From a Galaxy Far Away

Gallery: FloraPosted June 18, 201197 views16 comments

In man's eternal quest to find life on another planet comes this report. After a year of travel and another month processing the response, the latest probe has made a successful landing. Initial reports indicate this planet is pretty hot. No water found yet but...

Alright already...

This is an Iceland Poppy that I shot in natural light. Used a LED flashlight burst straight down on the pistel to create this effect.

Canon 5D MkII 90mm T/S f16

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM

Striking image Bob. I love what you did with the LED. I also like the crispness of the front anthers. This is intense. I like it a lot.

pat

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

Comment posted by Derek Yow on June 18, 2011 at 10:39 AM

Well executed image Bob. I like the backlighting effect from the LED. All the color and different curves of the petals work perfectly to frame those anthers. Lovely!

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

Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 18, 2011 at 11:56 AM

Bob: GREAT POV and a super title and result. Beam me up Scotty! >=))>

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

Comment posted by Cam Held on June 18, 2011 at 12:24 PM

The lighting works really well to frame the image! Creative!
-Cam

Registered on November 12, 2009, 59 Posts, 398 Comments

Comment posted by Mohammad Hosseini on June 18, 2011 at 12:27 PM

Very good one Bob, LED lighting did work well.

Registered on May 16, 2011, 15 Posts, 301 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 18, 2011 at 12:58 PM

Hi Bob

Very imaginative

Still waiting for the pod to open up with little spacemen.! I guess they are extrasensory

The LED lighting, color and detail are sensational

Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 18, 2011 at 6:20 PM

Very creative, Bob - thanks for sharing the technique

. Some killer details at the center and I don't recall seeing a dual colored Icelandic Poppy anytime before.

One question for you : I see the use of Tilt-Shift Lens. How exactly did the Tilt/Shift help in this case ?

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

Comment posted by Bob Duff on June 18, 2011 at 8:13 PM

Thank you for all your comments. Much appreciated.

Ram: My 90 mm T/S lens is my go to lens. The best explanation of how it works is in this tutorial: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/tilt-shift-lenses2.htm
For this image I wanted the very near parts of the petals in focus as well as as many of the stamens I could get in focus. Of course I was very close to start with so was limited to how many stamens I would get. The "stackers" could achieve what I have plus the back stamens but you could not also get the lighting effect for the LED flashlight burst by stacking. There are always trade-offs as you well know. Hope this helps.

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

Comment posted by scott lanz on June 18, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Excellent.

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

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 18, 2011 at 9:00 PM

Great detail and pretty light.

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on June 19, 2011 at 12:44 PM

Fantastic image Bob. From colors to light to composition, this is a "10" in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on June 19, 2011 at 4:19 PM

Great fantasy and magnificent detail in the front of the flower.

Intense and great shot. The flashlight is an interesting idea (and well worth duplicating).

Cheers,

Carol

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

Comment posted by May Haga on June 19, 2011 at 8:43 PM

Very nice Bob. It does sort of look like a floating planet.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on June 19, 2011 at 10:03 PM

I really like this one. The light really highlights the many textures of this flower. It does look a little like this is about to be beamed up!

Registered on October 10, 2010, 65 Posts, 904 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 20, 2011 at 3:16 AM

Bob:
Yes, striking and really pops. You have use the TS lens and LED to great effect. Well done.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on June 21, 2011 at 3:42 AM

The Larger Version Rocks

Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments