Bachelor Button

Gallery: FloraPosted August 16, 2012124 views8 comments

I took this with a Macro 100 lens, tripod, and natural light outdoors near Mt.Shasta, California.
The yellow background is bokeh from a field of gorse. I started out looking at the blue and yellow, but then I noticed the lower part of the flower with almost a green mosaic look. It seemed even more elegant than the colors.

Canon Rebel xTi, ISO 200, 100mm, f/4.0, 1/160 sec.

Comments and critiques welcome. Thanks in advance

I see another flower that looks like this one called a Cornflower. I assume they are the same?

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 17, 2012 at 3:15 AM

Kathy:
Like your composition here using 3 complementary colors here. The bg is just so even and smooth that I thought this was some kind of studio set up before reading your commentary. I like the POV you have chosen but wish for a little more DOF.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 17, 2012 at 6:33 AM

Like Gary, I wish for more depth, but for sure a wonderful BG achieved.
Bob

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on August 17, 2012 at 6:58 AM

Nice perspective! The colors & the composition are great! I think a little more DOF would have made this even better.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 17, 2012 at 7:41 AM

Interesting, attractive image. It looks like a vase. Great job arranging the vibrant, contrasting colors.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on August 17, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Cornflowers and Bachelor Buttons are the same and this is simply stunning no matter which name you use. Perfect dof and the detail is right where you need it. Beautiful job!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on August 17, 2012 at 10:49 AM

A creative take on this one . Nicely done. Love the tear drop shape and how it fans out at the top. Lovely shot.

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on August 17, 2012 at 6:42 PM

This is very well seen....a great study in color. The only thing I would like to see differently is a little more DOF as there is alot of detail in that flower that's begging to be shown.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 22, 2012 at 6:17 PM

Very interesting structure. Nice color, too.

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