Bloodroot

[Anita Bower]

I love finding wildflowers!. Photographing them is a bit of a challenge as they are so small and I cannot move them from their natural setting, and I must be careful not to damage any other flowers in the process.

Nikon D300, 105mm macro, f20, 1/100, ISO 320, aperture priority, pattern metering, tripod, no flash, unknown WB. Post processing: Basic adjustments in Elements 7 and PS7.

[Mike Moats]

Your bloodroot is up already, ours is still a couple weeks away. Nice comp, details, and BG.

[denise ippolito]

Anita, I love your composition and the BG is great! Your focus looks good.I like the natural lighting.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Anita,
This is one beautiful lady. I like the placement in frame and the fine details in the petals...well done...:cool:

[Julie Kenward]

And now for something totally different...

I just had to see what it would look like on an all black BG. I also bumped the whites just a tad in levels.

[Anita Bower]

Thank you all for your comments.

Jules, how did you bump up the whites without blowing them out? Your black BG is less distracting, and I like the bumped up whites.

[Julie Kenward]

Anita, I either opened a levels adjustment and hit "auto" or I grabbed the white eye dropper on the levels screen and touched it to the whites...can't remember which. Both are great, easy ways to make sure the whites are really "white."

[Ed Vatza]

The black background is nice (and everyone knows that I like black backgrounds) but so is your original almost marbled-looking background. Nice image.

Is this Bloodroot from this Spring? I have seen any yet around here.