Dame's Rocket

[Ed Vatza]

First of the season. Invasive. Can fill a field fast. That said, I like the color palette of these flowers and they sure look pretty when filling a field.

Image made with a Canon 30D; Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens w/ Canon 500D close-up filter/lens; Canon 430 EX Flash w/ LumiQuest Softbox mounted on a Flexible Flash Bracket and all tripod-mounted.

1/25 sec @ f/22; ISO 800; -2/3 EV; FEC -1; FL 195mm.

[Bruce Murden]

Ed, I also like the color pallet here. The unusual entrance point of the stem adds a dynamic interest here, livening things up. Nice job on a weed! I mean, a thriving wildflower :)

[Kaushik Balakumar]

A simple beautiful looking flower this one. Would love to see a wide angle frame of the field covered by this beauty (if you could make one such image Ed).

[Julie Kenward]

Beautiful! You really are taking to these wildflowers. I love how razor sharp the center of the flower is and the rest is so soft and delicate. Nicely done!

[Stephen Stephen]

I like this one Ed. The outer edges of the petals look as if they've been done in watercolour. Perhaps it's my uncalibrated office monitor but I seem to see a bit of halo around some parts of the petals.

[denise ippolito]

Ed, The flower looks like it is floating in the frame. Beautiful color palette!

[John Christian]

Beautiful!

[Anita Bower]

Love how the petals look as if they were twirling! Perfect BG. Great composition.