Thank you, Jack, Bob and Attila for the comments and suggestions. As for them not being vertical, - at the time of working on the images, I discovered that, even though I think I made sure my camera was actually vertical. Since all of them were at an angle, I suspect either I tilted the camera, or it was the effect of the wind (it was windy that evening). While it was easy to correct, I made an executive decision that it was windy, and left it as is.
Sorry, I don't know the species. I realized that for all my flower/plant shots I made that evening at the Finnerty Gardens, I should've taken shots of the labels. There is a "self-guided walk tour": http://www.uvic.ca/finnerty/assets/docs/FinnertyGardensWalkingTour.pdf but I am too lazy to google each of those plants to match to the images. I know that different people see bokeh from highlights differently, but it is still interesting, that Bob and Attila had directly opposite impression of those in this photo. :-) Below is an additional comment to Attila's suggestion. Sat May 31 14:34:41 EDT 2014 Jack Davis wrote: > Jewel like and certainly unfamiliar to me. Shouldn't those "Pendants" be > hanging straight down? > Uniquely beautiful! > Sat May 31 14:23:48 EDT 2014 Bob Sullivan wrote: > Looks like it isn't straight, or it's a windy day? > Out of focus highlights in the left background are a distraction. > Nice image otherwise... Regards, Bob S. Mon Jun 2 12:01:00 EDT 2014 Attila Boros wrote: > The play of light is nice indeed. The background in the right is too > busy, I would try a different angle to fill the background with that > creamy bokeh form the left. Maybe keep a few leaves for context, but > try to keep them above or near the top of the "pendants". This needs > careful positioning and framing, but if you find the right angle it > could be very nice. > > Since those pendants look so small, I'd also try to isolate a group of > them in a macro shot. That would be a totally different picture, but > might worth trying if you can go back there. What plant is it? I actually tried a few other shots, and this angle seems to be giving the most interesting light. When I tried to zoom in ("macro"), as you suggested, the light effect was not as apparent. Igor > Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 14:18:04 -0400 (EDT) > From: Igor Roshchin > > > Sorry, my phone placed a space in the link, so it may not work. > Here is the corrected one: > http://42graphy.org/galleries/2014-victoria-flowers/_IR07920.html > > Igor > > > On Sat, 31 May 2014, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > I like the play of light in this photo: > > http:// 42graphy.org/galleries/2014-victoria-flowers/_IR07920.html > > Constructive suggestions and comments are greatly appreciated. > > > > Photographed at Finnerty Gardens, Univ. of Victoria, BC, Canada. > > > > Igor > > > > Sent from Android phone > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
