Helenium #2

Gallery: FloraPosted July 28, 201483 views8 comments

A different flower from the same bed as my previous post. The high ISO is because I was chiefly shooting butterflies at the time

Canon 7D, Tamron 55-200mm lens @ 100mm, 1/1000 sec @ f11, - 1.33ev, ISO 800

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 28, 2014 at 4:15 PM

There's an interesting, gentle, and inviting feeling of softness here, Ian, even as the center looks tack sharp. Makes a nicely dreamy presentation.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 28, 2014 at 5:21 PM

Beautiful color combination, Ian. I like the low contrast presentation. The flower has a pleasing, flowing shape, as noted by Mark. Larger image is really nice.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 28, 2014 at 10:43 PM

Ian - Trade mark soft feel here. Pinks in the background work well as complementary colors. Titled plane for the flower face makes the composition stronger.

Nice work

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on July 29, 2014 at 1:00 AM

This is gorgeous. I love the soft dreamy feel to it, especially the background. Excellent work! And did you catch any with the butterflies?

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on July 29, 2014 at 1:59 AM

Lots of comments included the word 'dreamy' and that is exactly what came to my mind as well. Very nice Ian. The light looks a bit harsh, but I think you made the best of it.

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on July 29, 2014 at 10:05 PM

Lovely bokeh, Ian.

Carol

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 30, 2014 at 8:39 AM

Very pleasing floral Ian, great complimentary BG.
I like the sharp center, and fall off at the petals a lot.
I especially like the sunny warm colors, excellent exposure

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 2, 2014 at 1:28 PM

Ian: I love the color palette on this one. The light, BG and DOF aren't bad either

. Just a superbly crafted image. >=))>

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