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Gallery: FloraPosted January 31, 201168 views6 comments

This Wyoming Kittentail peeking out of the snow caught my eye last spring. I especially like the drop of water clinging to the blossom. I cropped to exclude some blown-out hightlights but not sure I eleminated them all.

Canon Powershot
1/1600sec f/4.0 72mm

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6 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 31, 2011 at 7:04 PM

Nancy:
Good find and capture. The drop is special. Wish for slightly more DOF to get the entire bloom in focus but the softness here is okay as well.

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on January 31, 2011 at 7:53 PM

Love the juxtaposition of two seasons in this. Highlight control looks good, you'll usually have some specular highlights on ice/snow anyway. I might be inclined to increase the brightness slightly particularly in the purples. Nice find!

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on January 31, 2011 at 9:13 PM

I like this as posted Nancy. I might sharpen the flower a little and bring up the luminosity on the petals as has already been suggested. Great contrast in this as well as textures and I do like the droplets.

pat

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 31, 2011 at 10:53 PM

Nancy: Terrific find and a solid capture. A touch more light on the center (a little fill perhaps?) would suit me but this works as is. Nicely done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on February 1, 2011 at 12:04 AM

Wow, very neat capture! I like the feel of peering right down into the depression to view the melting snow. I bit more DOF would be nice, and I think that could be accomplished with your camera by shooting using aperture priority.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on February 1, 2011 at 9:25 AM

Nancy, I totally agree. That drop of water grabbed my eye, and then I had a chance to explore the ice crystals about the blossom. I'm wondering whether it's possible to open up the shadows in the blossom a bit more ?

Cheers,

Carol

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