Flying Cosmos

Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 25 August 2008 in Plant & Nature.

This year my Cosmos bloomed late because I forgot they like poor soil and mistakenly planted the seeds in soil with lots of compost.
Taken indoors with window light, macro lens, tripod.

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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.

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Marvelous image. The DOF, the colors are phenomenal.

25 Aug 2008 6:38am

Koushiro~光子郎 from Singapore, Singapore

Wow... That's one amazing photo.... I just love the colours! The soft touch is an added bonus too!

25 Aug 2008 7:19am

Sylvia from Netherlands

Great picture. So soft and colorful.

25 Aug 2008 9:41am

Paul Michko from Exton, PA, United States

What a remarkable image, Anita. I love how you captured this

25 Aug 2008 10:09am

Vinod from Bangalore, India

Wonderful play with focus... Very nice one...

25 Aug 2008 11:16am

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Excellent DOF, Anita. I just love the way you capture flowers! Beautiful.

25 Aug 2008 11:18am

Marcie from United States

Beautiful colors. Love how the stem is in perfect focus. Nice!!

25 Aug 2008 11:43am

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

lovely point of focus

25 Aug 2008 12:18pm

Mary from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

This is brilliant !! love the colours Anita

25 Aug 2008 3:18pm

don from spokane, United States

I like the limited depth of field which puts all the emphasis on the center of the blossom.
Fine color. I like how you placed the blossom in the frame too. Well done.

25 Aug 2008 4:33pm

Earnest from Oklahoma, United States

Your choice of DOF is splendid in this photo!

25 Aug 2008 7:31pm

Sergei Z from Turi, Estonia

Beautiful image! Good job!

25 Aug 2008 8:31pm

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Beautiful soft image. I like the colors.

27 Aug 2008 1:11am

Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D
1/6 second
F/3.5
ISO 100
150 mm (35mm equiv.)

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