Tuberous Begonia

Gallery: FloraPosted September 13, 2011162 views18 comments

The begonia house at White Flower Farm is truly inspiring. The blooms are at least 4" across and of every color and variety known to man (or at least to me). This is one variety that caught my eye. Used my trusty 7D with 100-400 IS lens handheld.

I have been getting consistent comments about exposure... but looks great on my computer, so please do comment on that so I can tilt the screen to get my desired results. Thanks.

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 13, 2011 at 7:58 AM

Pat,

The exposure looks perfect on my uncalibrated MacBook Pro 17, as does the image. Great dof decision, textures and light. Exceptional image for my tastes.

pat

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Comment posted by scott lanz on September 13, 2011 at 8:05 AM

Beautiful, Patricia. Exposure looks good to me as well. It also could be a touch lighter without any problem. That's purely subjective and dependent on the color/look you're after or trying to duplicate. Excellent comp and DOF.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on September 13, 2011 at 1:09 PM

This looks great! I like the center pair of petals a tad brighter than surroundings. Moody. Ken S

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on September 13, 2011 at 1:27 PM

Superb portrait Patricia, I like everything about this. Wonderful work in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on September 13, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Awesome shot, Patricia.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Christine Jackson on September 13, 2011 at 4:00 PM

Patricia,

Lovely shot of this begonia! The soft light, textures, and composition are beautiful in this image. Great Work!

Chrisie Jackson
Denver, Colorado

Registered on September 19, 2010, 20 Posts, 244 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on September 13, 2011 at 5:05 PM

Great dof and textures on this.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on September 13, 2011 at 6:56 PM

Pat, Exposure, composition and soft color palette are perfect!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 13, 2011 at 8:34 PM

Hi patricia

An alluring and delicate composition that only you can do.....The exposure and light look perfect to me. I only see sublime detail. color and light

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 13, 2011 at 8:43 PM

Patricia:
Just beautiful. Like this a lot. The exposure looks fine on my monitor.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 13, 2011 at 9:46 PM

Soft, delicate, lovely.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on September 14, 2011 at 9:40 AM

Gorgeous image Patricia, you have done very well capturing the begonias petal detail while retaining a delicate feel.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on September 14, 2011 at 4:40 PM

This looks perfect, Patricia...wonderful work

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on September 15, 2011 at 5:48 PM

Works well and exposure fine on my iMac. Excellent dof choice.

lucy

Registered on February 25, 2011, 189 Posts, 1160 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on September 16, 2011 at 2:26 AM

Nice textures of the petals. Nice color Patricia. I like the 'attitude' of the flower.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on September 16, 2011 at 5:52 AM

A lovely and delicate portrait, Pat. Love it. Looks just fine to me. I like the gradients of light to shadow in this image. In fact, I can't imagine I'm going say this, but, I bet it would look nice in b/w too. D'ya think?

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Comment posted by Reed Bowman on September 16, 2011 at 8:50 AM

Pat, just absolutely wonderful soft colors, soft light and a gorgeous compostion...maybe just crop a wee bit off the top? but so minor in the big perspective...very nice.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 17, 2011 at 11:09 PM

Patricia: I have never seen this variety of begonia so its a treat to begin with and then your capture is just spectacular. Exceptional shot. >=))>

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