Anita's Photoblog
Cosmos Garden
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 18 September 2008 in Plant & Nature.
I am enjoying the Cosmos this summer!
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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 from Camdenton, United States
Beautiful photo! The colors of the foreground and background work very well together, as do the crisp focus and the bokeh.
18 Sep 2008 5:14am
jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
STUNNING I can just image a garden of Cosmos floating in the breeze.
18 Sep 2008 8:21am
MaryP from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
This is a lovely image. The colours are so delicate, and complimentary. The detail (on the main flower) and dof is excellent.
18 Sep 2008 8:58am
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
Good photo. It's a small flower, a couple of inches across, isn't it?
18 Sep 2008 9:02am
@António Pires: Thanks, Antonio. The flowers are 3 - 4 inches across.
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Very beautiful, Anita. The background is as beautiful as the subject! Nice work!
18 Sep 2008 9:51am
MJ from Delaware, United States
I love the colors and the background.....is just oerfect....very lovely
18 Sep 2008 1:28pm
Sue from United States
Cosmos is a relatively new flower to me. I had the opportunity to photograph the flower for the first time this summer. And it is such a delightful flower.
You have captured the personality of the cosmos beautifully -- it's gracefulness, it's wonderful color variations.
I love the DOF you used in this image.
18 Sep 2008 2:30pm
Chris from South Jersey, United States
I love cosmos as well - and you captured these wonderfully. I liked your sailboats yesterday - it is suprising to see a non-flower picture from your, but you did it wonderfully. DoF in this image is wonderful.....
18 Sep 2008 3:05pm
Marcie from United States
These are my one of my favorite 'wild' flowers. Love the colors and your dof!!!
18 Sep 2008 3:36pm
don from spokane, United States
A lovely flower placed very expertly in the frame. I like the detail and the find color of this shot. Very well done.
18 Sep 2008 4:17pm
Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal
Amazing. I'm jealous...l ooks so delicate... totally love it!
18 Sep 2008 5:13pm
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
Really nice soft image with beautiful colors!
19 Sep 2008 12:33am
susan from belleville, United States
I like the point of view. DOF is great!
Gorgeous capture :)
19 Sep 2008 11:53am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Love the soft and gentle feeling here. The pastel tones are wonderful.
19 Sep 2008 12:29pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
So refreshingly simple and all the more effective for that.
19 Sep 2008 11:32pm
David Ross from Bryn Mawr, PA, United States
Gorgeous. Once again I appreciate how the other comments help me understand why the photo is so effective.
20 Sep 2008 4:16pm
Arash from Dubai, United Arab Emirates
fantastic! lovely colors and clear details, bravo!
22 Sep 2008 8:11am
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Well, because of you we are enjoying them, too. Such painterly softness here.
24 Sep 2008 5:58am
Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D
1/400 second
F/4.5
ISO 200
150 mm (35mm equiv.)