Hymenocallis rotata - "Spider Lily"

These flowers just seem to have a motion and dynamic all their own,

and I did my best to capture it.

 

Technical comments appreciated, and also would love to hear any

comments if you have ideas on contolling depth of field in a digi-cam

 

Thanks

 

--david

That's a great composition for those flowers. You really captured their energy. I think it would make a very striking high-contrast B&W.

This is a fine example of a well balanced floral photo. The composistion is excellent you included a cluster of 3 full blossoms. Visually anything which include 3 subjects has a better opportunity to keep maintain the viewers full attention. The overall depth of field is perfect and the background color is very complimentary. I have taken thousands of floral pictures over the years and would appreciate it if you would view a few selected in my floral folders. I have always considered this particular flower the most difficult because of there delicate and very thin petals. Another example of a flower similar to this and extremely difficult to take a photo of is the Lady Slipper and the different varities of May Pops. Personally i do not feel a B/W photo of this type would be as striking. Excellent photo David.-Michael Joseph Hoard