Orange Garden Gnome Poppy

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
edited June 14, 2016 in Holy Macro
The "Garden Gnome" mixed colour poppies are a strain of the Papaver nudicaule Iceland Poppy. They were retailed by out local garden centre this spring. So far, we have had white, yellow or this orange open.

I would usually use either daylight or flash exposure. This was Aperture Priority with TTL-metered fill flash, a combination which I have neglected. I have reduced the brightness of the final image to the level I prefer for flowers. I corrected a tiny amount of motion blur.

The stereo is cross-eye.

EM-1, Kiron 105mm at f16 1/250 ISO 800, hand-held.

Harold

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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2016
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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2016
    Stumblebum wrote: »
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    Thanks, SB.

    I was unsure as to whether to clone out the small but bright flowers on the far left of the images. Here are versions where I have done so.

    Harold


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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2016
    Wonderful colour Harold - I hadn't noticed the small weed flowers in the first series
    Brian v.
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2016
    Wonderful colour Harold - I hadn't noticed the small weed flowers in the first series
    Brian v.

    Thanks, Brian.

    My wife raved about the colours of these poppies until I agreed that we should buy some. The yellows are equally striking and I think my second series are good enough (pollen beetles removed).

    My personal opinion is that the tiny flowers add to the 3D effect, which I experience as a frame-wide effect. I also found their positions a useful guide when selecting candidate frames for stereo.

    Harold
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