Fit for a Princess? - candiac Quebec

Very Nice!!! Wonderful background.

Beautiful shot, excellent DOF... Mike

Thanks. I must have shot this flower about 8 times and it was mostly cloudy and

overcast. On this final shot a small amount of sunlight broke through and highlighted

the background. Aperture was f5.6 with my Nikkor 70-300mm

Tony...

BRAVO!  I like what you have accomplished.  Good comp and excellent DOF.

What a beautiful image. Nicely done.

Hi Tony,

  Beautiful image with wonderful colors & magical background.  Take care, Patsy

I'm so glad it's not just me that doesn't get it perfect first time : - ) 

Love the separation from the background, the sharpness and the colours!  Beautifully done! 

Best Regards 

Alf 

Really like this one a lot Tony! !!   Great DOF.  AJ 

CHARLES, MIKE, BILL,  JOSCELYN, PATSY, ALF and AJ, I am glad you like it also. The background I feels adds to the aesthetic value. A photographer here at photo.net, many moons ago, preached to me that "if it does not add value then subtract". 

Alf, the other 7 shots are not bad but I inexplicably kept feeling that I had not 'got it right'. Not sure if I got this one right but it is the one I wanted to share. 

All the best,

I think you 'got it right'!  :-)  I like the negative space because of the beautiful DOF.  

Thanks Christal - typo above "feels' should be 'feel". Just turning in.

Excellent. Very nice  fine art of a beautiful flower.

Hi Tony. The bokeh is divine and fit for a Princess! Love this shot! Wonderful light, details and composition too. Best wishes. Sarah

Bela and Sarah - many thanks.  I don't really like to show my failures but here is one I rejected and will probably delete but it was a different flower head in the same set and I found it too busy with too many elements competing with the colorful part of the flower. There is also an out-of-focus purple flower in the foreground. 

Maybe i should not delete the 'rejected' - here is the same shot with some 'fractal' processing 

Tony:  Wonderful shot.  I really like its softness and pastel colors.  Alan.

Alan - Thanks.