Dew Drop Dreaming

Gallery: FloraPosted September 4, 2011123 views10 comments

Since the local Dahlias started blooming the variety and colors just seem to get better and better. Ned Fenimore, whose florals I really admire, and I met at 6:30am to capture dew covered dahlias as the sun made it's morning stretch over the hills.
This has got be one of my favorites, a 13 image manual stack with gorgeous colors sprinkled with dew.

Larger version available, "Thank you" for stopping.

canon 7D live view used for comp and manual focus stacking
canon 100mm f2.8L IS USM
F/2.8 1/250 ISO 125
tripod, cable, CS4, LR2, NIKs suite

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on September 4, 2011 at 12:59 AM

I'll thank you for posting this lovely bloom so very well captured.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on September 4, 2011 at 8:27 AM

Another beauty, Craig. Beautiful light and color.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 4, 2011 at 8:52 AM

Craig,

Gorgeous color and perfect subject separation for my tastes. On a purely subjective note I'd rotate this 90 degrees CCW.

Beautiful image exactly as posted.

pat

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Comment posted by Mohammad Hosseini on September 4, 2011 at 10:48 AM

Craig, Beautiful composition and DOF very well Controlled. Nice one Craig.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on September 4, 2011 at 2:01 PM

This is among the most beautiful Dahlia images I've seen in colors and light, and I love the POV.

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Comment posted by Christine Jackson on September 4, 2011 at 4:45 PM

Craig,

Beautiful Dahlia! Excellent detail and color, too. Well Done!

Chrisie Jackson
Denver, Colorado

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 4, 2011 at 6:02 PM

Tastefully done. Lovely melange of colors and what a lovely stack !!. Well done, Craig.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 4, 2011 at 8:52 PM

Craig:
So beautiful.. colors, texture and pattern all turnout really nice. Before reading your commentary, I though this was one of your signature honeycomb flash image but was pleasantly surprised that this is natural light which makes this even more fabulous!! An alternative square crop would also work here (guess you knowI like square format

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 5, 2011 at 11:21 AM

Craig,
I like everything here. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 5, 2011 at 3:58 PM

Fantastic glowing color! Marvelous light, too! And the detail is just as good.

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