Anita's Photoblog
Jacob's Ladder
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 21 May 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Another spring wildflower growing in my garden a couple of weeks ago. Taken outdoors.
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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.
zOOm from Paris, France
Great light Anita, glowing from the entire flower !
Great movie by the way !
21 May 2009 5:24am
Dulcie from Danville, United States
Beautiful rendition of this flower, Anita. Love the way it fades from front to back!
21 May 2009 6:32am
Arnd from Basel, Switzerland
I love the progression of flowers and your use of DOF. Very nice!
21 May 2009 9:30am
Marcie from United States
Love the softness...and how the flowers melt into the background.
21 May 2009 11:11am
@Loretta: Thank you!
Susan from Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Beautiful shot...I'd love to have your garden!!!
21 May 2009 2:59pm
Chris from South Jersey, United States
this is fabulous - the colors have a wonderful glow to them and your DoF is (as usual) magical....
21 May 2009 3:22pm
DON from spokane, United States
A beautiful blossom. I like the crisp edges and wonderful color.
21 May 2009 10:19pm
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
Extremely nice, Anita -- reminds me a lot of phacelia.
22 May 2009 12:24am
@Earnest: Jacob's Ladder is some type of polemonium. I'm glad you like it.
Ravi from Bangalore, India
Stunning shot! Just mind blowing stuff. I loved it to the core.
22 May 2009 3:45pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Such delicate beauty when seen like this . . wildflowers can be so precious.
22 May 2009 6:06pm
Betsy Barron from Chester Springs, PA, United States
beautiful and sharp Anita - I like the natural light..
22 May 2009 9:59pm
edvatza from Lehigh Valley, PA, United States
Beautiful, Anita. I love the way the flowers just fade into the background. Very nicely done.
23 May 2009 1:44am
Sue from United States
Not much I can add to the accolades. I'll add that I like the color contrast of the blue and green. The composition seems to give me a "ladder" feel; mirroring the name of the beautiful plant.
28 May 2009 2:33pm
Nig from United Kingdom
Hi Anita, long time no visit! I like this one alot. Simple but effective.
29 May 2009 9:21pm
Nikon D300
1/125 second
F/7.1
ISO 200
157 mm (35mm equiv.)