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Winter Pansy - closeup
Winter Pansy - closeup
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Challenge: Yellow Revisited (Basic Editing II)
Camera: Olympus C-450Z
Location: A garden in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland.
Date: Dec 4, 2004
Aperture: 14.7
ISO: 137
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2004

 I took a few shots of this flower today. The weather being fairly overcast and the light was poor. One of the shots I took with spot flash came out the best.

The flower head of this pansy was very small and really quite striking. It is about the size of a one penny piece. Or the size of a mans thumb nail.
It's beauty normally missed by by those coming and going up the garden path.
The close up image shows how striking these flowers can be.

I hope you enjoy looking at it and would appreciate honest critique and comments.
Thanks
John

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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 12/14/2004 09:50:20 PM
Lots of possibilites here, but in this case, the composition is a little flat and the image is a little overexposed. The stuff in the background in the lower half really needs to go away.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 12/09/2004 06:20:36 PM
The light is a little strong and I would have removed, before shooting or after by cropping, the leaf with the hole in it. I haven't tried this yet, but I am seriously considering getting a large sheet to hang between the sun and the flower in order to diffuse the light as they are doing with the tabletop photos. You have lost the texure of the petals and the center of the flower to direct lighting. I love the purples in the background. A 7.
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 12/09/2004 06:41:41 AM
Interesting pattern on this pansy. The backround distracts from the subject. Too bad you couldn't get in closer.
Nikon D750
Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD for Nikon
 12/09/2004 02:15:13 AM
Interesting flower
Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 12/08/2004 02:19:45 PM
Very pretty colors, nice use of shallow DOF to quiet the background down.
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