OK.....if you haven't noticed yet I do like to get close! Another of my garden center purchases and a very bright overcast day.
Canon Mark 3 with the Sigma 180mm macro for 1/300th seconds at f22 and ISO 400 with the mt24 twin lights at Minus 2/3 stop.
Debated digitally removing the pollen........decided to leave it.
Absolutely leave the pollen! It's such a nice touch to the beauty of this flower and there's not so much that it's distracting in any way.
Perfect placement of the main part of the flower - love to see those petals cascading across most of the image. Beautiful whites and love that you can see the little hairs in the petal gaps!
Saw it last night Roman, but was getting too tired to comment on any more images:). Great placement in the frame. Doesn't look flashed to me at all. Do you place the lights in a 45 degree angle? Like how you have filled up the frame with your flower too.
Hey Jackie,
Yes to the lights and the angle. They can adjust to any angle and the closer I am the more drastic the angle on the lights......but that is why I like my switch from the 90mm macro........gives me a little better working light angle.
Hey Roman, this came out awesome. Love the color and great job on the whites. If it were mine I'd clone out the pollen, I find myself distracted by it.
Great comp. I like things that aren't always upper left to lower right, and you have great diagonals of the petals. I also particularly like your holding of white details here, and the lovely saturation -- I'm guessing that was aided by the pop of flash.
And to weigh in on the variety, I think it's an Osteospermum, or "African Daisy".
Wow, don't know how I missed this one. Love the composition of putting the center of the flower at the rules of thirds position with its complimentary colors of blue and orange. The only thing I would suggest is to bring some detail into the first petal down from the middle on the left if you can. Must have been a flash hot spot.
Shasta Daisy
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