Field of Lupine

A crop out of a larger overview taken of this field. I will be picking out other views from

the same original from time to time as an exercise in seeing the pictures within a picture

and hopefully teach myself to take my time and capture the smaller views on site.

did a nice job in cropping, this makes a nice photo

I could never figure out how to shoot fields of flowers to convey the same feeling as being there so this comment won't be terribly useful, but thinking out loud, I wonder if the height advantage offered by shooting from atop that rock might produce a less compressed composition.

Ted,

 

Thank you for the compliment.

 

 

 

Michael,

 

That might help, but I think if I purchased a lens that could tilt like the bellows on a large format camera I could get some real depth. I have wanted a tilt/shift lens for quite a few years now, but have never been able to justify the cost.

 

John

John, I once came across a fellow who made a tilt/shift lens from the bellows of a toilet plunger. No joke. Let me see if I can find it in my bookmarks.

Okay, here it is:

http://www.dennisonbertram.com/hackmaster/2005/02/tilt-shift-pc-lens.htm

Michael,

 

Thanks for the link. Amazing what people can improvise with if they are determined.

 

I will probably wait until I can afford the real thing as I am not generally good at assembling things and it looks like there would be issues with proper framing and focusing even if I did manage to put it together properly.

 

I wonder how you can position the lens by hand, hold it steady and fire off your camera? Must be incredibly awkward.

 

John

Yup, some people can be remarkably inventive and resourceful especially on things one may not want to pay list price for.

 

I once bought a cheap fisheye conversion lens, the kind you screw on a 50mm lens - just to say you have fisheye capability. The images from it are horrible but I can never justify spending $1,000 on a nice one considering the number of times I might use it, so I've tried everything from polished hubcaps to fishbowls, each leading off tangent to something I never anticipated. Maybe there's merit to pointless diddling.

I like the angle. I feel as though I am resting in the field and can almost smell the flowers-although I haven't a clue if they even have a scent. I love the one speck of yellow on the right hand side. Great shot.

 

PS at my age risque is okay. :) Thanks for the comment.

Gee, Margaret, you removed the picture. I kinda liked it, and perfectly natural for us photographers to see things subliminally - as I've done with an attachment image.

I liked the photo also Margaret. Though it was risque for a retired schoolteacher and if you left it just look at Michael's posting from 2004 to see how it would come back and haunt you. Showing all that snow on the verge of Winter is obscene Michael. Shame on you.:)

 

John

Hi John. I tried something new on your photo--channel mixer, blue channel, blue +150, red -50. Then levels and 5% more magenta (less green). It's bright, but it brings out the blue without messing up the other colors too badly.

Thanks David, that looks great. Better than reality actually. I experiment with enhancing the colors, but have not delved into channel mixing yet. I will try that as I am playing with other lupine photos when I can.

 

John