Dahlia

Gallery: FloraPosted August 23, 2017173 views5 comments

This is one of my wife's dahlia blooms-a bicolored single flower. I utilized 2 flashes set to manual with the master set at 1/16 and slave set at 1/8 power with the flower placed in a light tent.K5 IIs 180 mm f3.5 (2.0 sec at f20, Iso 160) Levels and crop for comp.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 24, 2017 at 6:11 PM

Good studio work. The color is nice and deep, with no hot spots from the flash.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on August 25, 2017 at 4:32 PM

Colors, colors, colors, are splendid. I love the photo Jim.

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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on August 28, 2017 at 4:05 PM

How does this only have 2 comments?!

Jim, this is fantastic! Composition, colors, DOF, contrast...everything looks spot on to me.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 28, 2017 at 10:05 PM

Hi Jjm

Excellent detail !! and your flash set up captured the light and color perfectly .... the large version is a must see
Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Kathy Snead on August 29, 2017 at 10:32 AM

Jim

Lovely dahlia. Impressive work with those flashes!!! No glare and nice vibrant color. Very nice!

Best
Kathy

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