Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

Eric&Susan

I recently picked up a set of Kenko tubes and thought I would try them out at the local gardens. Also they are having a year long contest with one winner for each season and the summer season contest just started.

I think I'm going with this shot for my entry:



There are plenty more shots here for you to enjoy:

http://www.photosbyeric.smugmug.com/gallery/3092850#168999010

Let me know if you think my entry is the strongest from my gallery or if another shot stands out at you. A contestant can enter up to 5 shots.

Thank for your input,

Eric

ShepsMom

Very pretty flower. Love the color and softness!!

hamster

I think that one is a great choice for the contest - I also really like #32. Nice, sharp, beautiful shots.

Skippy

Eric&Susan wrote:

I recently picked up a set of Kenko tubes and thought I would try them out at the local gardens. Also they are having a year long contest with one winner for each season and the summer season contest just started.

I think I'm going with this shot for my entry:

There are plenty more shots here for you to enjoy:
http://www.photosbyeric.smugmug.com/gallery/3092850#168999010

Let me know if you think my entry is the strongest from my gallery or if another shot stands out at you. A contestant can enter up to 5 shots.

Thank for your input,
Eric

Hi Eric, had a look at the link to the rest, you've got some lovely shots there, this one is real nice shot, though you might find you get the same comments I do about centering stuff

I might have to share this ICON with you :skippy ... Skippy
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Eric&Susan

Thanks for the kind words!!

Skippy-- I always try different views on flowers yet still find myself coming back to the center of the flower which in turn means a centered pic

Eric

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful shot and wonderful colour
WRT composition I agree with Eric- think daisy type face on flower shots do look best centred, so as they say rules are there to be broken.

Brian V.

Dalantech

I love the color and contrast, but I'm pretty much the "centering police"

Imagine an image where the center of the flower is in the upper left corner, and you can only see a "pie slice" of it with the petals radiating out to fill the rest of the frame...

Awais Yaqub

Lovely colors liked it

Serrator

Nice gallery!

I am with Skippy and others on this...centering is not to my liking, but perhaps in the botanical world of photography it is.

Anyway, nice macro shot of a beautiful flower!

Eric&Susan

Thanks for all the nice words and constructive critique.

Eric

jkenzie

Hey Eric,
It can be a small world sometimes. I noticed the title of this thread and thought I would check it out, since my family and I were just there on the 1st. It’s a wonderful place to spend the day.
You got some nice shots in your gallery; you saw some angles that I didn’t see.
Not only were we there on the same day, we are both from Ukiah. Judging by the Google map on your site we only live a few blocks from each other. Then I saw your photo on your main page and I actually remember seeing you at the gardens while we were sitting enjoying some ice cream. Like I said, small world.

Here are some shots I took that day mixed in with some shots taken at the Luther Burbank gardens a couple of weeks before.

http://jkenzie.smugmug.com/gallery/3065469/21/167080986#P-1-15

Nice to meet you Eric,
John

loi

beautiful, soft, still movement, looks like a painting...don't know anything about centering though...:D