Indian Paintbrush

Gallery: FloraPosted July 31, 201299 views13 comments

Had a wonderful 8 days of vacation at Yellowstone and Badlands in SD. Explains my absence from the gallery here.

Our senior moderator, Bill Fach loves two flowers the most - Indian Paintbrush and Lupine (followed closely by Daylily), so I took some time out to shoot Indian Paintbrush at Yellowstone.

ND300s, AFD200mm F/4 Micronikkor, F/4.5 (wide open as it was windy), 1/160 Sec, ISO400, Late Evening Light and Tripod.

These are much smaller Paintbrushes than the ones we see here. The whole plant with the bloom is only about 6-10 inches and max one feet from the ground.

All thoughts highly appreciated.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on July 31, 2012 at 6:51 PM

Beautifully done! I love all the soft tones in the background!

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on July 31, 2012 at 10:52 PM

Great detail, nice soft background. There is a speck of something on one of the middle petals on the left side of the paintbrush that I would be inclined to clone out.

I'm envious of your being in Yellowstone. My daughter went to Colorado State Univ. last year and YNP just happens to be on my way from Seattle to CSU so I had the chance to spend several days there.....one of my favorite places on the planet, such a unique landscape.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 1, 2012 at 6:10 AM

The BG and light make this portrait for me Ram. Very nice.
Bob

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on August 1, 2012 at 6:15 PM

Everything you've done here works for me, very NICE!

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on August 2, 2012 at 2:29 AM

Very nice isolation Ram. Great light and BG. Very, very nice.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on August 2, 2012 at 5:57 AM

Beautiful Paintbrush portrait, Ram! The BG has a wonderful palet of soft colors. I really must go and see Yellowstone sometime...

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on August 2, 2012 at 11:46 AM

Beautiful shot Ram !!

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Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on August 2, 2012 at 7:36 PM

I love this shot, Ram. The background, the depth of field, the colors, the light, all perfect.
If you wanted, the flower could probably be rotated slightly clockwise, though it looks fine how it is.

Jaymes

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 2, 2012 at 10:23 PM

Hi Ram

superbly captured, excellent light, color and BG

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on August 4, 2012 at 10:50 AM

nice light, colour and soft bg. Such a simple flower can make such a nice image!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 4, 2012 at 8:20 PM

Ram: 4+ terrific!. I know you had to get pretty low to get this POV. Good effort, superb result. >=))>

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 5, 2012 at 9:59 PM

Ram:
Welcome back and sound like you had a great vacation.

Lovely shot and the bg is just sublime.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on August 7, 2012 at 10:58 AM

What a terrific shot at f/4. Beautifully conceived and crafted.

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