I found this day lily in a local park. I enjoyed the curves and the flow of this composition. The natural background was green, but it was rather bland, so I positioned myself behind the flower for the photo and let the leg of my blue jeans become the background for the shot. I think the blue complements the red and orange better than the bland green that was present in the scene.
Lens: Sigma EX 105mm f/2.8 Macro
Post Processing: Slight crop to remove some of the leftover bland green background that was still visible, minor level adjustments, unsharp mask, and resize to 640 pixels on the long side. I also removed a few specs of pollen from the burgandy area of this blossom.
EXIF:
File: CRW_7726.tif
File size: 18.3MB
Image Serial Number: 177-7726
Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
Camera serial number: 1020300016
Firmware: Firmware Version 2.0.0
Date/Time: 2004:07:27 15:11:48
Copyright: Unspecified
Shutter speed: 1/45 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Partial
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 200
Lens: 105mm
Focal length: 105mm
Focal length: 168mm (in 35mm film)
AF mode: Manual Focus
Image size: 2052 x 3076
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Auto
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Tone: Normal
Color profile: Adobe RGB (1998)
Custom Functions:
Default settings
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Place: 6 out of 248 Avg (all users): 6.7234 Avg (commenters): 8.8000 Avg (participants): 6.6260 Avg (non-participants): 6.9077 Views since voting: 3660 Views during voting: 275 Votes: 188 Comments: 28 Favorites: 18 (view)
Flowers are usually so beautiful that sometimes photos don't reflect all the beauty , but this is not the case with yours.The blue color of the jeans contrasts with the rich and warm color of the flower.
It seems that the light come from the inside , a touch of magic !
I feel good looking at it .
Beauuutiful colour and satisfyingly crisp subject. Any opponents of flower shots should be silnced by this one! Love it and no reason not to award top marks - aprat from the slight criticism of crop (positioning) - less top and more bottom would be good, so [9]
Exceptionally artistic! Perfect composition and superb lighting. The range and value of colors is stunning. If this doesn't win a ribbon, consider yourself robbed.
One of the better flower macros, the glow from the base is nice. I probably would of croped a bit tigher, might be a tad to much room at top and right side 8
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