Yellow Sorrel In The Yard
Apr 5, 2022 19:12:25 #
I have Yellow Sorrel that just grows around my yard, Purple Sorrel in pots and the flower bed from plants I dug out of the yard of the house before this one and tiny little ground hugging yellow and purple things I don't know the name of around the yard at times. A variety of others I have planted or in pots (including milkweed) plus Ice Plant along one fence and of course Dandelions and Sow Thistle (they are the same family and their flowers look alike + puff balls).
These were growing in the shade of my west side fence next to a rose bush that just died.
I processed for the veins and details so the colors and saturation went off. But I got the details.
5DIV, Tamron 180macro, 1/1000 @ f/16, ISO-4000
hand held with the less than 1" flowers moving in a slight breeze
These were growing in the shade of my west side fence next to a rose bush that just died.
I processed for the veins and details so the colors and saturation went off. But I got the details.
5DIV, Tamron 180macro, 1/1000 @ f/16, ISO-4000
hand held with the less than 1" flowers moving in a slight breeze
Apr 5, 2022 21:38:43 #
Apr 6, 2022 01:14:26 #
Apr 6, 2022 06:55:27 #
Apr 6, 2022 09:48:51 #
Robertjerl, a wow high color contrast photo. In addition to the high-color-contrast the shading detail is outstanding!! The almost moving tendrils make it an action photo... again Robert... WOW!
At 1/1000 of a second, the flower was not, in a practical sense, moving in the breeze. With older noisy at hi ISO cameras, I used fill flash to freeze any movement. Breeze movement in your "action" photo is stated by the hair-like portions of the aged flowers.
Would I do anything differently? Yes, in keeping with my being a cropaholic, I would crop the right side so my eyes could remain transfixed and digest the main message flower rather than wandering off in the low impact right, especially the out-of-focus cluster lower right. I was beaten by the Camera Club [pro] judges to remember and chant, "that which does not add to the photo subtracts."
At 1/1000 of a second, the flower was not, in a practical sense, moving in the breeze. With older noisy at hi ISO cameras, I used fill flash to freeze any movement. Breeze movement in your "action" photo is stated by the hair-like portions of the aged flowers.
Would I do anything differently? Yes, in keeping with my being a cropaholic, I would crop the right side so my eyes could remain transfixed and digest the main message flower rather than wandering off in the low impact right, especially the out-of-focus cluster lower right. I was beaten by the Camera Club [pro] judges to remember and chant, "that which does not add to the photo subtracts."
Apr 6, 2022 14:22:23 #
Apr 6, 2022 15:06:21 #
dpullum wrote:
Robertjerl, a wow high color contrast photo. In a... (show quote)
Thank you
This was a quick full frame edit. Here is an alternate edit I tried and cropped in tight to 1:1
The flowers were moving a bit in the breeze plus I was bending down to get closer to the level of the flowers holding a 5DIV with battery grip and the Tamron 180 without anything to brace against, no monopod or tripod and lately I haven't been as steady as I used to be = 1/1000. Too much time in a zero gravity power lift/lounger with my feet up above my heart (doc's orders) and the heavest thing I am holding much is my 10" e-reader.
Here are two alternate edits I did, one at 1:1 and one cropped to 8x10.
Apr 6, 2022 18:40:24 #
"Too much time in a zero gravity power lift/lounger with my feet up above my heart (doc's orders) "
Yes, hell to grow older as one man complained, now that I can afford the best steak, I dare not eat it.
Your crops focus on the story well. Thank you for sharing them. This photo is a Mind'sEye grabber.
I have often said that I can criticize others' photos but hard to see my own. Your photo brought up a question from a UHH photo friend in England about cropping or in-camera composition. I referred her to an old 1966 movie Blowup... he saw in the wide range a murder in the wooded area.
Yes, hell to grow older as one man complained, now that I can afford the best steak, I dare not eat it.
Your crops focus on the story well. Thank you for sharing them. This photo is a Mind'sEye grabber.
I have often said that I can criticize others' photos but hard to see my own. Your photo brought up a question from a UHH photo friend in England about cropping or in-camera composition. I referred her to an old 1966 movie Blowup... he saw in the wide range a murder in the wooded area.
Apr 6, 2022 21:09:39 #
dpullum wrote:
"Too much time in a zero gravity power lift/l... (show quote)
My usual thing is to leave space for cropping since if you don't have it your can't add it later and the subject may not be there for a redo. Not long after I took this photo the lawn guy came and the Yellow Sorrel around the yard just started putting out new blooms a couple of days ago.
Apr 12, 2022 14:16:08 #
Apr 12, 2022 15:32:26 #
10MPlayer wrote:
Nice. I like the way the long "hairs" are highlighted.
Thank You
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