Reaching

[JBW]

[Stagecoach]

Excellent control of DoF there Brian.

[JBW]

Excellent control of DoF there Brian.

I knew it wasn't going to be a 'detail' shot so I dialed in F/18 tried for a good angle, backed away checked my exposure and clicked away. I like how it turned out.

[bnnrcn]

One of your lovely dark images

[Geoff F]

Yes, a good composition and there is sufficient focus depth for the scene.

[JBW]

One of your lovely dark images

But in this case the exposure was just about neutral and the darkness came from the actual shot.

[JBW]

Yes, a good composition and there is sufficient focus depth for the scene.

I am slowly but surely learning where to put the camera for better DoF.

[Wavelength]

Very lovely

[JBW]

Very lovely

We agree

[IzzieK]

One reason I do not comment very much on all your post is that you have become an expert in your field that it put me to shame to just say anything. Anyway that taken cared of, I like this one very much, hence I commented. And also to ask what the ID of this flower is...???

[JohnRostron]

One reason I do not comment very much on all your post is that you have become an expert in your field that it put me to shame to just say anything. Anyway that taken cared of, I like this one very much, hence I commented. And also to ask what the ID of this flower is...???

I must agree with Izzie on all she has said here. If the flower was in the UK I would say it was a Clematis, but in the Phillipines ...?

John

[JBW]

John and Izzie, thanks for the kind words. I took a look and I don't believe it is a clematis. At least I can't find a clematis on the web that looks like what I have in the garden. Where I am people just call it a weed. It's more of a mat than a vine.
B.

[Mike Buckley]

Agreed with all of the above. Consider darkening the leaf in the top right corner, as its current brightness pulls my eye just a little outside the frame.

Did you add the water droplets or were they natural? The reason I ask is that I wonder if it's natural that they are only on the petals of the flower and only on some of the leaves. Would that occur in nature?

[JBW]

Agreed with all of the above. Consider darkening the leaf in the top right corner, as its current brightness pulls my eye just a little outside the frame.

Did you add the water droplets or were they natural? The reason I ask is that I wonder if it's natural that they are only on the petals of the flower and only on some of the leaves. Would that occur in nature?

Absolutely 100% natural. If I darkened it would I lose the reaching effect?

[Mike Buckley]

I think darkening that leaf would enhance the reaching effect. That's because the image doesn't appear to me as if the flower is reaching to the leaf and is instead reaching elsewhere.

[JBW]

I think darkening that leaf would enhance the reaching effect. That's because the image doesn't appear to me as if the flower is reaching to the leaf and is instead reaching elsewhere.

I'll give it a try tomorrow.