Mostly Red

Gallery: FloraPosted June 14, 201157 views12 comments

Another from the tulip festival in May, shot with the long lens. I processed this in LR2 and used a couple of filters from NIK, DFine 2.0, Color Efex pro 3.0 darken/lighten center, classic soft focus.

Larger version available, thank you for stopping!

canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.L IS USM
F/5.6 1/1000 ISO 100
Tripod, wimberley head, cable, PS CS4, LR2, NIK suite

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on June 14, 2011 at 7:00 PM

nice detail and whole palette of RED, it is like food for my eyes

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 14, 2011 at 7:26 PM

Gorgeous color Craig and I like the composition as well. It reminds me some of Christopher Beanes' work and I certainly mean that as a compliment. I'd probably clone in a little of the flower in the viewer's upper left corner but just compulsiveness on my part. This is a beautiful image as posted.

pat

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

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on June 14, 2011 at 7:51 PM

HOT! Looks like flames in a bed of glowing tulip embers. I really like the DOF here, with the "right" amount of BG detail for me, and just enough OOF foreground to frame the sharp parts without being a distraction.

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

Comment posted by Bob Duff on June 14, 2011 at 8:26 PM

Holy smokes... No smoke only flames

Great study in red Craig. I like how the single tulip rises above the rest.

Registered on April 21, 2010, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 14, 2011 at 8:31 PM

Craig:
Red hot long lens magic! The single focused lotus just pops out from the rest. Nicely done.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 14, 2011 at 8:52 PM

Reminds me of a proverb in my native tongue "killing a sparrow with a nuclear weapon" but in a good way here though. Great use of the long lens. The main tulip really glows superbly.

I have never used a lens as long as this but just wondering if you used a small extension tube the foreground could have been blurred even more. Never mind.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 14, 2011 at 10:59 PM

Nice focus on that main bloom Craig. Great colors too! Nice shot.

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 14, 2011 at 11:47 PM

Very artistic image and very well seen and photographed.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Derek Yow on June 15, 2011 at 8:32 AM

Some serious red indeed! I think this is wonderful how with all the red in this the main subject really stands out because of the lighting. Very well crafted image

Registered on May 18, 2010, 26 Posts, 655 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on June 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM

This is the best so far Craig (in my opinion). The colors, light and point of focus are top shelf. I agree with Pat on the upper left, but it sure isn't a deal breaker.
Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on June 15, 2011 at 4:11 PM

Super. I also think this is the best so far from the tulip festival in May.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 16, 2011 at 2:15 PM

Craig: Really well done! Superb comp and excellent use of the big lens. I like this one a lot.>=))>

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