Blinded by the Light

Gallery: FloraPosted May 22, 2013113 views4 comments

One of the subjects here is Shadbush or Serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.), a modest-sized tree that flowers near the shores of rivers and lakes in early spring, about when the shad run (hence the name.)

The other subject, of course, is the reflections of morning Sun on the lake where I camped a couple of weeks ago. I don't have a lot of experience with "cram" style shooting, because I have always been sort of a documentary photographer. However, I thought this was a good time to shoot wide open for the sake of the bokeh in this shot. Besides, the breeze that made the sparkling ripples also blew the flowers around, so I needed a fast shutter speed.

I know the OOF leaves on the right don't add much to this, but I just did not want to crop out all those sparkling reflections.

Still toying with square of vertical crops; what do you think?

Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-105mm.
1/8000 sec. @ f/4; ISO 640

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 22, 2013 at 11:20 PM

Interesting shot, Wayne. People really need to open the larger version of this. For some reason the main subject pops a lot more in that version.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 23, 2013 at 5:59 AM

Wonderful to experiment like this, Wayne ! Personally, I love the abstract quality and vividness of the reflections but wish maybe the flower were a different one - here I feel its complex forms get a bit overrun by the bg. The format seems fine to me - would love to see more of this kind of shot !

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on May 23, 2013 at 6:37 AM

Hummm, I have to say it holds my interest, It took awhile, but it dose grow on you, definitely like the circles of white against the blue, and the Shadbush stands out nicely, could try a crop ,but like I said, it grows on you, bottom line, I like it. Good eye Wayne.
John & Patty

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Comment posted by John Clulow on May 23, 2013 at 7:32 AM

I love the contrast in sharpness of focus in this image as well as the combination of abstractness with the concrete. Different, creative, and compelling. (And it has to be viewed in the larger version as Dennis said)

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