Anita's Photoblog
Cosmos
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 6 October 2009 in Plant & Nature.
Added texture Scratchee Pink by pareeerica with color slightly adjusted. Original image taken indoors, natural light.
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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.
Dulcie from Danville, CA, United States
Lovely image, lovely color. I really enjoy the one petal of the cosmos going its own way.
That is so interesting and charming ! :-)
6 Oct 2009 5:14am
Tomas Turecek from Czech Republic
Honestly, without the background it would be just another usual photograph BUT you proved your skills again and turned it into beautiful image with a postprocessing. Moreover, flower photographers are taken by many as those taking photos of "perfection" in floral world and you go against this cliché and it works really well! I think that the curled petal is what makes this image more interesting. I like it.
6 Oct 2009 6:23am
Bob Towery from Granite Bay, United States
This is such a well done image, I'm amazed. The texture of the petals is to die for. Way to go!
6 Oct 2009 9:24am
Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom
The lightness of touch puts this into a different category to your recent work but it allows more of the delicacy to sine thru. Stopping down has given you a good depth of focus edge-to-edge , too.
6 Oct 2009 12:40pm
MJ from Delaware, United States
lovely, delicate... beautiful color.....nice composition
6 Oct 2009 1:16pm
Barbara Kile from Ft. Worth, United States
A cosmos with a mind of its own! I like flowers with personality. Nice work!
6 Oct 2009 4:11pm
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
Beautiful! Love the brightness and softness of this image! Well done
6 Oct 2009 9:27pm
Ed Vatza from Lehigh Valley, PA, United States
Anita, the backgrounds you chose work so well with the flower being photographed that it all looks so very natural even though I know the background isn't. That is really good work!
7 Oct 2009 9:52am
Betty from Phillipsburg, United States
You have a wonderful eye for color, all your composition are so color pleasing. Excellent work, Anita. Bravo!
7 Oct 2009 12:49pm
Theys from Charleroi, Belgium
Beautiful color.....nice composition, GREAT WORK.!!!
7 Oct 2009 8:46pm
Bo Mackison from Wisconsin, United States
What makes this flower photograph stand out is the delicate turn of the petal on the lower left. Rather a shy turn. Really nice effect.
7 Oct 2009 9:43pm
Dan Creighton from Pottstown, United States
I just photographed this exact same type of flower recently and struggled with the ID. Is cosmos a type of flower a title you have given it Anita?
Love the high-key style of image and the texture overlay is very effective here. Beautiful image.
8 Oct 2009 2:19am
Bethany from Michigan, United States
This is very pretty! I like the texture and how you applied it to this one.
19 Oct 2009 11:22pm
Nikon D300
5/2 seconds
F/40.0
ISO 100
157 mm (35mm equiv.)