Dahlia II

Gallery: FloraPosted October 3, 2016182 views8 comments

Same flower, but a slightly different composition. Thanks, Nathan for the idea about the edges. I'll have to pay more attention to them. I think they worked out better in this one, though just a hair more room on the bottom would probably have been better.

5DIII, 180 mm f/3.5L macro, tripod and cable release, f/22, 1/10, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering (I need to just go to manual exposure on these). Processed in LR5 & CS6. Full frame. Taken October 1st at 2:39 PM. Light from an adjacent window.

Comments and criticisms are very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on October 3, 2016 at 7:09 PM

Beautiful, Dennis. I like this version even better than the previous. I like that there's a bit more room. Beautiful light and color. No nits from me. A top notch dahlia image. devil

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on October 3, 2016 at 10:38 PM

Really, REALLY nice, Dennis. Great tones, light, color. I think the cropping looks great. I also like this rotated 90 degrees to the right. Excellent work!!

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on October 4, 2016 at 9:58 AM

Beautiful photo and splendid work. The colors are a pleasure for the eyes. I have also a tree-dimensional feeling. I can't see any nit.

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Comment posted by Mark James Ford on October 4, 2016 at 3:09 PM

Hi Dennis, a much more pleasing composition - really like this version - In this one i think the edges are ok - the 'problem' with a Dahlia is that as soon as you move to bring one petal completely into the frame another becomes a candidate that is just being cut ;-) ... colour, lighting and PP are spot on!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 6, 2016 at 11:16 PM

Dennis: At or near the top of the list for your dahlia shots for me. Love the color and lighting as well as the comp. Really well done.>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 13, 2016 at 8:53 PM

Good shot! No nits, but I do agree with your comment about manual focus. You are on a tripod with cable release, why not focus manually. It gives you the precision for shots like these that Autofocus won't.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 15, 2016 at 1:05 PM

Hi Dennis . A fantastic composition frown

Congrats on a well deserved WP devil

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 17, 2016 at 4:11 PM

I'm loving all the dahlia images being posted - I miss them - haven't found any in our new town yet.
This is a beauty - congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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