Mountain Laurel

Gallery: FloraPosted May 14, 201253 views7 comments

A shot from a mountain hike in Great Smoky Mountain NP.

D7000, 105/2.8 macro, f7.1, ISO 100, 1/100 sec.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 14, 2012 at 8:45 PM

Walt:
Beautiful capture of these flowers. Nice exposure and control of the white. The square presentation puts the flowers in center stage where they belong. Well done.

An alternate framing would be to include more of the OOF bloom at the top.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 15, 2012 at 5:38 AM

A wonderful shot .The colors are well saturated with very good lighting. Very good focusing. Wonderful flower details. On;y the top OOF flower is a bit distracting. Nicely done Walt.

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on May 15, 2012 at 8:14 AM

Lovely flowers, and I like the dimension the unopened bud has.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 15, 2012 at 7:31 PM

Very beautiful flower, has a "Christmas" look about it..
Nice job on the exposure, details, and choice of DOF Walt.
Well done

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 15, 2012 at 9:31 PM

Hi walt

Beautifully seen and captured, love the shape and color of this flower! a crop on top would make this even better

Thanks for sharing this captivating flower

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 15, 2012 at 9:57 PM

Walt - Beautiful flowers specially the red lines in the deep center. The OOF flowers at the top slightly distract and I think a crop from the top to eliminate those strengthens the composition and heightens the aesthetic impact for me, personally.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on May 16, 2012 at 3:56 PM

A beautiful photo of beautiful flowers, that I have never seen before. Thanks for sharing.
Take care.

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