Sun Bathing

Gallery: FloraPosted May 15, 201188 views12 comments

Poppies are one of my most favorite flowers for painting and photography ,they have seemingly endless possibilities for shots. My new garden is all planted and soon ready for photographing ,I hope !
ISO400
1/800 SEC
F4.8
70-300MM LENS
Tripod
polarizer
extension tube

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 15, 2011 at 8:25 PM

Beautiful image Lorna. The bg is a perfect complement to the bloom IMO. I also like the warm light and your dof decision which seems to me to match the light and color palette. Very fine work for my tastes.

pat

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

Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 15, 2011 at 8:45 PM

Lorna: Fine comp and exquisite lighting. Looking forward to what the spring and summer will bring you and us. >=))>

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 15, 2011 at 8:49 PM

The backlighting really makes this poppy glow. My personal preference would be to crop a bit from the left, but not so much as to make the image square.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 15, 2011 at 9:01 PM

Poppies are photogenic flowers. I like the strong colors, backlighting and above anything else, I love seeing the stamens through the lighted petals. Nice work, Lorna

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on May 15, 2011 at 10:35 PM

Lorna, beautiful backlighting and BG.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 16, 2011 at 6:47 AM

Lorna:
Lovely composition. The paper thin poppy petals are really great for this sort of shot. Don't forget to do some scans of your poppies when they are out (you are so luck to have a garden).

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on May 16, 2011 at 11:25 AM

Beautiful depth of field, Lorna. I like how the flower angles in from the corner. The only suggestion I would make is to isolate the flower from the background and bring down the exposure of the flower a bit.

Looking forward to seeing images from your garden.

Cheers,

Carol

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

Comment posted by Paul Duval on May 17, 2011 at 8:14 AM

Lorna,

Great POV, and backlighting is always nice the shadows show the interior detail of the flower in a very artistic way.

Paul

Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on May 17, 2011 at 8:21 AM

Lorna,

Great POV, and backlighting is always nice the shadows show the interior detail of the flower in a very artistic way.

Paul

Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on May 17, 2011 at 7:07 PM

Great lighting and settings used for this portrait Lorna. Good work.
Bob

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 18, 2011 at 10:06 PM

HI Lorna

Love the vibrant color and superb detail.

so anxious to see more from your garden.