Poppy burst & repost

Gallery: FloraPosted June 18, 201357 views9 comments

This is from the same patch of slightly reddish poppies I posted a photo of last week. The red in the bg is snapdragons. I deliberately went with a large aperture and small dof to keep the bg nicely blurred (plus the wind was blowing things around).

5Diii, 180mm f3.5 macro, tripod, f5, 1/1000, iso320, Av mode with -1/3 stop compensation. I cloned over the edge of another in focus blossom in the lower left that made a distracting element. Processed in CS6.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on June 18, 2013 at 10:58 AM

Sweet light Dennis, very nice color and detail. Beautifully done.
John

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 18, 2013 at 2:42 PM

I'm sure enjoying the details and lighting on the flower and how it's complemented so well by the oof colors in the background. I'd say you made the right choice about dof. As a minor nit, I would like a bit more space at the top...feels crowded up there. If there's no room in the original, some extra space can be created by adding canvas and using content aware fill.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on June 18, 2013 at 7:11 PM

Beautiful colors with an exceptionally nice bg, Dennis. I almost want to move the poppy out of the way and just look at the bg. I agree with Mark about more room on top.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 18, 2013 at 7:47 PM

I agree with Mark & Scott on the addition of space at the top. I never tried content aware fill before. After poking around to try to figure out how to do it, it seems to work pretty well, though it still took a bit of touch-up.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on June 18, 2013 at 8:33 PM

Beautiful color and lighting, Dennis! I love the bg. Nice job of adding the canvas at the top. It made this beautiful image even better.

Registered on January 14, 2009, 316 Posts, 2724 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on June 18, 2013 at 9:26 PM

I like how you've handled the light and depth Dennis. Very nice.
Bob

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 19, 2013 at 12:02 PM

Lovely light and color. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 19, 2013 at 9:20 PM

Dennis - Good work on the repost with more space at the top. Nice work on adding Canvas