This image was made with my Canon 30D and Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens with a Canon 500D close-up filter/lens; handheld while lying in the wet dirt (that would be mud!).
Ah, the call of the mud. Thanks for getting down and dirty for this image. It looks like you couldn't avoid a little merging of the tips of the blooms, either the left two or right two would have a little merge. Given that nitpick, I really like the comp and love the OOF BG. ON my monitor, the hightlights are a little hot, but not too much. Pretty image!
Hi Ed...I like your choice of composition. I think the backround is nicely muted and the flowers are on a nice diagonal. The merge doesn't bother me in this case but would have preferred the left flower to be as sharp as the other two. Good eye!
I agree with Bruce and Dave's comments - the lack of sharpness on the front flower is the biggest drawback for me but it certainly doesn't keep me from liking this image. It works...no doubt about it. I think it would be a bit stronger with more sharpness but it's nice this way as well.
This is really beautiful! Love the angled stem and stairstep flowers against even BG. Ido see what others mean by the bit of out of focus in the front flower. I think the image is amazingly clear, especially for hand-held and 1/50 sec.
White Bluebells
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