Challenge:Darkness (Basic Editing III) Camera:Nikon D70 Location: My house Date: Jun 14, 2005 Aperture: f 4.5 ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/3 sec Galleries:Floral Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2005
Nice work on the lighting. Would have been good if you could have also accentuated the fact that it is a cactus. This seems to be an afterthought in the shot
Wow I love this flower!
It only blossoms at night. Definately what darkness could have mean to me!
The light you are using is a little bit too harsh IMO, but I love the details and the focus and the colors of this beautiful shot.
The lighting perspective and composition (except for inclusion of the top of the pot at the bottom) is the strength of this image.
On the technical side the lighting is too strong for the exposure so the petals of the blossoms are overexposed in several places. That is to bad, this is really a nice shot. It might be improved with a shorter exposure time that would not only cure the overexposed petals but provide a darker and less distracting background that would better fit the challenge theme.
On an interesting side note many cactus open their blossoms at night to be pollinated by bats and other night creatures and then close again forever within 18 to 48 hours. This is true of the Saguaro Cactus in Arizona. I've spend a agood deal of time photographing those blossoms over the last month or so but never photographed it after dark. Maybe I should have. :) My blossom shots are here:
//www.pbase.com/azleader/saguaroblossom
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