Anita's Photoblog
Winter Aconite
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 14 March 2008 in Plant & Nature.
Winter Aconite partly open. About the size of a large marble. A group of these flowers are a welcome splash of color in early spring.
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A few words about the EXIF data, beginning in April when I began using Nikon D300 and the Sigma 105mm macro: My new camera and macro lens record the relative or effective f stop, not the one seen on the lens. For an explanation of this, go to the next to the last question at this site.
Chris from South Jersey, United States
Beautiful flower - I don't know if I have seen them before. You capture the detail very well in flowers - well done.
14 Mar 2008 1:41pm
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
Beautiful close-up work, Anita. Colorful and crisp and great composition!
14 Mar 2008 3:50pm
Betsy Barron : www.thebetsy.com from Glenmoore, United States
So crisp! Love it - my only suggestion would be to fill flash it just a bit to bring out that bright gorgeous yellow!
14 Mar 2008 5:47pm
@Betsy Barron : www.thebetsy.com: I hate using flash, but I will try bringing out more color using photoshop. I often am unsure how light and bright to make my photos. Thanks!
John Maslowski from Dallas,PA, United States
Excellent close-up shot and perfect DOF. Nice warm colors and like the way you composed this image.
14 Mar 2008 6:08pm
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Excellent shot! Wonderful DOF and the flower is perfectly sharp.
15 Mar 2008 9:54am
@Betty: Thank you. I am working on getting my macros sharp.
David from Bryn Mawr, United States
I find a single flower of Aconite less interesting, less beautiful, than your usual choice in macros -- but I enjoy the way you have framed it with the petals in this shot. The group shot that follows pleased me more. Is there something you particularly wanted to capture in a single flower?
5 Apr 2008 9:55pm
Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D
1/320 second
F/4.0
ISO 100
150 mm (35mm equiv.)