Oxeye Daisy

Gallery: FloraPosted July 3, 201373 views7 comments

An invasive flower surrounded by invasive grasses, but I liked the picture it made.

5Diii, 180mm f3.5 macro, tripod, f18, 1/100, iso 800, Av mode with -1/3 compensation. Processed in CS6. Full frame. Taken July 2nd at 7:30 am under cloudy skies. The higher iso was for the breeze that had started picking up.

Your comments and criticisms are most welcome.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on July 3, 2013 at 7:27 PM

Beautiful, Dennis. The grasses make an excellent accent to the daisy. Perfect dof/pof for my tastes, and the raindrops add to the natural feel and mood.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 3, 2013 at 9:44 PM

Dennis - What Scott said before me. Looks all lovely with the dew and muted background. One small observation are the two lumps of that grass coming horizontally (& OOF) from the left edge. I think they are somewhat distracting.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on July 4, 2013 at 7:19 AM

Like the inclusion of the grasses very much, Dennis, especially the fg sharp and soft ones. I think maybe the droplets on both flower and grasses also help bind everything together visually - lovely image !!

Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on July 4, 2013 at 8:14 AM

Very appealing Dennis, for me, the grasses really bring this together beautifully, very nice detail and comp, and the rain drops add to this pretty little scene. Excellent work.
John

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 4, 2013 at 11:14 AM

The rain droplets are the icing. A beautiful environmental portrait!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 6, 2013 at 9:59 PM

HI Dennis

Very creatively captured. I see harmony of lines and color here

Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Diana Clinch on July 17, 2013 at 7:54 PM

NewB - can't get analytical on you. Just want to say this is a lovely photo that grabbed my attention in all the flora photos - and the sharpness is perfect in the areas you focused on.

Registered on July 17, 2013, 8 Posts, 35 Comments