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Silene latifolia
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Silene latifolia

by Keith A Anderson

Gallery: FloraPosted June 23, 201148 views6 comments
There have been lots of wild flowers in the woods of SW Minnesota over the past few weeks. Last week I got out for a couple of hours and found quite a lot white campion flowers. I'm curious what you think of this image. The bloom is largely oof except for the stamens and while I'm liking it as a print it seems to have lost something on the monitor. High iso due to wind.

1D4, 180 f3.5 macro, tripod, iso 800, 1/2000, f3.5, full frame

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 23, 2011 at 9:53 PM
Keith,

I certainly like this. It's a strong composition. You got excellent subject/ground separation and fine light. Where this is in focus, the detail is excellent. I'd probably like more dof to get all of the white bloom sharp or sharper. I understand the tradeoffs though and the wind. I particularly like the mood of it as it sort of materializes out of the bg and I certainly wouldn't want to give that up for more dof.

pat
Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 23, 2011 at 10:38 PM
Beautiful photo of the Bladder Campion Flower :cool: - much easier to use traditional names. Slightly more depth of field to cover the stem and the whole flower would make for another excellent portrait even though I like this composition as well. A slight crop from the top may look good as well :cool:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 24, 2011 at 12:03 AM
Keith: Inspired DOF/POF management and just a superb final result. I think I would crop this to 4:5 from the top primarily and then blow it up to at least 16x20. Well done.>=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on June 24, 2011 at 7:34 AM
Very nice wildflower profile. A little more definition in the flower would have made this even better, I think, but I like it as is. I agree with the suggestion to crop this from the top.
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Miro Susta on June 24, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Very nice image, well done Keith. IMO a bit more space at the left side and a bit brightening of the dark green corner would make it even better. :wink:
Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments
Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on June 26, 2011 at 9:16 AM
Keith, I am in troubles in commenting this photo. The first impression is excellent, then my eyes realize that the plant is all in focus, but not the white flower: the main subject. This creates a problem to my mind.
Take care.
Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments