Thinking of hue
Found many of these lovely flowers blowing in the wind this evening. Poppies, perhaps. Used the opportunity to practice selective focus, since the aperture needed to remain large with as fast a shutter speed as possible in the wind.
Nikon D300 and a Nikkor 105mm macro lens. 105mm, at f/6.3 and 1/400 sec, -0.3ev, IS0 200, manual exposure. monopod. Converted from 14-bit RAW to jpeg using Capture NX 2.1. Bright sunlight, windy. Unedited. 4288×2848px, high-res
Meanwhile, I’ve been deleting landscape shots, all the while asking What makes a good landscape shot? in the forum of A Photographer’s Craft. Some great responses.
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Al Bourassa
Yes, looks like poppy. Love the color against the diffused background.
Jan Timmons replied
Thank you, Al. Didn’t know poppies grew here.
Scott d'Almeida
awesome
Jan Timmons replied
Thanks, Scott. You’re just receiving feature after feature award! Well deserved.
BarbaraManis
Beautiful capture, love the color!
Marilyn Harris
Gorgeous! Looks like a poppy! x :o)
janniev
Wonderful photo, Jan, gorgeous light on a beautiful colour, and perfect DoF. It sure looks like a poppy!
JacquiK
Beautiful.
Stan Wojtaszek
Great color contrast makes the poppy jump off the background. Well done !!!
chijude
Simple, bright and eyecatching!!
Harry Oldmeadow
Gta be a poppy — such lovely flowers. I like the way this one seems to be floating in air.
nadine henley
do hue mean hue are just sitting there and these poppy flower heads are flying by on the wind??? that would be s-hue-urreal!
Jan Timmons replied
;)
Brian Carey
Very nice composition and colors Jan and great name!
JUSTART
a beauty
WatscapePhoto
Hi Jan. Lovely vibrant colour of the poppy contrasts well with the very dark background. Nice bokeh too.
Angel Perry
Oh Jan! This is such a lovely color. Impressed it was a windy day. I know how tough that can be on macro shots. Brilliant work! My eyes just fell in love.
GCAPARO
Incredible shot, very well taken.
BigD
Beautiful Jan
Heloisa Castro
fantastic again
Wendi Donaldson
We call these Icelandic poppies here….very prolific! Beautiful capture, composition and title! love it!
Georgie Hart
Beam me up poppy! Love the composition and colours Jan.
rolpa
Beautifully captured. Stunning!
Antanas
lovely work
Megan Martin
Gorgeous shot Jan! I love how the color just pops!! =)
urmysunshine
Yes yes, hue I am;
love this shot, stunningly stark in a very pretty-but-not-too-overdone way~ nicely done!~ Toots
Patty Boyte
I agree with my friend “R” above, stunning and not overdone, really lovely Jan. I also think it’s some version of a poppy.
Alessandro Pinto
lovely, beautiful contrast of colors….
Yool
Stunning!!!!
MKCn
Good foto.
I take up depth of field, that all flower was a sharp.
Jan Timmons replied
Thank you, MKCn.
dinghysailor1
beautiful capture – the light is just perfect on that stunning bloom…
:))
Jan Timmons replied
The stem doesn’t show, however. I might adjust in curves. Or just let it float.
dinghysailor1
i love it floating there – a bright spot in the darkness…
Jan Timmons replied
Good, good. Thanks, Maggie. I’ll spend my time making flying benches.
Karen Tillotson
Much ado about the hue!
Lovely little poppy…they’re the most fabulous flower…delicate papery petals and then their seeds scatter with the wind and will grow anywhere!!!! Beautiful presentation Jan!
Jan Timmons replied
Your comment still makes me grin. Sorry for the belated appreciation, Karen, and thanks. The poppies do seem to have an appealing ability to let light flow through them.
DawsonImages
Nice depth control
Mary Campbell
Lovely, nice composition.
Barbara Brown
Such a great presentation of this poppy! Lovely!!
Squealia
lovely and vibrant and great DOF too
LindaR
love the color & comp ~ the feeling of float ~ a light in the deep dark green ~ spot on Jan xx
sonjas
Awesome. Love the feeling of float.
Cherax
The flower floats in space, like a radio telescope looking for other planets. It’s nicely enhanced by the orange on deep green.
I’d like a tad more depth of field.
For a grumpy essay on landscapes and other matters photographic:
http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/Pontification/p_Why_Most_Landscapes_Suck/_Why_Most_Landscapes_Suck.html?page=5
Jan Timmons replied
Fair enough. If the wind stops blowing, I’ll get you more dof.
Looking forward to reading the grumpy essay. Thanks!
Cherax
Cursed wind, lamp posts, stray cars and pedestrian, all conspire to spoil that perfect photographic moment. How many times have you viewed that perfect scene but for the power lines ripping it in two.
There. You’ve nudged me into one of those wordy moments.
The essays are very good, but got me annoyed at some stage with snipey remarks.
Jan Timmons replied
The essays seem written by a person with a grudge of some sort. Do you think he meant that “Colossus” (Francisco Goya, 1808-1812) is a landscape photo?
fuelthesoul
This is beautiful i wished i had have spoken to you about a reference photo, before i painted my poppies from memory,Bev
Jan Timmons replied
You painted your poppies beautifully, Bev. You certainly didn’t need this one! But thank you.
bevanimage
Fabulous colour in this Jan. Popp(y)ing even. Your use of selective DoF really adds character.
Jan Timmons replied
Very clever. Thanks, Bev.
David McMahon
I didn’t know poppies grow in Alaska. I was (briefly) in your beautiful state about eight months ago.
Roka
Lovely poppy! It looks like a wee bowl or cup. Gorgeous shot! Love the title!
John Wright
Love the light and color, great separation of foreground and background.