PhotograClare » geranium http://www.photograclare.co.uk Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:37:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Colours http://www.photograclare.co.uk/colours.htm http://www.photograclare.co.uk/colours.htm#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:14:27 +0000 Clare Topping http://www.photograclare.co.uk/?p=659 Last year I took a shot of cransebills amongst the alchemilla mollis at Ryton which I was quite pleased with, but it wasn’t quite right.  The composition was not quite there and it was not as sharp as I would have liked.  This year I went back.

I hadn’t gone with the intention of taking the shot again, indeed I had forgotten about it.  But, once there, the photos were just asking to be taken – who could resist such vibrant, clashing colours.

Camera settings were 1/160secs at f/10, ISO200 on my 100mm macro lens.

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Geranium

Geranium


I took this shot when visiting my mother. I had not expected to take any photos as she is not a gardener, but it had been raining, the sun had come out and the bees were buzzing on some nearby campanula. I had initially intended to take some more bee shots, but this geranium caught my eye. I particularly liked the dark centre, and the vibrant magenta colour. I had initially cropped this in tighter to show just the central flower, but on reflection I liked the flower in the background as it mirrored the one in the foreground. I know that a judge in a photography competition would probably consider that there was too much background, but this is the finished picture I have settled on. What do you think?
Photo was taken on a Canon IXUS 60, macro setting, 5.8mm, 1/500, ISO 200, f/5.6.

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