Trillium Reprise

Gallery: FloraPosted April 14, 201474 views6 comments

Another Sessile Trillium. I went out to the oak woods yesterday with this shot in mind. The bg is a piece of stiff black felt I took along. The exposure was such that there was some mottled light in the bg in the image, so I lowered the exposure on it a bit to get the uniform black I was after.

5Diii, 180mm f3.5 macro, tripod, f32, 1.6sec, iso 400, 1 stop overexposure, Aperture priority. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Full frame. Removed an oof bug that strayed into the frame at the wrong moment (or maybe it was motion blur at this shutter speed). Taken April 13th at 9:41 am.

Your comments and criticisms are truly appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 15, 2014 at 12:18 PM

I like close up composition and placement within the frame as it has a nice balance for me. I do no know if it would of been possible to get another angle to show more of the yellow interior but a fine shot as is.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on April 15, 2014 at 2:28 PM

Very nice image, Dennis! I like the comp, colors, and "pose" of the flower. If it were mine, I would remove the small black spot on the yellow part of the flower.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on April 15, 2014 at 3:33 PM

Nice composition firmly anchored at the bottom.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 15, 2014 at 3:43 PM

The details show up nicely against the black background and in this image you've got nice soft lighting to really let the details show off. I also like how the petals swirl, giving a nice a sense of movement.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on April 15, 2014 at 5:12 PM

Nicely composed to show off the symmetry of the center, Dennis. Very nice.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on April 16, 2014 at 3:26 AM

Lovely sense of a flower unfolding, Dennis, beautifully executed in every way. Love the overlapping petals especially.

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