Anita's Photoblog
Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 3 September 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
I appreciate the many positive comments to yesterday's flower! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
From my garden; taken indoors using window light and yellow background; macro lens, tripod.
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I welcome your honest critique, especially if they will improve my photography.
If I have made a mistake in a flower identification, please let me know!
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.
Arash from Dubai, United Arab Emirates
excellent colorfull shot!! I like contrast and tidy colors here.
3 Sep 2008 6:22am
Sue from United States
Love the translucent feel to the flower and the color of the background. Striking image.
3 Sep 2008 8:19am
Erik from Amersfoort, Netherlands
Great work love the color combination between the flower and the background.
3 Sep 2008 9:11am
Mary from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Anita your work is beautiful i love the colours
3 Sep 2008 9:33am
Betty from New Jersey, United States
You certainly know your colors and work with them beautifully. This is just excellent!
3 Sep 2008 9:49am
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
Normally, we see patches of yellow over blue, in this image is the opposite. It's a sort of a shock, a surprise.
3 Sep 2008 9:50am
Koushiro~光子郎 from Singapore, Singapore
Really beautiful flowers! The effect makes it look like a watercolour painting! Really nicely taken!
3 Sep 2008 1:37pm
Marcie from United States
Love the contrasting background yellow. How'd you do this??
3 Sep 2008 3:56pm
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
The yellow background makes the flowers really pop.
3 Sep 2008 5:30pm
don from spokane, United States
You've created a spectacular image. I especially like the vivid colors and the way you've arranged these blossoms in your frame. Beautifully shot! I'll add this to my vfxy collection!
3 Sep 2008 6:19pm
@don: Thank you, Don. I'm glad you like it. I just visited your vhxy site. Thanks for adding some of my photos to your collection!
John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States
My two favorite colors blue and yellow. Outstanding composition, really love this one. Great job Anita,
4 Sep 2008 2:20am
Betsy Barron from Glenmoore, United States
AWESOME punch!!!! how did you do it?!?!?!
4 Sep 2008 1:24pm
@Betsy Barron: Thanks, Betsy! So glad you like it.
The flowers were in a small vase out of the frame to the right. Yellow construction paper was the background, held up by a foam board. All this was set up on a coffee table several feel away from large east facing windows. That is my indoor studio.
Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D
4/1 second
F/20.0
ISO 100
150 mm (35mm equiv.)