Posted by Wen C. Yap (Melbourne, Australia) on 26 July 2007 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.
This little flower stands out from the bush. It caught my attention when I was strolling around my neighbourhood.
It's a good idea to have this tiny macro lens tag around!
Simply stunning!!!!!
26 Jul 2007 3:04am
@colin: Thanks for your comment!
what the nice picture. ;)
26 Jul 2007 3:34am
Nice capture, lovely combination of colors!
26 Jul 2007 3:43am
Intresting post-processing! Really like it - could you explain what you did? Or is the effect related to the ISO800?
26 Jul 2007 5:03am
@Phil: Hello Phil... Thanks for your comment! Post-processing - cropping and levels only. The main thing is setting the f-value to f/4.0 and focusing really close. It was at 1:1.5, near to life size magnification. This causes the shallow DOF and make the flower stand out from the background. ISO was set to 800 to avoid image blur. 1st of all to achieve 1/effective focal lenght, 2nd to counter the wind blowing on the flower. Therefore need a higher shutter speed.
Love everything about it: the details, the colours, the DOF... Keep on.
26 Jul 2007 9:45am
Gorgeous shot.
26 Jul 2007 10:23am
Hypnotic colors.
26 Jul 2007 12:10pm
wow! Really wonderful , what colors!!! congratulations!!
26 Jul 2007 1:58pm
I love the colors.
26 Jul 2007 7:52pm
a beauty congrats
29 Jul 2007 6:48am
Awesome capture!!!! Perfect DOF!!!
10 Aug 2007 11:33am
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