Columbines #2

[Bob Miller]

I photographed these beauties in my backyard with a great deal of waiting for lulls in the wind
Nikon D3s
1/15 sec at f16
ISO 1600
105 macro
tripod

[Jim Bridges]

I'm not a huge fan of black backgrounds but this is fabulous... the colors just jump off the screen! Very well done!

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Bob. This is a beautiful image! The colors contrast dramatically with the black background and you have excellent DOF. There are a number of what look like cloning artifacts showing up in the background around the edges - these should be pretty easy to fix. :S3: Overall, this is very well done!

[Hazel Grant]

Very nice. Clear. I am surprised you could get this sharpness at 1600. Still learning about iso usage, so this was good for me to see.

[Ken Childs]

Bob, the black BG works incredibly well here and you have a very nice natural looking arrangement with wonderful colors. You definitely need to clone/paint away those artifacts and if this were mine, I'd also remove the lone bud in the LLC. What did you use as a BG?