Chinese Dogwood

Gallery: FloraPosted May 21, 201482 views10 comments

The branches of a young Chinese dogwood were dangling merrily in the breeze when I caught a shaft of sunlight on this flower. I thought about cloning the oof branches but decided not to in the end, as they seemed to help catch the character of the tree.

Canon 7D, Tamron 55-200mm lens @ 100mm, 1/250sec @ f13, - 1/67ev, ISO 400

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10 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 21, 2014 at 11:23 AM

Superb comp, beautiful light, great presence and striking use of tenebrism to add the perception of depth to the image and to isolate the flower. Whites are perfect on my screen. There is so much exceptional floral photography in this gallery but I think this is on a par with any of it - a masterpiece for my tastes. Love the mood you've created as well.

pat

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Comment posted by Christine Adams on May 21, 2014 at 5:58 PM

Love, LOVE the light on this! Beautiful image. I don't mind the oof branches and I do like the leaves.

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Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on May 21, 2014 at 8:02 PM

Lighting and composition are very nice. My only concern is the light colored leaf in the upper right corner. For me it is distracting. I would have cloned it out, leaving the eye going directly to the beautiful flower

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 21, 2014 at 9:04 PM

Ian - Great dappled lighting that is well handled considering the whites being shot. The darkish background works in favour of the shot here.

I find the foliage aiding the composition overall.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 21, 2014 at 9:56 PM

Beautiful spotlighting, Ian. Excellent.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on May 22, 2014 at 12:02 PM

Beautiful dappled light. Love the controlled colors and setting. Terrific work.

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Comment posted by Bob/Charly Nelson on May 23, 2014 at 8:00 AM

Ian, the light and shadow work wonderfully. Great image.
Bob

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 23, 2014 at 10:15 PM

Hi Ian

Pat said it best

I agree it's a masterpiece

Albert Darmo

Canada

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 23, 2014 at 10:43 PM

Gorgeous image, Ian. I love the dappled light on the leaves and blossom. Well done.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 25, 2014 at 8:21 PM

Ian: I'm going to be lazy and just ditto Pat. This is a marvelous shot.>=))>

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