Dutchman's Breeches

Gallery: FloraPosted May 8, 201375 views4 comments

I had never seen these with a pink tinge before, but upon looking them up, it does happen. We had 15" of snow on May 2nd in SE MN and the wildflowers are finally showing up. They are about three weeks behind normal, but are now coming fast.

Canon 50D w/ Sigma 150 Macro
ISO 200, f16 at 1/50 sec.
Live view and cable release used on Gitzo tripod w/ Kirk BH

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 8, 2013 at 8:22 PM

The subject is well in focus and in good detail, especially in the large image. A lot of distraction, both the foreground greenery and the background stems.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 9, 2013 at 4:15 PM

I personally like the foreground leaves very much, Wayne - I think they set off the flowers well. I would, however, agree with Phil about the lower bg branches, which maybe could be softened somewhat. A nice capture, whatever.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 9, 2013 at 10:14 PM

Wayne:
The flowers look great but would like to see them isolated from the bg.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 11, 2013 at 8:50 PM

Wayne: Crop most of the bottom away to make this a near-pano and this is a real winner. >=))>

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