Glowing Spire

Gallery: FloraPosted September 25, 2011156 views15 comments

I found some False Dragonhead flowers starting to bloom just before the rains from our eastern storms beat them down. Finding them early this year gave me the opportunity to concentrate on the form of the entire spike, which glows in this backlit view.

Canon 50D
Sigma 150 mm. Macro; Circ. Polarizer
1/30 sec. @ f/18; ISO 400
Tripod; release; mirror up; soft-clamped stem to minimize movement in breeze

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on September 25, 2011 at 10:11 PM

Wayne stunning shot love the lighting! Very striking image!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 25, 2011 at 10:25 PM

Perfect use of backlighting and background. Outstanding, Wayne!

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 25, 2011 at 10:26 PM

Wayne:
Simply stunning

The backlight works well on the open blooms as well giving it some translucency. I like the 'v' at the base and the dark bg.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on September 25, 2011 at 10:58 PM

Beautiful, Wayne. The backlight really enhances the form of the spike and the translucency of the blooms.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on September 26, 2011 at 1:01 AM

Beautiful, Wayne. I know your reluctant to use black background and this is not totally black, but your choice is just perfect for the skill shown on the subject. Splendid all around.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on September 26, 2011 at 2:48 AM

Beautiful work, Waine

Mauro

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on September 26, 2011 at 6:27 AM

Like everything about this Wayne. The backlighting makes it sing. MIght try an angle placement of the stem to see if its placement might enhance it even more.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on September 26, 2011 at 4:06 PM

The perfect floral portrait. Excellent compositon, rich color, and fantastic detail. Nice

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on September 26, 2011 at 6:05 PM

Love the striking backlighting of this flower. Wonderful clarity of the flower and great comp.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 26, 2011 at 6:43 PM

It glows indeed Wayne. Perfect subject isolation and sweet light. Gorgeous. No suggestions.

pat

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 26, 2011 at 9:30 PM

Wayne, Particularly like the light, specially rim lighting on the buds at the top slender portion. Dark background is perfect to show the quality of light here.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on September 27, 2011 at 6:55 AM

The lighting makes this for me Wayne. Wonderful work!
Bob

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 28, 2011 at 10:24 PM

Hi Wayne

Beautifully captured! love the color and detail. and the backlighting is outstanding

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on September 29, 2011 at 1:24 PM

Great capture Wayne and even greater editing. Bravo!
Cheers.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 30, 2011 at 1:04 AM

Gorgeous! Very striking with the coloyurs, backlighting, and perfect comp.
Sandy

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