Misty morn

Gallery: FloraPosted September 14, 2013295 views11 comments

Just returned from the Canadian Rockies where I took many landscape shots, but not very many floral or macro. However, since it was fairly misty when we were at Lake Louise, I focused more on the flowers rather than the fog-shrouded lake.

Canoon 60D. 33mm for F/14 at 1/40 sec. ISO 400. Handheld, natural lighting.

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11 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 14, 2013 at 9:20 PM

Carolyn: One of my favorite places on the planet! Beautiful scene and mood. I do like this better with the empty sky cropped away. >=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 14, 2013 at 9:42 PM

Beautiful garden! I'm not sure I would totally agree with Bill; not so much for the loss of the empty sky, but for the signature the mountain lends to the sense of place. It would be interesting to see a comparison, following the cropping suggestion, though.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on September 14, 2013 at 10:29 PM

WOW ,what a display. Beautiful capture !

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on September 15, 2013 at 10:34 AM

A beautiful shot. I like the composition. I think to remove the sky would mean removing most of the mountain, but for me, the mountain and fog adds a lot of interest to the photo and makes it more than just a flower shot.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 15, 2013 at 10:41 AM

That's a stunning array of flowers with the background setting the scene nicely.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on September 15, 2013 at 11:05 AM

A gorgeous array of colour, Carolyn, beautifully composed. The layered effect works very well for me, right up to the mountain mist and the patch of bare sky. So I guess I am with the leave it as it is camp !

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on September 15, 2013 at 5:31 PM

A floral dream, Carolyn! The large photo is splendid. Only one small nit for me: the frame has a too vivid color that disturbs the eyes.
Cheers.

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Comment posted by Brad Strong on September 15, 2013 at 5:43 PM

Carolyn,

The flowers are really bright and colorful, maybe a bit too much. I think it would work well cropped to 4x5 ratio and either crop off the top or bottom. Most would say losing some of the flowers is crazy, but it brings better balance if you want to keep all of the mountain and sky IMO. Cropping out the sky also works since the you are composing with color and negative space.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 15, 2013 at 7:09 PM

Carolyn - Eclectic blend of flowers there. Riot of Colors so to say. As can be seen many cropping options exist - you be the judge.

I somehow like the inclusion of the mountain as the backdrop which is just apt for all the spiky snap dragon resembling flowers and also the tree tops.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on September 16, 2013 at 2:27 PM

Very beautiful scene,Carolyn! I love the flowers, the mountains, and the mist.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 11, 2013 at 7:23 AM

Wow, what a great looking 'shock' of colors & setting Carolyn!
Love the FG to BG contrast that this image provides.
Very nice

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