Clivia at Blake Garden REPOST

Gallery: FloraPosted October 4, 201043 views6 comments

Photo taken at Blake Garden on 6/28/10. Was one of the last things I photographed that day. Just noticed the plant when walking out. Blake Garden is the official home of the University of California President and is open and free to the public on weekdays. It is usually a very quiet and peaceful place and has several areas including a cutting garden that often has large flowers that make great subjects. I wrote a blog entry on the garden this past spring: http://naturalhistorywanderings.com/2010/03/15/a-secret-garden-blake/

Comments welcome.

Canon 30D with a100mm macro
1/1000sec at f/3.2; exposure bias -2/3EV
ISO 400 (not necessary forgot to turn it down)
Aperture Priority
Metering mode: partial (similar to spot but uses larger center area for reading)

Sandy
Berkeley, CA
Natural History Wanderings
http://picasaweb.google.com/sandysteinman

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 4, 2010 at 7:46 PM

I like this as posted Sandy. What a great subject. My only suggestion would be to consider doing a little fill light in the shadows. Don't know that, that would improve the image without seeing it - so just a thought.

Pat

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

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 4, 2010 at 8:43 PM

Sandy:
Nice bunch of flowers. The orange color really pops with the black bg. Wish for a bit more DOF.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on October 4, 2010 at 9:27 PM

Hi Sandy, nice light and the dark BG really sets the flowers off nicely. I do wish for a bit more DOF to bring the flowers at the top into focus.

Registered on July 15, 2007, 258 Posts, 3892 Comments

Comment posted by Sandy Steinman on October 5, 2010 at 1:21 AM

I found a version I did at f/8 so it had more DOF. I also tried a little fill light as Pat suggested. Let me know what you think.

Sandy
Berkeley, CA
Natural History Wanderings
http://picasaweb.google.com/sandysteinman

Registered on March 14, 2010, 10 Posts, 83 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on October 7, 2010 at 6:16 PM

Love the apparent simplicity of this, Sandy. It's nicely composed ( the subject seems just right for a centred composition ) and very well lit, with the shadowed areas working very well for me.

Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 9, 2010 at 5:44 PM

Sandy: I like lighting like this and the subject is pretty cool too. I do prefer the repost. Nicely done.>=))>

PS: When you post a repost please edit your title so others will know there's a new image to consider.

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