Anita's Photoblog
Spotted Knapweed Macro (Centaurea maculosa)
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 31 August 2008 in Plant & Nature.
These lovely non-native flowers are currently blooming in our meadow.
I used my new piece of equipment to hold the flower still in the breeze: a Wimberley plamp. This is a flexible plastic line with a clamp at each end--one attaches to the tripod or another stable object, and the other attaches to the stem of the flower.
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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.
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
A super macro image with stunning colors. Good job.
31 Aug 2008 6:52am
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
very interesting! love the selective focus! and the colour - fabulous! excellent macro!
31 Aug 2008 7:33am
Koushiro~光子郎 from Singapore, Singapore
Lovely colours and details as always! I like the way you shot the white stuffs on the "thorns" ^^"
31 Aug 2008 8:17am
Sue from United States
I've added a RSS feed so I can view your beautiful images as you post new ones. Thank you for sharing!
31 Aug 2008 8:21am
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Fantastic macro, the colors and details are wonderful. They are wild flowers....? if they were in a bouquet you could ask a handsome price for them.
31 Aug 2008 1:43pm
@Observing: They grow in the wild, yes. The related garden and bouquet flower is Bachelor-button. I'm glad you like it.
Betty from New Jersey, United States
I love the color! And your new gadget worked just great, Anita. It's a beautiful composition! MJ and I had a beautiful, relaxing day at Longwood Gardens last Saturday!
31 Aug 2008 11:31pm
Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D
1/3 second
F/16.0
ISO 100
150 mm (35mm equiv.)