

Very nice shot, David! The sharpness is good and I like the composition.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on September 30, 2010 at 8:45 AM

Beautiful flower, I like your choice of a shallow DOF to help create that separation.

Peter

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on September 30, 2010 at 8:47 AM

Beautiful, crisp rendering of the subject, David. I like the slightly from the top angle and the sense of space around the flower. The blue flower could be seen as a distraction but, personally, I don't mind it at all - it's part of the scene.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on September 30, 2010 at 9:03 AM

I like really like the placement of the flower versus the background. Very nice image showing the flower in its environment.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 30, 2010 at 10:41 AM

David, I love how that flower pops out. Nice job.

Carol

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Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on September 30, 2010 at 11:21 AM

I think this is a Rudbeckia. I like the sharpness of the flower, but the bg is a bit too busy for me.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on September 30, 2010 at 12:04 PM

I love this. It's beautiful.