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Cactus Flowers

by Gerald Emery

Gallery: FloraPosted January 24, 2017106 views5 comments
More cactus flowers, Saguaro National Park, Az.





Canon 5D 180 macro
ISO 100 F8 1/125 sec

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 24, 2017 at 9:24 PM
Great colors and composition! I do wish you had gone for more DOF, as the top of the petals are slightly OOF. I assume you were on a tripod? That would be about the only way you could have gotten by with less shutter speed.
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on January 25, 2017 at 3:56 PM
Gerald I like very much the composition, a squad with its command in front  For my very personal taste the colors seem too saturated and the yellows too luminous, but you may not agree with me. Anyway I like the photo.
Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments
Comment posted by Skip Layman on January 25, 2017 at 5:25 PM
I like the composition and your getting all those colorful buds in the shot, but I do agree that it appears a bit oversaturated.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 558 Posts, 1704 Comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on January 26, 2017 at 1:25 PM
Working on a laptop, but saturation looks fine to me.  Nice composition makes this something a little different and nice to view.
Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 26, 2017 at 7:41 PM
Gerald: On my laptop the saturation is borderline but I still like this, the comp especially. More DOF for the center of the main flower would suit me better too but overall I think this is a fine effort. >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments