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Butter

by Mark Stahlke

Gallery: FloraPosted October 11, 201257 views7 comments
Thanks for the weekly pick for "Butterflies". There is so much outstanding work in this gallery that it's quite an honor.

Here is the next shot in my high key orchid series. Butter, sweet creamy butter.

I like the way the flowers arc across the image. I also wonder how this would look if I cropped it to the three flowers on the right.

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 11, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Mark, I can see cropping this to remove part of the stem—a pano crop—but I see no sense in removing the left most flowers. They are strongly joined and worth keeping. Nice work!
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 11, 2012 at 4:26 PM
Mark - If anything crop some off the top to move the branch off center and thereby emphasize the branch holding the blooms even more. The only other nit I see is that there is no ©2012/Ram at the right hand bottom corner :wink: .

If this were mine, I would not touch anything else. Orchid Series has been rocking so far. :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 12, 2012 at 3:26 AM
Mark:
Funny thing is I was testing out my D600 last weekend end using the same orchid in hkey. I have some success but not as nice as what you have shown here. Would not do anything to the image except perhaps cropping the top as suggested by Ram. :toast:
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Scott Fricke on October 12, 2012 at 1:32 PM
I don't peruse the Flora gallery too often but am always amazed at the great quality of work here. I love your whole orchid series, a really great collection of work! :toast:
Registered on January 19, 2007, 133 Posts, 1448 Comments
Comment posted by Miro Susta on October 13, 2012 at 3:13 AM
Also this one is very nice. I like the soft colors and the excellent arrangement. :toast:
Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 15, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Really nice comp. It probably would work with the three, but this is grand as is.
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
Comment posted by Larry Lynch on October 23, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Love the use of light to let your petals fade from that beautiful yellow into the white of the bg. Terrific work.
Registered on September 16, 2006, 773 Posts, 9940 Comments