Wild no more

Artist: Jan Timmons
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Wild no more

We had too much wind today to capture these wildflowers outdoors. Thus, almost a wild setting except for:

An antique (a.k.a. tarnished) silver vase
Nikon D200
Nikkor 105mm macro lens
105mm
f/22
1.3 sec
-0.3ev
ISO 100
manual exposure and focusing
studio lights
Collapsible gold reflector disc, mostly to shield the vase from too much light
Manfrotto tripod
Converted from RAW to jpeg using Capture NX2.2.1

The true macro lacks even more emotion, but was a joy for me to shoot. (Not posted).

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Heloisa Castro

marvelous
nadine henley

fabulous jan! colours and composition – I thought I’d better get in quick before you hit the delete button! This one’s definitely a keeper.
Jan Timmons replied

Definitely separated at birth, Nadine. How does one convey a story and emotion with flowers?
Sally Omar

Gorgeous!!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxo
Linda Bianic

I love the simple design,, and the popof orange is spectalular!!!
Vickie Emms

this is very, very beautiful Jan. I will save this one as a fav :-)) Excellent composition!
Zefira

beautiful, very eye-catching
Steve Taylor

The black bg really makes the color pop. Great light too.
Jan Timmons replied

Speaking of color, love the pure gold of your quaking aspen leaves in Vail, Steve.
Georgie Hart

Wonderful composition, lighting and detail Jan…exquisite capture. No story or emotion…? I think they’re proud and cool, despite the warm tones, not to mention determined to make the most of their moment in the sun – are they aware of the short but spectacular life of the flower?
Jan Timmons replied

Zen wildflowers, alive in the now, eh? The blooms close at night and now, with the studio lights off, they have begun to close. I felt sorry to cut them.
OldBirch

Perfect, Jan! Couldn’t be better. A lovely shot!
Jan Timmons replied

Thanks, C. Did you enter the blue challenge? I would check, but can’t recall where I saw it. With that long exposure and vapor trail, I encourage you to enter, if you ‘do’ challenges.
Jan Timmons replied

Love your edited profile text.
Vasile Stan

Wow Jan, this is deliciously beautiful…
Jan Timmons replied

What a great way to make a comment, Vasile. Thanks!
Jan Timmons replied

I’ll borrow your framing idea, if I may.
Meg Hart

How very beautiful...!!
JUSTART

beautiful
Jan Timmons replied

Thank you. Love the vivid hues of your rose!
E.R. Bazor

I agree…very beautiful!
Jan Timmons replied

Thank you, ERB. Lovely foggy coastal scene of yours.
KarenKSmith

absolutely FABULOUS Jan! :)))
Al Bourassa

Absolutely gorgeous!
mikequigley

lovely image – mq
Marilyn Harris

What gorgeous wildflowers!! Beautifully displayed! x :o)
Jan Timmons replied

Good to see you, Blossom, in spite of your pain.
JacquiK

This is beautiful Jan.
Brian Carey

Just lovely Jan. The flowers colors really pop against the dark back! Lovely lighting.
Cherax
Very effective. Shows how far we’ve come in our understanding of light. In the old days we’d have just used auto light setting, and the camera would’ve deemed this version hopelessly* underexposed. But of course it works very nicely the way you’ve done it.
- wot, me anthropomorphise a micro chip?
Jan Timmons replied

Heh. Cameras have feelings, too.
Laurie Search

Such beautiful light and color!!!! Wonderful!
Jan Timmons replied

Appreciate that, Laurie.
Joyce Dickens,...

Fantastic capture Jan….beautiful in its simplicity…Bravo!!! JD
Lucindawind

gorgeous !
Sharon Johnstone

Wow!!!, stunning work Jan!!!
Kathy Reid

Beautiful work, love the vibrant colour!
Aleksander

beautiful work Jan!
John Kowalski

Excellent still life Jan!!
bevanimage

Jan, these are so beautiful; a lovely arrangement and the black background complements the bright colour much better than their natural environment can.
Jan Timmons replied

What a lovely appraisal. Thank you.
CraigsMom

Really, really beautiful, Jan!
Jan Timmons replied

That’s very kind of you to write.
Eivor Kuchta

Wonderful lighting and composition, Jan!
Nith

ooh wow so nice art work
Richard Stanley

Wow Jan! Wish I knew how to take a photo like this – even the lighting on the stems is perfect.
Jan Timmons replied

Kind of you not to remind me of remarks last year about flowers, Richard.
Rick & Deb Larson

♥ how the two flowers are placed in the tarnished vase, the colors are AWESOME against the black backdrop!! Take Care ~ Rick & Deb ~ ☺
Jan Timmons replied

I feel bad about letting that silver tarnish. We need a butler, don’t you?Not sure if these are tiny wild poppies – what do you think? And what feature?
Rick & Deb Larson

LOL Jan … you have a scenic capture featured in Alaska ~ Beyond Your Dreams today … check it out!! Take Care ~ Rick & Deb ~ (P.S. I’m not sure if these are Iceland Poppies or not, but they do look like ‘em).
Martina Fagan

splendid
Trudi's Images

nicely composed shot,beautiful light
Joanne Bradley

Perfect exposure Jan! This is so lovely from the beautiful color of the blooms, the composition of the shot and that wonderful metal patina of the vase!
chijude

Joanne has made an excellent comment. For me, the image is an eye popper. Deceptively simple.
Yool

Excellent in any way!!!!
DragonFlyer

Well – i agree too Jan – you have these flowers making a beautiful and powerful statement about the fleeting moment of the ‘now’.....
K xx
Svetlana Sewell

Stunning work!!!
Barbara Burkhardt

I love these .. Californian Poppy? Great still life.
Jan Timmons replied

Some version, perhaps, but these are far tinier and just Alaska wildflowers. Mutants? Brought by birds a long time ago? Thanks, Barbara.
Roka

As expected, Jan…perfection.
Naveen Sharma

wow…........amzing
sonjas

This is amazing. Love the composition.
Carisma

Stark simple and VERY effective! Lovely work!
Jan Timmons replied

Thanks. I was absolutely positive that you were on my watchlist! Perhaps because we met so often in the forums?
jesika

The dark b/g makes the flowers really sing. They may have had a short life in the sun, but they are now immortalised on RB
Beautiful image
j
Jan Timmons replied

Thank you for that lovely comment, jesika.
Béla Török

Simply beautiful!
Lumase

Lovely.
Kymie

Ahhhh simplicity at its best – you just let your great photography and the subject do all the talking. Truly beautiful photo, love the colour and it’s an instant fave
Heather Rivet...

well done
Luca Renoldi

Beauty of semplicity. Splendid image.
fezoj64

Wonderful, excellent composition. ..Jozef
Ingz

extremely elegant and beautiful Jan xxxx
Mabs

Gorgeous – especially against the black – superb capture !!
DaRkSiLeNcE

simply gorgeous!! the orange, particularly in the taller flower is perfect!! Also great composition ;)
Sharon Mau

Beautiful studio work Jan, it is a lovely Still Life.
Shoaib .

wow gorgeous shot here jan
Barbara Brown 28 days ago

Beautiful Jan! Great use of light!
Bevellee 26 days ago

exceptionally beautiful….lighting is superb!
terezadelpilar 14 days ago

vibrant beauty
Antanas 14 days ago

lovely work…..
Jan Timmons replied 9 days ago

Thank you, Antanas.
David McMahon 9 days ago

Beautiful light tones and a perfect choice of background. I’m curious – there surely wouldn’t be many flowers blooming in your beautiful state now, would there?
Jan Timmons replied 9 days ago

I can’t speak for the southeast area, but I would think the growing season has ended. Certainly in our snow-covered area, we can only grow bulbs indoors.
Mabs 9 days ago

Such a lovely result – a beautiful capture !!
LOL! Been there…. on many a windy, rainy, overly sunny day and had to resort to the light cube and the rest…. :o)