JACK LARSON PHOTOGRAPHY
Mariposa Blur
Posted by john4jack (Corvallis, Oregon, United States) on 6 June 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
The mariposa lilies are all over the countryside.
*************************************************************
D Day - Today we remember all of those who gave their lives in WWII.
*************************************************************
SILLY TUESDAY - On Thursday, Willow reminded us that Silly Tuesday is just around the corner. If you do not have a photograph yet ready to post for Silly Tuesday, please be thinking about it. We photographers, no matter how passionate we are about photography, need to remember that life is too serious to be taken too seriously. Humor helps us to keep life in perspective.
*************************************************************
“The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking”
Brooks Atkinson
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Oh! How superb, Jack! They are so full of life!
6 Jun 2009 5:17am
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, California, United States
Gorgeous shot. The flowers appear to be floating.
6 Jun 2009 5:20am
Toni from Eastern Washington, United States
Fantastic shot, Jack. I agree with Suzanne, your selective focus has these floating in air. So much texture on the flowers - they look so hairy!
6 Jun 2009 5:31am
@Toni: Thanks; they are hairy.
Jean-François from Les Issambres, France
FLOWERS FOR YOUNG MEN OF DDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *******************
6 Jun 2009 6:24am
Marie LC from Voiron, France
Beautiful and interesting flower Jack ! I don't know.
6 Jun 2009 11:58am
@Marie LC: Right now, they are blooming almost everywhere in the woods.
Lee from Fort Frances Ontario, Canada
Great processing here Jack. Helps to give a sift edge to the flowers.
6 Jun 2009 12:56pm
Don from spokane, United States
This shot has the minute detail I always like in a close in image. Fine DOF. A very successful shot.
6 Jun 2009 2:03pm
Sarah from Switzerland
Love this one, Jack. The softness of the flowers contrasted with the fluidity of the colours behind... very nice indeed!
6 Jun 2009 3:05pm
Susan from Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
So, a little "playing" on the computer, ey? Nice result you got....especially love the long stemmed flower, just enough to throw it off a bit, and make it kinky!!! Great job, Jack!!
6 Jun 2009 6:27pm
@Susan: This was a Focal Point job.
Susan from Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
After all I went thru, with getting a new computer, so focalpoint would run...I haven't even played with it yet....but you have given me new inspiration!!!
6 Jun 2009 7:04pm
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
Interesting post editing! :) Wonderful detail and colour on the flowers!
6 Jun 2009 8:10pm
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
nice effect ! fantastic lighting and exquisite little flowers Jack !
6 Jun 2009 8:39pm
k@ from Paris, France
You mean a shot from above ? What an original angle - love its sharpness & colors ~
7 Jun 2009 12:22am
@jamesy: Thanks, Jamesy
jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States
Really cool processing.
7 Jun 2009 12:56am
@jeff (aka dogilicious): Thanks, Jeff.
B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States
Thanks for the reminder about D-Day. Also, for the Silly Tuesday reminder. I'll be there. I think it's great fun, and also a challenge.
Beautiful flowers/shot.
7 Jun 2009 1:27am
@Steve Rice: Thanks, Steve.
willow from Chelsea, United States
Beautiful detail! I'm trying to figure out what that stick-like thing is... It's a nice contrast to the flowers whatever it is.
7 Jun 2009 2:53am
@willow: Thanks; I think that it is some kind of weed.
lydia from Paris, France
Very stange flower !! but beautiful indeed ; I love your composition , see you Jack !
7 Jun 2009 2:57am
@lydia: Merci, Lydia.
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
wow -- such detail!! i almost feel these flowers are alive -- like animals waiting to feed!! very sci-fi!!
7 Jun 2009 10:59am
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
Lovely image. I like the detail and the beautiful light.
I completely agree with today's quote.
8 Jun 2009 6:39pm
Nikon D700
1/640 second
F/9.0
ISO 200
66 mm (35mm equiv.)