TEXERE: fabric of life
After the rain...
Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 11 July 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Image captured at the break of dawn ... after the rain ... using a Canon 500D close-up lens attached to an EF 70 - 200 f/2.8 L IS lens.
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Lovely, Ron. The flower has a delicate surreal look. Wonderful work and I like the color!
11 Jul 2008 5:14am
Steve from Camdenton, United States
A very nice subdued look. The f/2.8 really makes the dof fall away nicely.
11 Jul 2008 5:21am
zOOm from Paris, France
That's so delicate. As there's no light, there's truly a special atmospehre... That green is splendid. Bravo, Ron !
11 Jul 2008 5:28am
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Ron - this really is exceptional. A beautiful image.
11 Jul 2008 5:29am
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
This is a really good work! The play with focus works well. Reminds me of a painting I saw in some museum...
11 Jul 2008 7:06am
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Just superb Ron, the green is so cool and gentle, combined with the lighting and the shapes of the petals/leaves make this one beautiful image.
11 Jul 2008 10:32am
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
An unobtrusive image portraying a simple plant shrouded in a gentle blur. Good work Ron.
11 Jul 2008 11:30am
Tracey from White Hall, United States
The softness( lighting and color, not focus) of the image paired with the detail of the plant is just amazing. It should be in a gallery.
11 Jul 2008 12:18pm
Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States
This is EXQUISITE! The way the light gently drapes the edges...and those shadows...BRAVO! Brilliant job, Ron! I know I've said it a lot lately, but this is fantastic work! You should be very proud. :)
11 Jul 2008 2:42pm
Pavla from Saint James City, United States
oh the color and softness is wonderful!
11 Jul 2008 6:57pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Absolutely stunning, this is just incredible, well done.
11 Jul 2008 7:28pm
Jonathan Alan Photography from St. Louis, United States
very soft great blur, love the darkness of it makes it seem much more mysterious
11 Jul 2008 7:59pm
Still from France
Thaks for your visit and kind comment on Still Mood.
I have had a great pleasure to discover your beautiful macro today! A splendid job!
11 Jul 2008 8:52pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Terrific and very different, I love it, inspirational work Ron.
11 Jul 2008 8:56pm
danthro from Suburbia, United States
this is just incredibly beautiful, Ron, has a soothing look to it too -- love it!
11 Jul 2008 9:31pm
pedro alexandre from loures, Portugal
very beatiful, the soft light, the soft tones, just wonderful image.
11 Jul 2008 9:47pm
lissa from New York, United States
I think this my most favorite of your flower shot but then again I might just say that again if you come up with another great one. I do like all your flower shots. There's just something about flowers that just makes a great subject.
I like the delicate softness here, brings out the edges quite nicely, and the black background is a great choice
your camera detail on the right says it's shot with a Canon 40D but in your caption you say Canon 500D, I am not familiar with the either camera but I think one is suppose to be superior camera than the other. I'm wondering if you would have capture the shot the same way if you're using the 500D rather the 40D, just wondering
11 Jul 2008 11:32pm
@lissa: Thanks, lissa, for the kind words. I always appreciate your comments and insight.
The camera is a Canon 40D and I used a 500D close-up lens - you screw the close-up lens on the front of your regular lens just like a filter, which allows you to shorten the minimum focus distance and also gives some additional magnification. The close-up lens is sort of a "poor man's" version of a macro lens.
Eric Fry from Houston, TX, United States
Absolutely gorgeous. This photo has a mysterious and peaceful feeling to it for me. I can almost hear the birds beginning to sing...
12 Jul 2008 4:17am
lissa from New York, United States
oops, sorry, I misread, I don't know how I missed the word "lens". sorry about that.
I would try your method except I only have one lens and lens are so expensive but you did do a good job on this closeup.
12 Jul 2008 6:55pm
da.mas from barcelona, Spain
Fantastic capture,fantastic portfolio!!! i added of my favorites ( sorry,my english is very bad)!!!
Congratulations.
3 Nov 2008 12:30pm
Canon EOS 40D
1/3200 second
F/2.8
ISO 1000
200 mm