April Showers

Gallery: FloraPosted February 18, 2017209 views7 comments

Taken April 29, 2016 at the local public gardens during a gentle rain. I did not post this last year because it did not excite me that much, but my wife likes it a lot, so I figured I post it and see what people here think. D600, 150 sigma 2.8 macro @ f4, iso 200, 1/500, HH. Suggestions and other comments welcome.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 18, 2017 at 11:02 AM

Scott: Your wife is right! I like the plane of focus and your DOF choice. The drops are icing on a very nice cake. 2 thumbs up. >=))>

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on February 18, 2017 at 3:00 PM

I love this one, Scott, and have posted one like it in the past. It's soft and evocative of spring, so refreshing and joyful. Just the right amount of focus. No suggestions!

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on February 18, 2017 at 5:43 PM

Beautiful, Scott! I love the light, the softness of the petals, and the water drops.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 19, 2017 at 4:20 PM

Hi Scott

I like the soft and serene mood you captured ., with the water beautifully dripping off the petals.
Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 19, 2017 at 5:14 PM

Gentle light and soft colors. It definitely needed more dof, at least enough to pull the front petals into focus. The big drops and the in focus parts are great, but they don't quite carry the image out of the ho hum. I seem to be in the minority, though. cheeky

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on February 20, 2017 at 5:52 PM

Scott, the transparencies of the back lit spring flowers are splendid for me. I love the photo, the selective focus, the BG, all. Splendid.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on February 21, 2017 at 6:29 AM

I like the composition ( just about perfect I would say ) and the depth, Scott, but am with Phil on the oof front petals and that leaf to the L which is partly oof. Maybe a little lightening of the image would be good, too, even if the day was somewhat gloomy.

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