"Come, gentle Spring! ethereal mildness, come."
-- James Thomson, Spring in The Seasons (1728)
Probably Ranunculus ficaria (Lesser Celandine), a member of the Buttercup family, but when you don't get your subject in focus it gets a bit tricky to tell!
The shot was indeed taken out of focus, with an old manual focus Tamron lens which is as sharp as L glass when used properly, but has the dreamiest bokeh I have ever seen, making shots like this a joy to produce.
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Place: 675 out of 712 Avg (all users): 4.7082 Avg (commenters): 5.5556 Avg (participants): 4.6981 Avg (non-participants): 4.7386 Views since voting: 2324 Views during voting: 490 Votes: 353 Comments: 46 Favorites: 21 (view)
This image could win the impressionism challenge - Really nice work here - gave it a 6 during voting but clearly undervoted on it (to used to sharp and contrasty images of DPC).
I am glad a came across this shot... I think it is awesome. You are righ to be proud by it as well, as it is very deserving of that. This has actually inspired me and given me some ideas for some shots as well- THANKS!
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675th place is a massive achievement.
It also takes a certain something to enter a shot like this. Re: the certain something, and as you like bike racing, I can tell you that I spoke to some stranger once while watching a friend of mine try his hand at somebody-or-other's school of racing at Brands Hatch. Said stranger said he'd also tried it once and when I asked him why he hadn't kept it up he said: "I haven't got the arsehole for it." So well done. I think I'll make it a favourite just so as you have to change your profile page again.
WOW - you got screwed by the voters! I personally like this. I get what you were trying to do and I think you got exactly what you wanted. Congrats on that. It's too bad that people can't see past the normal technicals of photography and see the art/intention of the photog. What is even more ridiculous is that the only techniacal issue would be focus and it is more than obvious this was done on purpose.
Such is life, though. Still a very nice shot. Would look awesome blown up really really big, printed and hanging on a wall in a modern apartment building or something.
I love it! Composition is great - it is an abstract image but there is definitely a subject. The yellow is not just some "blob" but is made more substantial by the lines of green around the bottom and out of the bottom. It immediately says "flower" - in an understated way. The colors compliment each other perfectly.. and I like the ... I don't know how to put it but it seems that if I were to take this photo and adjust levels in Photoshop, I wouldn't be able to get anything more to my liking. Border is subtle yet definitely "there", acting as a way to hold in all the flowing color. Very very good image in my opinion.
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