Second Try

Gallery: FloraPosted March 16, 201481 views9 comments

The Floral Gallery has me hooked. After going out to a near by sanctuary to capture some Avocets, I stopped by a near by nursery to shoot some images. I asked and they allow photographs to be take but no tripods. so armed with my reviewing the images and comments in the Floral Gallery, I took a try. I looked for nice subjects but with nice lighting. I learn from the gallery that lighting is important also.

Canon 5D M iii with EF 70-200 L2.8 handheld at 182mm
ISO 250
f / 5.6 at 1/2500

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 16, 2014 at 2:39 PM

Harry: Terrific lighting indeed and really good exposure control to prevent blow outs. Most excellent; keep 'em coming. >=))>

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on March 16, 2014 at 3:08 PM

Beautifully lit, Harry ! The simplicity of the composition on the black bg is most effective, and you've brought out the colours of the flower extremely well. Lovely image !

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 16, 2014 at 8:40 PM

Lovely against that dark BG! Just an excellent presentation, Harry.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on March 16, 2014 at 9:52 PM

Very nice image Harry. Love the 'fade to black' stem and your handling of the whites. Excellent work.

Sanjay

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Comment posted by gary phillips on March 17, 2014 at 1:17 AM

Really grabbed my eye, Harry. Simple, sweet, and beautiful. very well done.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on March 17, 2014 at 2:04 PM

Beautiful image! Excellent lighting and color.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on March 17, 2014 at 5:45 PM

Glad to hear that we have you hooked Harry!

I really like this - especially the way that the flower stem emerges from the darkness. A very nice bloom and you chose an area with great lighting. Really nice!

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 17, 2014 at 10:07 PM

Hi Harry

You captured some very interesting lines in this composition... the light and colors here are excellent

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on March 22, 2014 at 5:44 PM

Nicely dramatic. Yep, the lighting is king, here. The calla has such a photogenic shape, and this is one of the nicest images I've seen.

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