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Gallery: FloraPosted May 6, 201257 views10 comments

From one of our local Tulip Festivals, some Peppermint striped and red tulips next to each other and sharing the morning dew drops.

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canon 7D
canon 100mm f2.8L IS USM
F/6.7 1/250 ISO 100
tripod, cable, CS5, LR3, NIKs suite

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 6, 2012 at 8:59 PM

Craig - Lovely soft feel to the frame and terrific representation of the dew drops

. I like that striking Red Color too.

I am not certain that the black background at the top adds much to the photo. The frame looks much better to me when I scroll down the page enough to remove that black background at the top. Let's see if others feel the same way.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 6, 2012 at 9:25 PM

Craig, before I read Ram's comment, I was scrolling down looking for a logical place to crop this. To me, this interest here is in the dazzling dew drops. I'd crop this just above the front petal.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 7, 2012 at 1:32 AM

Craig:
Without reading what Ram and Scott said, I also thought the upper part is a little dark. Either brighten this a little or crop it.

BTW congrats on GOTM

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 7, 2012 at 3:04 AM

Very good composition of this tulip close-up with splendid colors and details. Well presented (except the top part which is a bit dark).

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on May 7, 2012 at 7:28 AM

very nice work with all the waterdrops...agree with the others to crop the dark part...

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 7, 2012 at 9:03 AM

Vivid colour and textures, Craig, making for a powerful effect. Think I agree with others about a bit of a crop from the top but this is well captured.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on May 7, 2012 at 12:53 PM

Thanks to all of you that took a moment to view and share your comments. It seems fairly unanimous that cropping down from the top to eliminate most of the black area would only improve the image. I heard, I did and I agree it does look much better. Thanks again for all those sharp eyes and helping to improve my own viewing and technique. Craig

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on May 7, 2012 at 7:45 PM

Yep, good advice given, and well taken! Brilliant on the repost!

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on May 9, 2012 at 1:36 AM

Just fantastic reds.. the water droplets add so much..

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 10, 2012 at 10:08 AM

Outstanding detail. Excellent comp as well.

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