John Helmer
December 2025 - Western Pasqueflower
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About the Image(s)
The images were taken during a recent trip to the Canadian Rockies for a Landscape Photo Class.
The flower is a Western Pasqueflower also informally called a Mophead.
The image parameters were ISO 1250??“120mm-f10 at 1/100. My image parameters were not ideal but were used due to very windy conditions. Ideally I would have tried Stacking but the weather conditions would not allow.
2 comments posted
Hi John: We also have Western Pasqueflower in the Cascade Mountain range, it blooms soon after the winter snow has melted off and has a very interesting seed head, hence the name Mophead.
In this picture I see no need at all for focus stacking, as you have good sharpness on the flowers front to back, you do not want the background sharp as it would look too busy.
Composition wise with two flowers spaced wide apart I do not know which one to look at, I would make a vertical composition and just eliminate the left flower completely as it is the least interesting of the two.
Very nice lighting on the two flowers, your basic exposure on the two flowers is spot on, it is easy to loose detail in light colored flowers with over exposure. Posted: 12/09/2025 19:49:20
In this picture I see no need at all for focus stacking, as you have good sharpness on the flowers front to back, you do not want the background sharp as it would look too busy.
Composition wise with two flowers spaced wide apart I do not know which one to look at, I would make a vertical composition and just eliminate the left flower completely as it is the least interesting of the two.
Very nice lighting on the two flowers, your basic exposure on the two flowers is spot on, it is easy to loose detail in light colored flowers with over exposure. Posted: 12/09/2025 19:49:20
I think that it would be better to compose with the RHS flower only.The flower is sharp and has got a good background, albeit the thin almost vertical streak in the upper right hand corner. Posted: 12/15/2025 07:05:12