Staghorn Cluster

Posted by Eia on Thu Jan 14, 2016 2:57 pm

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Wondering if I should bring up the brightness a bit? I think the tight crop lost detail in the petal but I wanted to bring out the green stem.
I found three colors; yellow, red and this one seems to be between. I had no idea they were different in color. They were growing wild in the desert. I find them to be much more colorful and varied more so than potted plants. Much harder to capture too.

f/5.6
1/800 second
-0.7 step
180 mm
Spot meter
Hand held
cropped

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by Tom Whelan on Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:38 pm

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Nice center details, especially those green stamens, and a nice cropped composition. Adding a bit more light would help.

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by Matthew Pugh on Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:13 am

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Hi

A good close up study - on my monitor they look ok, perhaps a little tweaking of the darks to make them a tad stronger? My monitor is not calibrated though, so I would not read too much into that remark

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by Carol Clarke on Fri Jan 15, 2016 5:28 am

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A nice composition with these lovely blooms and I would certainly go a touch brighter with this image.

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