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Backlighted rose of sharon
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Backlighted rose of sharon

by John Tobias

Gallery: FloraPosted August 12, 201372 views4 comments
Early morning photo of a Rose of Sharon bush. I found the backlighted side of the bloom to be intriguing. I liked how the leaves and seed pods looked against the petals of the bloom.

Canon T3i
1/400 @ F-5.6 -0.3 ISO 100
Canon EF-100mm 2.8 macro USM
HH

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on August 12, 2013 at 3:56 AM
John, I think the petals look pretty against sky and have some nice detail in them. Not so sure about the silhouetted part of the image, because I don't quite get the relationship to the petals. Perhaps adding a little light to that area would help? I dunno...
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 12, 2013 at 8:28 PM
I like Catherine's summary here. It is mine as well.
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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 12, 2013 at 9:00 PM
John - Lovely use of the light to highlight the textures in the petals. I'd suggest increasing the exposure a bit more to highlight that effect.
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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 14, 2013 at 5:49 PM
I like the silhouetted pods against the petals. Nice color, too.
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