crocuses

[Ron Conlon]

A mild winter and an early start on spring. In past years I have watched the posts from the UK lead by several weeks, this year we are only a little behind.
A stack of 26 images, remote flashes.
D800E 200mm F7.1 1/250s iso100

[John Robinson]

Hi Ron
Certainly plenty of these around at the moment.
This is a great shot and given me a great idea about fading out hard stems leaving a shot! ! Brilliant. Love the hard key effect - not a black in sight !
Great stuff.
John

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Ron,
Love the high key and color tones of the flower. Your focus stacking worked quite well. Lovely image.
Allen

[David Cowling]

Beautiful! The high key treatment and the lighting make the flowers glow. The whites have been handled extremely well with no sign of burn out. Well done.

[Steve Maxson]

Love the "mood" created by the high key look and the subtle pastels. I also like how the lower stem fades out on the right. Excellent work!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice indeed Ron no better than that! Just a slight reservation over the colour of the central yellows on RHS - (slightly muddy??)

[Ron Conlon]

Thanks, all.

Excellent eye, Jon. I agree, thanks.

[Diane Miller]

Gorgeous! I love the lighter vignette effect at the base. I also think the yellows could use a bit more contrast. High key isn't easy to pull off -- well done!