Delphinium w/Repost

Gallery: FloraPosted November 17, 2014587 views11 comments

The background was more delphiniums but didn't help make a clean comp. Hence the wide aperture.

Taken at the Zilker Botanical Garden in Austin

Nikon D800 1/250 sec @ f/4.8

Thanks as always for taking a look and for your comments.

Sanjay

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on November 18, 2014 at 1:31 AM

Beautiful flower Sanjay and nicely rendered. The background works well. I'd clone out those orphaned bits of vegetation on the right edge.

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Comment posted by Lars Lentz on November 18, 2014 at 5:10 AM

That is really nice, I like that one!

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on November 18, 2014 at 12:16 PM

Very nice image of this Delphinium! I love the colors and comp. Your use of the wide aperture made a wonderful bg.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on November 19, 2014 at 6:32 AM

Beautifully serene image, Sanjay, the single bg flower at the bottom a nice counterpoint to the sharpness of the subject.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on November 20, 2014 at 8:54 PM

Hi Sanjay

Beautifully composed with vibrant color. and good light.. i wish the OOF BG bloom had more purple, and less white..

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by scott lanz on November 20, 2014 at 9:27 PM

Excellent, Sanjay. I like the curving stem and the way the purple flowers "stand" out from the contrasting green bg. I agree with Albert about the oof flower in the bg, except that I'll further say I'd burn the light areas or maybe just clone them out.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on November 20, 2014 at 10:10 PM

Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

Attached is a repost with changes. I had to re-crop to get the comp right after cloning out the oof flower.

Thanks,

Sanjay

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Comment posted by scott lanz on November 21, 2014 at 4:24 PM

I personally like the repost even better, Sanjay.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 21, 2014 at 8:29 PM

Delphinium is one of those I have sweated over, but never come up with anything I wanted to show. This is quite good. I would consider taking out the orphans on the RHS. Not sure what to do with the OOF bunch on the bottom left. I don't think it adds a lot, but I think, for the sake of balance, I would leave it alone.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on November 21, 2014 at 9:03 PM

Loving the colours and comp. beautifully captured !

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on November 30, 2014 at 1:52 PM

The attached repost is a beautiful photo Sanjay. I love the color contrast and the background.
Take care.

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