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[urbanspaceman]

Here are a few native wildflower shots from the edge of the Blue Ridge Parkway this past week-- the weather hasn't cooperated much, but I've done what I could. Constructive criticism/suggestions are welcome!

Bloodroot:






Dutchman's breeches:


^^^My pick of the litter!^^^




Now that spring's here, I need to take every possible chance to get familiar with my new Savagely Complicated Behemoth Murder-Camera. (I switched recently from a Nikon D50 to a Nikon D500 and while I never used to shoot on auto, I still feel like I've gotten myself in way over my head!)

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

I love how clear the images are, and the use of bokeh/blurred background is good too. I particularly like the composition of the fourth of the bloodroot photos, and the simple elegance of the first three.

The Dutchman's breeches photos are good too, but my preference is for the bloodroot ones. I think that's more of a plant based preference than a photographic one though, as I really like the bloodroot flowers. Simple flowers always appeal more to me for some reason! :)

[urbanspaceman]

Thank you! I've been working on my depth of focus. :-)

I love bloodroot flowers; they're very elegant and understated. They're only in bloom for a few days every year, but I think I got some nice ones this year.

I hadn't tried with the Dutchman's breeches before, and only had a short session in low/foggy light. A large storm came sweeping in and that was that.... but it was lots of fun, and now that I know where they are, I'll be back next year. ;-D

[stargatesg1971]

These are a great collection of shots, so crisp and clean.

The bloodroot images are my favourite but that’s because I find it a prettier flower. The second one has a great angle that highlights the flowers veins off wonderfully, the pollen spores (and dust on the petals) with the accompanying fly add to the composition too.

I’ve never seen Dutchman’s breeches, they look like little bats hanging on the stems, I love how you captured the water droplets on this collection, especially the second to last one.

[urbanspaceman]

Thank you! :D I love the crispness the D500 delivers-- when the thing cooperates with me. It's a diva of a camera with a billion possible settings, and I find it a bit harder to do good work with than the D50 I used to use. I know there are thousands of settings on the thing that I'll never monkey with! X-D

The little fly's wing interested me, too; it sets that pic apart. I love the dusting of pollen spores you get on bloodroots, and their almost square petal arrangement. :-D

Dutchman's breeches are a rare-ish, fairly short-lived spring flower. My dad clued me into them this year, but he's only ever found them in one place. They're a variety of dicentra-- like garden variety bleeding heart, only these have little white bats and those have little pink hearts. X-D

I wish I could've found a better blossom composition on a plant that had water droplets, but it was an either/or. ;-)

Thanks so much!

[lazaefair]

o u t s t a n d i n g DOF on the first and second photographs. And the lighting, that slight cloudy gloom turning the flower petals from merely pretty to something a little more unearthly.

Also, I've never seen or heard of Dutchman's Breeches until now, but a) they're frickin' adorable, and b) extremely aptly named. Love it.