Joshua Trees & Wildflowers

Posted by Lillian Roberts on Thu Sep 11, 2003 11:17 pm

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Steve's recent posts led me to go revisit some of mine from the same trip (Antelope Valley, this spring). The was my first-ever visit during WF season, and I was like the proverbial kid in a candy store! We found this clump of Joshua Trees growing with a patch of little yellow flowers (ID anyone? Each about 12mm wide) and I did some of my first digital landscapes.

D30, Sigma 15-30mm lens, ISO 100.

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by Anders on Fri Sep 12, 2003 1:01 am

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Lillian,

This is nice! I like the colors and the generous foreground. I would like to see the trees a bit bigger in the frame, and I find the light patch along the left side a tiny bit distracting. Overall very nice!

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by stevebein on Fri Sep 12, 2003 1:34 am

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Lil,
I did not see this before. I really like the expanse of the flowers which draw you into the photo> This is one to try with the flowers overflowing the border like I posted and see how it works. The Joshua trees work for me at this size. Perhaps because we have so many very large in the frame, this gives some idea of how many flowers were blooming.

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by Harvey Edelman on Fri Sep 12, 2003 7:37 am

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I like this. Nice use of the WA lens. Perhaps being even a bit lower would make the perspective of the flowers even more dramatic.

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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:51 am

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I like this a lot. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be even more dramatic from a lower shooting angle so that some of the flowers are a lot bigger.

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by Dan Baumbach on Fri Sep 12, 2003 2:39 pm

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I too like this a lot. I agree that a lower shooting angle might help but don't let that sour you on this shot. It's very nice as it is.

- Dan.

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by Ken Cravillion on Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:19 pm

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This is a nice shot. I also agree with Dan's comment too about a lower shooting angle.

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by thapamd on Sat Sep 13, 2003 12:54 am

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Lillian, I like the shot as is...wouldn't change a thing. Composition, color, and light are very nice.

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