Mark McKinney
April 2021 - Untitled
About the Image(s)
This is an Argentine Giant. These cactus flowers bloom a couple of times a tear.
They are about the size of a dinner plate. Pentax K-5. Pentax 100 mm Macro Lens.
F 11 at 1/400 sec. ISO 400.
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5 comments posted
(Group 77)
I love taking images of flowers. This is a beautiful Cactus Flower. I like the placement of the center of the flower and the detail. Great job on getting the inside of the flower too. In camera raw I used a radial filter to have my eye go the the center of the flower. I used a adjustment brush to blur the petals to the left. Posted: 04/08/2021 11:58:35
Interesting. Posted: 04/15/2021 17:09:12
Great detail in this image Mark. You nailed the exposure which is sometimes difficult with white subjects. I especially like the shadows cast in the center by the stamen and pistil. I like the blur Linda put on the left, you might even try cropping that part out to put all focus on the center of the bloom. Posted: 04/10/2021 09:15:03
The crispness and detail of this image is amazing. The colors really pop. It is a bit too busy in my opinion, making it hard to know exactly what I should focus on. Posted: 04/19/2021 20:33:21
I like tonality and glow which you captured on the right. A couple of steps to the left and you would have not gotten the petals which bring nothing to the party.I just saw what LInda suggested and that is right on. Posted: 04/19/2021 22:43:33