Crocus in a Crowd +rp

Gallery: FloraPosted March 2, 2016132 views5 comments

The crocuses are flourishing this year after a mild winter here. Tried here for a decent view of a single flower - which took quite a bit of stomach shuffling !!
Canon 7D, Tamron 55-200 @ 171, 1/125 @ f5, ISO 400

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 2, 2016 at 11:58 AM

Beautiful and well focused on the one flower. Nature has a way of recomposing our best efforts. I think this might be one of those. I don't know how else from this angle you might have composed it, but this just feels off balance to me.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on March 2, 2016 at 8:44 PM

Nice clean image, Ian. I like the precise pof and the dof management. I also like the cram, but I think I agree with Phil re the balance (I find the image a bit right side heavy).

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on March 3, 2016 at 2:08 AM

Thanks, Phil and Scott, for the comments. I have cropped this in various ways - posting this wider version to see what people think

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 4, 2016 at 11:58 AM

Ian: As always I love your crocus shots. Looking at the wider view I think I would include both blooms and crop even tighter around them. Still envying your opportunities with these little beauties.>=))>

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on March 4, 2016 at 6:32 PM

Ian, nice job on the focused flower, but don't care for that much blur in the foreground.

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