Rising (Repost)

Gallery: FloraPosted June 28, 2011143 views10 comments

This was taken from an Azalea I was working with a few weeks ago, right before it fully bloomed. I find the shape of the petals more interesting before they open up and that they offer a lot of pattern variations.

D90
100mm
f2.2
1/250
ISO 250
Slight tonal adjustments

C&C welcome and as always, thanks for viewing.

- Morgan

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 28, 2011 at 6:43 PM

Beautiful Morgan. I really like the very selective focus. Too bad our azalea season is past I have a hankering to observe what you describe of the petals before full opening.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 28, 2011 at 8:00 PM

Love those near electric pinks. However, I think it's the composition (pov, dof) that appeals to me most in this. Nothing I'd change. I like the image very much as posted.

pat

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 28, 2011 at 8:59 PM

Morgan:
Wild looking pink. Nice concept and DOF choice. I wish the pink fills the entire frame (without the green in the RUC). A quick fix would be to crop the green off and make this into a pano - just a suggestion that is worth exploring to see if it would look better.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 28, 2011 at 9:31 PM

Excellent image. I like the way the buds recede into the beautiful BG.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 28, 2011 at 10:29 PM

Hi morgan

Stunning pink colors and fine DOF control . love it as is

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Morgan Casey on June 29, 2011 at 9:38 AM

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Gary, I did try what you suggested before posting and it looked a tad too washed out for my taste. I will explore it further though. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 2, 2011 at 7:29 PM

Morgan: Sorry to be so late commenting on this. We have a number of azaleas in our garden and I often struggle getting a decent comp. I agree with your take regarding the buds vs the full blooms. I agree with Gary about the URC and would like to see the green go away or perhaps paint some pink in there. I do like your red management and DOF choice. >=))>

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Comment posted by Morgan Casey on July 2, 2011 at 9:57 PM

Bill and Gary, I've put up a repost with the green portions cloned out.

- Morgan

Registered on November 16, 2010, 22 Posts, 269 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 3, 2011 at 9:11 AM

Morgan: For my tastes the repost makes an already fine image even better. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 5, 2011 at 6:51 AM

Morgan:
The repost looks good/

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