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Hint of Honeysuckle
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Hint of Honeysuckle

by Lucy Aron

Gallery: FloraPosted June 7, 20141,369 views12 comments
Canon 5D Mark II, Canon macro 100 f/2.8. 1/200, f4.5. I shot a bunch of these blossoms and kind of liked how these particular two looked together in a Zen sort of way. Comments appreciated.

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12 comments
Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 7, 2014 at 11:44 AM
So lovely !!
Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 7, 2014 at 12:29 PM
Lucy: Striking colors and a fine comp. I like your DOF choice and the effect it produces. Would also be curious to see one with more DOF and both flowers sharp. Top notch lighting too. >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by gary phillips on June 7, 2014 at 2:10 PM
This is beautiful, Lucy. I love the comp and your choice of DOF. The black background sets it all off nicely.
Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on June 7, 2014 at 8:15 PM
Wow. What a great artistic image.At first, I thought the out of focus second flower was disracting. The more I looked at it I feel it gives your image the artistic effect.
Registered on May 1, 2009, 652 Posts, 762 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 8, 2014 at 7:18 AM
Very artistic image. The isolation of the blooms really make the pop. I too would like to see and image with both blooms in focus.
Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 8, 2014 at 4:59 PM
Lucy - I like the echo effect and the lighting. I find Honeysuckles very difficult to shoot.

Two things come to mind here. One is the frame need a 1 pixel white border somewhere. I do not know where the frame really starts. There is one dominant untouched spot in the background right in front of the pink one.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments
Comment posted by Lucy Aron on June 8, 2014 at 6:36 PM
Thank you for the comments. I do prefer the less obvious macro choice of the bgd slightly out of focus. And thanks Ram for the touchup comment. Got it covered. Incidentally, I usually use curves for darkening bgd, but I'm finding with these kinds of shots Levels surpisingly works much better .
Registered on February 25, 2011, 189 Posts, 1160 Comments
Comment posted by Bob/Charly Nelson on June 8, 2014 at 7:27 PM
Wonderful...wonderful...wonderful.
Bob & Charly:wavey:
Registered on January 29, 2014, 35 Posts, 398 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 9, 2014 at 4:32 AM
Lucy:

Wonderful graphical image. A difficult flower to image and you have done well here. :toast:
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 9, 2014 at 6:32 PM
Lovely colors and great light, I like the jet black BG Lucy.
Artistic staggered comp, well done! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on June 9, 2014 at 10:56 PM
Gorgeous Lucy! Nice colors and great comp. Very well done.

Sanjay
Registered on April 9, 2013, 107 Posts, 725 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 11, 2014 at 10:44 PM
Hi Lucy :wavey: Beautifully composed, with exceptional light, color and detail.

Albert Darmo
Canada
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments