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Flowers Blue · 08:51 AM

Time to post something of my own. These are two that I was pretty happy with, comments welcome. You should be able to click for bigger.

**dcmsox2004** · 05-13-2009, 09:06 AM

number 2 has nice composition and detail, of both
the petals and stamen.... the coloration is very pleasing as well...

timbo13 · 05-14-2009, 10:58 AM

nice lighting!

7.62lew · 05-14-2009, 10:23 PM

Nice photo's. What lens if I may ask?

**Rense** · 05-14-2009, 11:53 PM

Very good! The stamen in the first one is OOF, and it's a little distracting to me. On the other hand this photo shows the texture of the petals very well...... All in all: well done, keep them comin'!

daacon · 05-15-2009, 06:08 AM

I agree the first one is a little off but #2 is a standout. Well done.

brkl · 05-15-2009, 06:40 AM

A wonderful tone on the flowers.

Mikeru · 05-15-2009, 09:18 AM

Thanks all. I did have the same feeling about the out of focus stamen... I just liked the colours and shapes in the rest of it enough not to let it bother me.

Both were taken with an M 50mm f/1.7, with close up filter attachment. Lighting is from a fluorescent light fitting with four 2ft daylight spectrum tubes in it, that i'm finding very handy for close up work.

On another note, I had a nice surprise when checking back on the exif data (it's been a good month or two since I worked on these). One of the photos was on a tripod a ISO 100. The other, handheld at 1600. I can tell now that I know, but it wasn't even apparent on the prints I had done.

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05-13-2009, 09:06 AM	#2
dcmsox2004 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: rhode island Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,522	number 2 has nice composition and detail, of both the petals and stamen.... the coloration is very pleasing as well...

05-14-2009, 10:58 AM	#3
timbo13 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northboro MA, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,007	nice lighting!

05-14-2009, 10:23 PM	#4
7.62lew Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Carolina Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,192	Nice photo's. What lens if I may ask?

05-14-2009, 11:53 PM	#5
Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050	Very good! The stamen in the first one is OOF, and it's a little distracting to me. On the other hand this photo shows the texture of the petals very well...... All in all: well done, keep them comin'!

05-15-2009, 06:08 AM	#6
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	I agree the first one is a little off but #2 is a standout. Well done.

05-15-2009, 06:40 AM	#7
brkl Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 497	A wonderful tone on the flowers.

05-15-2009, 09:18 AM	#8
Mikeru New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 22 Original Poster	Thanks all. I did have the same feeling about the out of focus stamen... I just liked the colours and shapes in the rest of it enough not to let it bother me. Both were taken with an M 50mm f/1.7, with close up filter attachment. Lighting is from a fluorescent light fitting with four 2ft daylight spectrum tubes in it, that i'm finding very handy for close up work. On another note, I had a nice surprise when checking back on the exif data (it's been a good month or two since I worked on these). One of the photos was on a tripod a ISO 100. The other, handheld at 1600. I can tell now that I know, but it wasn't even apparent on the prints I had done.

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