Pincushion Protea

Gallery: FloraPosted June 28, 201378 views11 comments

Abstract of a Pincushion Protea. It's a beautiful flower straight-up, but I wanted to see if I could do more than a regular mug shot.

Your comments are much appreciated. Thank you for taking the time.

Sanjay

Nikon D800 1/125s @ f4.2 ISO400. Natural Light. Shade.
Tripod. Basic processing in LR4. Image is about 90% of the original.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 28, 2013 at 2:17 PM

Lovely close up work, love the colours !

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 28, 2013 at 3:50 PM

An excellent POF traversing a diagonal arc, detail where it counts, and pleasing colors. I would say you succeeded.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 28, 2013 at 4:22 PM

Gorgeous colour, Sanjay, and an intriguing depth of field - I think just enough of the anthers are in focus to make this a very attractive image.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on June 28, 2013 at 5:37 PM

Excellent close-up with b/g colors very supportive of the bloom. Well done!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 29, 2013 at 11:12 AM

Sanjay: Well conceived, seen and captured. Love the bold color palette.>=))>

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on June 29, 2013 at 12:17 PM

I love the colors and composition Sanjay. Well displayed.
Bob

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 29, 2013 at 4:31 PM

Hi Sanjay

Bill echoed my thoughts perfectly. Well done

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 29, 2013 at 8:02 PM

Very cool, Sanjay. The structures are so interesting that they just keep drawing my eye in for more.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on June 30, 2013 at 12:52 PM

Love the colour and detail in this abstract. What would happen if you inverted it....???

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 30, 2013 at 10:29 PM

I like the pof here and the colors are really nice, too.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on July 2, 2013 at 7:49 PM

Thank you all for your comments. I appreciate it.

Hi Gary, As you suggested, I tried to invert it (both ways) and I didn't think it looked natural at that angle. I am biased because I know how the flower was pointing when I took the photo, so maybe that is why I feel the flip makes it looks unnatural. Thanks for the suggestion.

Sanjay

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