Hydrangea and Peacock

Gallery: FloraPosted October 13, 20131,175 views9 comments

Our last flora workshop session was this afternoon. Fun time... no rain! Went outside for this setup of hydrangeas that were snipped w/a peacock feather. A minor amount of setting up ...and ...click.

Zeiss 35 mm at F22 and 0.8 sec shutter, 100 ISO, Nikon d800e... If ever a photo would have the moire problem, the feather should have been it...in the camera back ..it looked bad...but, up on the screen it was fine.

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9 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 13, 2013 at 9:45 AM

A lovely and creative arrangement. Lovely colors and good dof. Large version is very nice

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 13, 2013 at 2:58 PM

An over load of colors. Looks like a kaleidoscope.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on October 13, 2013 at 6:26 PM

It looks fine to me, Ken ! Lovely composition, great textures and colours, and nicely framed. No nits really ( though just wonder about a higher placement of the feather - very subjective ). Really well done !!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 13, 2013 at 7:15 PM

Outstanding arrangement, Ken.Love the colors and design. Personally, better balance with about 10 - 15% off the top, but that's just me.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 13, 2013 at 9:49 PM

Ken - Just fantastic

- the slightly muted backdrop colors really help the peacock feather stand out even more.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 14, 2013 at 12:26 PM

Another example of your talent for arrangements. Gorgeous work.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on October 14, 2013 at 12:37 PM

Beautiful, Ken! Agree on the moiré. I was curious how the D800E would do with that.
Wonderful arrangement, color and sharpness. Great work!

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 16, 2013 at 1:31 PM

Beautiful image Ken. Love the color, light and mood. Great photography and I suspect equally fine processing.

pat

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 20, 2014 at 2:34 PM

The hydrangeas alone would have been great, but the feather is a real treat. Another fine arrangement, Ken.

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