University of Puerto Rico's Botanical Gardens, Couroupita guianensis, Lecythidaceae, the flower of a tree found in the Amazon. It looks like a sea anemone. Canon 30D, Canon 100-400mm. 580X flash. ISO 320, f5.5 at !/400 sec.
Hey adcolon, very cool and interesting subject. Looks like a tough surrounding to get a clean BG, I would have liked to seen a little more light on the flower. Did you get any close-ups of the center?
Neat subject. Very unusual. The flower seems to be underexposed vs the background. What was your metering mode? Did you use the flash mounted off camera?
Interesting flower. I like the flower itself as well as the surrounding buds and such. It is the distant background that looks so busy and distracts for me.
I think I used center weighted metering and a 580X Canon Flash on the camera with a Better Beamer. The tree was inside a heavy canopy of diverse trees.
Hi adcolon,
I have seen this flower and you are correct it it grows mostly up high. I hope you have another opportunity to try this again with some lower blooms.