Stoneflower

Gallery: FloraPosted July 14, 2012536 views11 comments

The Indian Paintbrush are looking really fresh if your at the right elevation of course; I think this was blooming around 3000 ft on the evening of our Independence Day. Uncluttered and against a rock face it was screaming shoot me! So I did. Check out the larger version. Thanks for looking.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on July 15, 2012 at 12:40 AM

Hi Bruce, nice n'sharp plant! Pops like fire-cracker against the stone. Vivid reds nicely shown. Good shot!

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Comment posted by Chad Merrell on July 15, 2012 at 1:00 AM

Very nice. Love the red agains the rock. I really like the paintbrush stem paralleling the crack in the stone.

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on July 15, 2012 at 9:56 AM

Nice contrast in textures between the rock and the paintbrush. I also like the crack in the rock paralleling the plant. It looks like the paintbrush was up against it's background so you did a nice job keeping the rock a little soft although I wouldn't mind seeing it a little more OOF.....what aperture did you use?

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on July 15, 2012 at 10:02 AM

Excellent comp and nice contrast of the flower against the rock. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 15, 2012 at 11:22 AM

Hi Bruce

Great contrast and detail, but wish for more bloom

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Bruce King on July 15, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Mark-this was shot at f6.3

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 15, 2012 at 2:21 PM

Bruce: I love paintbrush in general and this in particular. Great combination of subject and BG. Most excellent.>=))>

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 15, 2012 at 4:56 PM

Bruce - I like how the Reds break the darker tones. Pretty nice background blur for an aperture of F/6.3 even though I think if the rock was in focus, it would also make for a nice frame.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 16, 2012 at 3:50 AM

Bruce:
Lovely bloom. The bg rock face provides a nice bg, would be nice to see the texture too. My very minor nit is the dark marking on the rock draws the eye to the RUC and out of the frame