WIld Iris near Bishop, CA

I had submitted another version of this shot previously, but that

slide had an overexposed sky. This is how it should look. Comments

welcome.

-Anish

Loved the colors. Great composition although I would have liked more detail in the foreground which is slightly dark. Nice work. Regards.

Thanks for the comment. I agree to some extent about the foreground. In this case there is a 4 stop difference between foreground and sky (I used a 3-stop ND filter + I superimposed the sky from a slide +1 overexposed from the foreground slide), and I just didn't have another slide to work with. The only reason I like this particular exposure is that the deep colors in the flowers is maintained. Thanks again.

 

You have some beautiful portrait work. Are those your kids?

 

-Anish

Thaks for posting and the technical information. Very good sunset.

I love it.

I see what you mean by the comments on mine, this is an outstanding result.

Andy

I disagree with regards to the forground. :-))

IMHO you have a perfect exposure at this one. I like the depth and colors, and your framing seems to have been choosen with care as well. It works..big time! :-))

 

See you!

 

ivar 7/6

Anish, this is definitely your best!! I think in this one you have placed the ND filter very well, transition is not visible at all.Exposure is excellent!! Lighting and exposure control with the exceptional composition are the strong points of this image.7/7 Nothing to change in this image!

Very beautiful composition. Congratulations

There's nothing wrong with a dark foreground, if its dark in reality... this is great. I'm wondering what an increase in height and a lower angle would produce, so that there's more emphasis on the sea of flowers rather than just a few, and the top of the photo is filled with that golden band of clouds... but this one works.

Thank you all for the kind comments! Stephen, I was actually going for such a composition, and shot about 25 slides with that type of arrangement in mind. Most of them went into the garbage, though, as I was apparently too focused on squeezing as many flowers into the shot as possible without thinking enough about the overall composition. The simplicity of the three perfectly arranged iris's in this shot made this one stand out. Thanks again,

 

-Anish

I love it. Its one of your best!! Sondra

Nice tonal range on this one. Well exposed. Also like the fact that you placed the horizon in the uppper third. Good work overall!!

Wonderful lighting! The three flowers a wee bit to one side instead of being bang in the center would have perhaps been ideal. But this is just wonderful as it is!

I think many photographers would have discarded this image as underexposed. They would have been sorely mistaken, it is absolutely perfect. The subtlety of the forground light, the drama of the dark sky and the lightness of the opening on the horizon work together to create a powerful sense of beauty and peacefulness. Well done.

Really nice image with light playing the main character.

thank you all for the kind comments!

-Anish