Maria Mazo, PPSA
July 2025 - Scabiosa
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About the Image(s)
For this month's image, I've chosen one that I believe is called Scabiosa. I photographed it recently in the morning, and it still had some dew drops on it. In post-processing, I cropped the image and slightly enhanced the contrast and colours.
EXIF data:
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 1000
Shot with Canon R5 II and 100??“500 mm zoom lens at 500 mm
7 comments posted
You captured a lovely image of a scabiosa flower with the purple petals sharply contrasting the simple, blurred background. I like that you kept the blurry purple area behind the main subject rather than making the background completely black. Sometimes a completely black background works, but in this case the touch of purple complements the subject nicely. Excellent work! Posted: 07/07/2025 13:42:08
Hi David,
Thank you for your comment, I'm glad you liked the image! What caught my attention was how the small petals held the tiny dew drops in the early morning light. I tried to isolate that detail from the background, where there were other flowers, and that's where the soft purple tones in the background came from.
Posted: 07/13/2025 19:50:20
Thank you for your comment, I'm glad you liked the image! What caught my attention was how the small petals held the tiny dew drops in the early morning light. I tried to isolate that detail from the background, where there were other flowers, and that's where the soft purple tones in the background came from.
Posted: 07/13/2025 19:50:20
Hi Maria,
Beautiful! The petals of the purple scabiosa have nice curves and twists. Good lighting with sharp details in the center. The dew drops add impact. The pleasing background complements the flower. I wonder if a tighter crop would give more attention to the lovely scabiosa. I like it. Posted: 07/10/2025 18:47:07
Beautiful! The petals of the purple scabiosa have nice curves and twists. Good lighting with sharp details in the center. The dew drops add impact. The pleasing background complements the flower. I wonder if a tighter crop would give more attention to the lovely scabiosa. I like it. Posted: 07/10/2025 18:47:07
Hi Barbara,
Thank you for your comment and suggestion. I agree with you, a closer crop of the flower could have enhanced those details even more. I'm always a bit hesitant with cropping because I worry about losing image quality, so I tend not to do it too often.
Posted: 07/13/2025 19:53:26
Thank you for your comment and suggestion. I agree with you, a closer crop of the flower could have enhanced those details even more. I'm always a bit hesitant with cropping because I worry about losing image quality, so I tend not to do it too often.
Posted: 07/13/2025 19:53:26
You have plenty of room to crop with a 45 megapixel sensor! Posted: 07/13/2025 20:06:55
Like your composition with a wonderful background. Like the blurry purple in the background. Great lighting. I agree you could crop some off the sides, bottom, but not the top. Posted: 07/17/2025 00:55:26
Maria, great image. I like the lighting which highlights the center of the flower, and the bokeh. I agree it could have been cropped a bit more from sides and bottom. I concur with David in that with a 45MP sensor and this relatively minor crop, you will have nothing to worry about. I have gotten away with more extensive cropping using a 24MP R6II shooting birds. Posted: 07/22/2025 15:22:28