Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus)

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• bobcat08 (1377)
• [2007-05-31 14:36]
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• horia (13149)
• [2007-05-31 14:40]

Hi Niek

Yellow is definitely attractive :) I remember it was my favorite color as a child :)
This is a splendid shot of this iris and also a lovely story about it and the place where you found it. Sounds like an awesome habitat :D
I really like the simple composition here with the iris (and its little visitors) and only a few leaves. The DOF work is excellent here and it gave you that beautifuly blurry BG.
It's always very tricky to shoot subjects this bright. I also have that problem with some dragonflies with bright blue abdomen. Here too: some petals might be just a little burned in some places, but i'm pretty sure that if you would have turned down the exposure, that lovely BG would have become too dark...as i said: very tricky.
However, i really like the result just how it is :)

Bravo and TFS
Horia

PS: good luck with the orchids sunday! but don't forget to look around them, too. Usually in such places you have the chance to find all sorts of cool things ;)

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• nglen (22528)
• [2007-05-31 14:43]

Hi Niek. This is a very good picture of the Yellow flag.great detail and sharp focus. avery nice compostion. and well framed.
well done TFS. great notes to.
Nick..

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2007-05-31 21:13]

Hi Niek,
I really like this image.
The Iris is really sharp.
Very nice POV and the lighting brings out thos details so well.
Beautiful closeup composition.
Sky

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• bobair (4614)
• [2007-05-31 23:13]

Hi Niek,
I for one am happy you are attracted to yellow flowers as yellow is a favorite colour of mine.Great colour,focus and details make this a fine upload for TN and thanks for putting it up. Bob

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• GLEM (5741)
• [2007-06-01 1:42]

salut Niek,
bravo pour cette image tout en fraîcheur. La lumière et la couleur forment un beau duo, c'est graphique et agréable.
bien vu

gl

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• pablominto (15576)
• [2007-06-01 2:10]

Hello Niek,
Lovely colour palette, green and yeallow provides one of the most attractive colour contrasts!
Well composed presentation, fine details in the subject!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• John_F_Kennedy (2895)
• [2007-06-01 2:59]

Amazing capture of this flower. Excellent sharpness on this colourful picture.
Best wishes,
Achim

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• marhowie (35311)
• [2007-06-01 7:52]

Hi Niek,
Nice sunny look here with very good colors..The long green leaves form a great natural border for your iris. The bugs add well also :)
Howard

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• Aramok (4885)
• [2007-06-01 12:20]

Hi Niek

Great light in this picture. the yellow is very nice and the sharpness excellent, but I think you could have doen much more with the composition. the yellow flower is too central for my tastes...

Were you shooting with -EV? It helps enormously especially with the brighter flowers or when they are in sunlight.

Great use of DOF and sharpness BTW.

TFS
Emma

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• jmp (8406)
• [2007-06-01 16:55]

Hi Niek,
A beautiful iris, never seen where I lived. Perfect exposure and well saturated colours.
TFS, José M.

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• SelenE (12926)
• [2007-06-02 3:35]

Hi Niek,
Your POV and composition is very good. Colors are lovely. Good exposure handling, focus and details. TFS.
Selen

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• marioana (1476)
• [2007-06-03 5:59]

Hi Niek.
Very beautiful. Lovely colours and great composition. It was kind of those bugs to pose for you also! Well done.
Best reagrds, Steve.

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• blakitan (5451)
• [2007-06-03 20:16]

Hi Niek,
Lovely vivid colors, well composed, an aesthetic image.
Superbly done!

BL

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• mbasil (3130)
• [2007-06-03 21:59]

I love the color, too. The bugs are a nice touch. I'm always inclinded to rotate these so the stalks are vertical, even if they aren't in nature. Yes, I'm a bit anal. (I'm sure that translates, because Freud was a German-speaker [which is close to Dutch...], right?) I would be tempred to crop a bit from the top, too. And on my monitor the highlights seem blow out. Is there any room in RAW? I always do Emma's (Aramok's) trick, of a exposure correction (In fact I usually leave mine at -.7, my hunch is my D50 isn't calibrated completely correctly, and if I'm shotting with snow in the scene or a bright spot I move it up to -1.0). Boy, that's a lot of nits for a generally solid shot. Maybe I'm just grumpy today.
Mike

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• Jamesp (15234)
• [2007-06-04 2:19]

Hi Niek

Lovely colours and lighting make this an exceptional shot - I love it.

James

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• PaulH (11487)
• [2007-06-04 7:54]

Hi,

bright vivid colours and light, interesting different shapes and forms, good DOF, beautiful flora and even some fauna - it's got it all. Very well done Niek.

Paul

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• wishnugaruda (14355)
• [2007-06-06 15:54]

Hi Niek,
that's a pretty shot, I love that yellow lilies, they are also at the lake we are visiting in these days. Excellent sharpness and nice details with the bugs there.
Thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• Evelynn (13545)
• [2007-06-07 20:42]

Hi Niek...I'm back for a while : )

Wild yellow iris grow in my area too. I notice them in the low lands. In the mountains we have purple iris. Getting in close is very effective. I really like the straight lines of the leaves contrasted with the curves of the flower. Wonderful sharpness just where it should be...

TFS
Evelynn : )