Gallery: FloraPosted October 8, 2015126 views8 comments
An ageing cosmos taken a year or two ago with buds seeming about to burst into flower.
Canon 400D, 100mm macro, 1/10 @ f6.3, ISO 200; tripod
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8 comments
Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on October 8, 2015 at 9:58 AM
Hi Ian. Your Cosmos is now very popular in NPN, in fact it is one of the few summer flowers left. The photo is very impressive for the contrasting colors (your trademark) and the composition. The leaves cut in the left does not disturb me as the buds are only a complement of the subject. I love the image.
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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on October 8, 2015 at 11:05 AM
This is beautiful, Ian! I love the comp with the flower at a diagonal and the buds next to it. Excellent detail and great bg.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 8, 2015 at 11:18 AM
Ian, this is very lovely. It is expertly composed and well balanced. The colors are analogous. Everything but the large image is super. The large image looks a bit like it is blown up from a smaller image, or at least soft, and it has some blue chromatic aberration along the right edge.
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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 8, 2015 at 8:54 PM
Beautiful cosmos, Ian. I like the comp with the two buds. Adds interest to the image.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 9, 2015 at 7:42 PM
Lovely compositoin, Ian. I really like the way the buds balance the image. I agree with Phil that the larger image doesn't look quite right.
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 10, 2015 at 10:34 AM
Hi Ian Perfect in every aspect..... love this beautiful composition, with. the vibrant natural colors and delightful background
Albert Darmo Canada
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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 10, 2015 at 4:40 PM
Outstanding rich color, so vivid I can almost feel it. Lovely composition and subject, of course, but the richness of color is what really appeals to me. Excellent
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 10, 2015 at 6:24 PM
Ian: Beautiful color palette and perfect DOF management. 2 thumbs up! >=))>
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8 commentsHi Ian. Your Cosmos is now very popular in NPN, in fact it is one of the few summer flowers left. The photo is very impressive for the contrasting colors (your trademark) and the composition. The leaves cut in the left does not disturb me as the buds are only a complement of the subject. I love the image.
This is beautiful, Ian! I love the comp with the flower at a diagonal and the buds next to it. Excellent detail and great bg.
Ian, this is very lovely. It is expertly composed and well balanced. The colors are analogous. Everything but the large image is super. The large image looks a bit like it is blown up from a smaller image, or at least soft, and it has some blue chromatic aberration along the right edge.
Beautiful cosmos, Ian. I like the comp with the two buds. Adds interest to the image.
Lovely compositoin, Ian. I really like the way the buds balance the image. I agree with Phil that the larger image doesn't look quite right.
Hi Ian
Perfect in every aspect..... love this beautiful composition, with. the vibrant natural colors and delightful background
Albert Darmo Canada
Outstanding rich color, so vivid I can almost feel it. Lovely composition and subject, of course, but the richness of color is what really appeals to me. Excellent
Ian: Beautiful color palette and perfect DOF management. 2 thumbs up! >=))>