Height of Summer

Gallery: FloraPosted September 29, 2011161 views18 comments

Well, it is fall now, but it is transitioning between the two seasons here in Colorado, so I thought I would post the color version of this one. I had posted a b&w conversion in Landscape a little while back. I forgot to save it in my gallery, so now it's gone.

5d, 28-135mm, tripod

Comments and critiques always welcome, and thanks for looking,

Morris

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 29, 2011 at 8:28 PM

Morris:
Beautiful frame filling image. If I recall correctly, the B&W version was not so pano and has some OOF elements in the fg which is not seen here. This one is just fabulous.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 29, 2011 at 8:33 PM

Morris, I like the repetition. I would like to see more contrast.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 29, 2011 at 8:51 PM

Perfect setting for a shot like this, Morris. Foreground blur, middleground focus and background blur again. Does not work always but works splendidly here.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on September 29, 2011 at 11:31 PM

Very nice Morris. Certainly is summery! I like your use of DOF to get the FG and BG in softer focus. Nice work.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Jude Haase on September 29, 2011 at 11:51 PM

Beautiful shot Morris!!

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on September 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM

Excellent DOF and I really like the pano crop.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on September 30, 2011 at 2:40 PM

Like very much warm colours palette, the pano composition and your DOF choice- A very graphic image, Fabio

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on September 30, 2011 at 4:59 PM

I love this! I can feel my sinuses starting to run already!

Love the pano crop and the selected focus.

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Comment posted by Todd Bielby on September 30, 2011 at 5:44 PM

Oh yeah I really like this one!

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 30, 2011 at 6:24 PM

This is perfect for my tastes exactly as posted Morris. Love the dof decision and the pano presentation. The mood also appeals to me.

Very fine work.

pat

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on September 30, 2011 at 11:06 PM

I thought this looked familiar. Are you double dippin'? Thought I'd seen this color version before too, but maybe not. Anyway, I like this a lot too. Again, the selective focus/dof really works here, and the big dose of color!

Chris

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on October 1, 2011 at 8:01 AM

Beautiful Morris, the pano and selected focus work well.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 1, 2011 at 1:01 PM

Thanks everyone!

Chris, no I only posted the b&w in Landscape. I did have both versions on the RMNP regional forum. Maybe you saw it there.

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Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on October 1, 2011 at 3:31 PM

I love this! That yellow is lovely...it's really beautiful!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 1, 2011 at 10:36 PM

Hi Morris

Your DOF decision is well thought out

A marvelous composition! with excellent structure and color

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on October 1, 2011 at 10:41 PM

Just lovely ! Beautifully captured summer moment!

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on October 2, 2011 at 11:56 AM

Morris,
the light, the dof choice and the comp look great to me. A beauty.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on October 2, 2011 at 5:15 PM

Morris, This field is lovely. Since you have a band of OOF in the front as well as the back, had you considered a curves layer on just the in-focus flowers to make them really pop? Sorry, didn't see the B/W ...

Regards,

Carol

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