Early Fall 1

Gallery: FloraPosted October 27, 20151,872 views7 comments

Hi all.

Well, I guess officially, we are in to early fall. As Phil pointed out with his last post, we have been having a warmer-than-usual fall also here in Utah. It has been very nice as our dahlias, osteospermums, and other plants just keep on keeping on.

I have had a few chances to take photos of this variety of dahlia, so I may be posting a couple more of it.

Any and all thoughts appreciated.

Nathan

Nikon D7000, Sigma 180 macro, tripod, ISO 400, f22ish

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 27, 2015 at 9:14 PM

Do mercy, but that is purty! I know how difficult it is to get red right. You did well! This is a real showpiece. devil

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 27, 2015 at 11:32 PM

Early fall; is that when the dahlias turn red? ;^)

Great work with lighting, exposure and processing, to catch the brilliance, textures, and depth of this.

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on October 28, 2015 at 11:50 PM

Nathan, excellent exposure on the reds, great light, beautiful work!

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on October 29, 2015 at 6:27 PM

Nathan your skill and ispiration in taking dhalia flowers is outstanding. I love specially the feeling of transparencies in the high lit petals. Splendid work.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 29, 2015 at 10:06 PM

Excellent job on a very difficult color, Nathan. You've pushed the saturation all the way and it really works.

devil

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 30, 2015 at 8:00 AM

This turned out very well, Nathan. "Luscious" describes this one.

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Comment posted by Mark James Ford on November 2, 2015 at 1:33 PM

Hi Nathan, I like this shot with a nice composition - I think the light is good in this version and the colour spot on! With such a flower you're always going to be cutting something that perhaps you would prefer not to in the image but a couple of millimeters to the right would just give a tiny bit of space between the middle right edge flower headlet and the edge of the frame which it just touches. Again a vey minor point but losing a couple of millimeters from the left wouldn't do anything drastic to the image. It would be good to see the same shot with the dark flower head (like the shadows!) looking into the frame rather than out of it ... devil

Cheers, Mark

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