Wild Cherry blossoms

Gallery: FloraPosted May 8, 2014682 views9 comments

While walking along our creek, I spotted this wild Cherry tree in bloom. To get this shot, I pulled down a branch, held it in place with a plamp on a separate tripod, and utilized the sunlit grass and ferns for the background.

Canon 60D. 180mm macro lens. F/5.6 at 1/200 sec. ISO 160. Several filters applied in processing.

(I had just posted a similar image but deleted it and replaced it with this one which I liked better.

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Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on May 8, 2014 at 5:36 PM

Wonderful treatment Carolyn. The BG is gorgeous, and I love the colors. The vignetting and filters add to the allure of the photo. Excellent!

Nathan

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 8, 2014 at 6:07 PM

Wonderful clean background and I like that you only see on branch coming into the frame to show the cherry blossoms, well done.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 8, 2014 at 7:58 PM

Instant studio! Well done, Carolyn.

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on May 9, 2014 at 12:01 AM

Love the colors and comp, the very spring-like feel to it, the glow, and the edges! Wonderful image.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 9, 2014 at 12:04 PM

Beautiful light & color, nice use of F/5.6 with an excellent plane of focus Carolyn.
Great BG, well done!

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Comment posted by Bob/Charly Nelson on May 9, 2014 at 6:43 PM

Just beautiful in my opinion!
Bob

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 9, 2014 at 11:19 PM

All of the wild cherry trees around here need a helicopter to photographer their blooms. This looks great with the bright oof background. Part of the softness feels like a vignette filter that I'm not sure about. The glow works nicely.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 10, 2014 at 7:14 PM

Carolyn - Text book perfect. Great soft feel and colors on a clean background creates very high appeal.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on May 20, 2014 at 9:28 PM

One of fav flowers this time of year. Beautiful capture!

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