Anita's Photoblog
Autumn Clematis
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 1 November 2008 in Plant & Nature.
Taken last month before the frosts. These small flowers cover the vines growing on my deck railing.
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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.
jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
WOW Anita this one is great. Absolutely beautiful we have a spring clematis in NZ that looks very similar
1 Nov 2008 5:39am
Arnd from Basel, Switzerland
Love your use of DOF and the soft tones. Very beautiful!
1 Nov 2008 10:35am
MaryP from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Beautiful!. Lovely soft tones and fine DoF.
1 Nov 2008 11:13am
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Superb composition. The green really helps set off the flower beautifully.
1 Nov 2008 11:57am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Oh that is just so very pretty. Gorgeous details and so very delicate.
1 Nov 2008 12:48pm
Koushiro~光子郎 from Singapore, Singapore
That's really beautiful! Love the colours and the contrast! Hope to see some really beautiful winter shots ^_^
1 Nov 2008 1:08pm
@Koushiro~光子郎: Koushiro: I don't know what I'm going to do now that my flowers are all dead due to cold weather. I'm in a bit of a confused state on how to proceed. I've gotten so used to photographing flowers that it is difficult to think of photographing other things. I do intend to visit Longwood Garden's conservatory tomorrow for flower shots.
Kaneabel from London, United Kingdom
Brings out the delicate nature of the flower beautiful! Great DOF, Anita!
1 Nov 2008 1:10pm
Charles from New York, United States
Gorgeous shot. Love the background and the composition.
1 Nov 2008 3:22pm
Steph from France
Hi Anita ! many thanks for that excellent shot ! Really well done ! I love the composition, the sharpness and the colours, especially of the background ! Great ! Bye !
1 Nov 2008 5:49pm
John Maslowski from Dallas,PA, United States
Exceptional picture Anita, love the soft tones and the white flower contrasts against a perfect green background. Outstanding composition.
1 Nov 2008 6:09pm
Frida from Sweden
it's a great composition and a lovely green background to the delicate white Clematis. I have the same "trouble" as you I love to photograph flowers and small insects and such. What am I going to photograph during the winter??!! :-)
I'm sure we both will come up with some interesting images despite the shortage of flowers ;-)
1 Nov 2008 7:57pm
Betty from New Jersey, United States
I wish I was close enough to Longwood Gardens to visit as often as you do! Your flower shots are amazing, Anita! Just beautiful.
2 Nov 2008 12:06am
@Betty: Thank you, Betty. I am fortunate to live near Longwood Gardens.
Laurent from Lyon, France
what a beautiful shot.
Good composition, splendid colors and great DOF.
2 Nov 2008 8:27pm
Himera from Ljubljana, Slovenia
Gorgeous, clean and minimalist shot. Very well composed!
2 Nov 2008 8:43pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Again, so gently beautiful . . love how this seems to respect the flower rather than 'use' it.
3 Nov 2008 12:19pm
Brian from Lynnwood, United States
Very nice DOF. I like the contrast between the white flower against the green BG.
6 Nov 2008 5:48am
Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D
1/80 second
F/4.0
ISO 200
150 mm (35mm equiv.)