Virginia Bluebell

Gallery: FloraPosted January 7, 201579 views10 comments

Been a long time since I posted here, decided to renew and come back and see all the great work shared by the great photographers on this site.

Virginia Bluebell
Southern Indiana Clifty Falls State Park
Nikon D600-Sigma 150 macro 2.8
Tripod and cable release
f2.8,1/100th second,iso 100.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on January 7, 2015 at 11:22 AM

Beautiful colors, detail, and background.

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 7, 2015 at 1:13 PM

I love the understated light and the beautiful definition!

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on January 7, 2015 at 8:09 PM

Beautiful color. Excellent detail, comp, and bg. Very nicely done!

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 8, 2015 at 10:11 AM

One of my favorite wild flowers. Love the colors and details. Your composition captures their personality nicely

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 8, 2015 at 12:56 PM

Bernie: Great to have you back aboard! These are wonderful subjects that I've only had the opportunity to shoot in Colorado. I especially like your DOF control and the BG. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 9, 2015 at 9:11 PM

Bluebell images really don't get any better, Bernie.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 10, 2015 at 10:00 PM

Bernie, I like the good definition of the blossoms in the foreground, fading softly behind to the OOF leaves.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 11, 2015 at 4:46 AM

Very nicely chosen and managed dof, here, Bernie, and a lovely group of flowers you succeeded in isolating. Too bad the upper left leaf is cut off, but darn if that isn't the vexation in shooting flora! It's a small nit, anyway, as the central group of flowers holds the eye well.

Glad you came back to join us and share your work.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on January 13, 2015 at 1:11 PM

Nice capture of an extremely difficult subject. Bluebells are very hard to shoot. They flutter in the slightest breeze, they're hard to isolate against a clean bg and dof has to be just right. Well done.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 13, 2015 at 5:31 PM

Welcome back, Bernie. This is a fine look at these bluebells and sure gets my wishing for spring juices running.

They are well positioned in the frame and there's lots of detail in both the open blooms and the buds.

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