Orange Hawkweed

[Ed Vatza]

I was really taken by the Orange Hawkweed along the carriage roads of Acadia National Park (Maine). Our local Hawkweed is all of the yellow variety.

Canon 30D; Sigma 150mm Macro lens; Canon 430 EX Flash with LumiQuest Softbox; Tripod-mounted

1/250 sec at f/16; ISO 800; 0 EV; FEC -1

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Ed,
do really like the colors and sharpness on this. Especially the little bud below. Now if mike and I can convice you to do a vert with some stem..........You're doing very well with controlling the BG's now. I've noticed!

[Ed Vatza]

Hi Ed,
Now if Mike and I can convince you to do a vert with some stem

OK, my friends. Its not that I don't shoot verts; its that I don't post them! :p

With this particular flower, I made vertical images but from a different perspective. So without further ado, here is an Ed Vatza vert! :eek:;)

Same set up as above.

1/40 sec at f/16; ISO 400; 0 EV; FEC -1

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Ed,
OK....I believe.......but I still want a vert of the same comp as the 1st post!

[Mike Moats]

Hey Ed, I was beginning to wonder if your camera only shot horizontals:D The first post looks good maybe a little tight on the bottom as it clips the buds. I really like the vertical, with the hairy stem, it adds a little extra. When shooting these verticals, straight up is nice, but also consider placing your stem on a diagonal sometimes.:cool:

[Robert O'Toole]

Nice Ed, for some reason I prefer the second post! The first is nice but i might tend to go with a vert as Roman mentioned.

Good Job Ed!

Robert

[Ed Cordes]

The first post seem to have too much space on the right. I like the second much better. The detail and overall comp are excellent.