Painted Beauty re-post

by Lorna Taylor

Gallery: FloraPosted June 21, 2012276 views17 comments

I finally had time to play today .

90mm 2.8 lens AND 20MM Extension tube
400 ISO
f5- 1/100 SEC

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on June 21, 2012 at 4:04 PM

beautiful work, Lorna...I like the bg!!!

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 21, 2012 at 6:43 PM

Great 'painted' BG Lorna. Very nice shot of this anemone. I like it a lot.

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on June 21, 2012 at 9:02 PM

WOW, this is beautiful, I love all that space on the left side. Really, really nice image.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 145 Posts, 852 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 21, 2012 at 9:42 PM

Lorna: Superb capture and a BG to die for. Most excellent.>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on June 21, 2012 at 9:42 PM

The white flower stands out beautifully from the multi-colored background. Well done, Lorna.

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

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 21, 2012 at 10:19 PM

Lorna - Beautiful setting for the little Anemone. Good work with the whites and the background !

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on June 21, 2012 at 11:49 PM

Wow, this one is just gorgeous! Beautiful detail and light in the flower, and backrounds don't get better than this. Congrats.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 22, 2012 at 6:38 AM

Love the overall softness of this, Lorna, and the placement of the flower - opening itself up beautifully to all the light and colour

Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 22, 2012 at 8:08 AM

The flower is lovely and the background superb. There's so much motion in the background. Was that the lighting or did you do something in processing?

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 22, 2012 at 8:58 AM

Thanks every one for the great comments !
Mark it was pretty windy. I used a plamp to hold the flower and a polarizer but that was it. I was shooting in open shade and the BG had a bit of sun and lots of other flowers. Nothing super special on my part.

Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments

Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on June 22, 2012 at 11:12 AM

The lighting really shows off the delicate details of this flower! I also really like the sense of motion with the way the colors move in the background & the way the flower sits in the frame!

Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 22, 2012 at 6:52 PM

As Bill has said, a BG to die for

And this comp seems to work very well because of it.
Very nice Lorna!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 22, 2012 at 11:03 PM

Seeing as you all love the first one I thought I'd show another from yesterday !

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 22, 2012 at 11:05 PM

I went back today with the edge 80 to try and recapture some of the amazing BG !

My Edge 80 was feeling a little jealous so back I went for some quality time with my baby (like any good mom) to try and recapture some of the magic. Lighting was not as good today so that will teach me not to be lazy, right !! Don't you just hate it when your lenses start squabbling in your camera bag over who is the favorite !! Don't they know they are all loved ! !

The flower had flattened and lost one of it's pedals right after this shot !

Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 23, 2012 at 7:08 PM

Love 'em all!! The first is the "most best" imo. That the bg can carry all that space on the left is a testament to how GOOD it is. Yum! Like to see the vertical comp, though it has a completely different feel and mood.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on June 24, 2012 at 7:01 AM

Very nice images, Lorna! I tend to like the vertical the most. It is in my opinion the nicest comp. But the BG's of the other ones are really great.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 24, 2012 at 9:35 AM

Whoa! Just wonderful

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