Ethereal PlanePosted by drfl on June 23rd, 2009

About a month ago, I noticed several purple flowers growing down by the Platte River.  I don’t ever remember seeing these flowers blooming and certainly not in the magnitude that they seemed to flourish this year.  Determined to get a shot I went down by Schramm a couple of nights while they were at their peak.  Unfortunately, every time I was there the wind would blow the flowers around which did not make it easy to get a sharp shot.  After review I decided that this image would be perfect for the Orton Effect.  For more information on what this is visit http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0106/dw0106-1.html.  Overall, it’s good to use this effect sparingly and there has been an increase in people thinking this effect has been overused recently.  I still like it for an image like this, it seems to work well to bring out the contrast of the purple on green. 

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Technical Details:
Canon 5d Mark II, 17-40 f/4l @ 35mm, f/13, 1.6 sec., Orton Effect
By Schramm State Recreation Area, Nebraska

Filed under: Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Orton, Photograph, Schramm SRA, Spring | 2 Comments

SimplicityPosted by admin on August 13th, 2008

During our trip to Kansas City, we visited Powell Gardens. This is a wonderful garden with flowers, waterfalls, and butterflies! So much to photograph. It was overcast with rain off and on with made for some wonderful flower photography. Here I focused in on a lily pad flower and the dark background really helped contrast the image and made the flower pop.

Technical Details:
Canon 5d, 300 f/4l + 1.4 tc, f/5.6, 1/800 sec.
Powell Gardens, Missouri

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Filed under: Close-Up, Flowers, Intimate, Missouri, Nature, Photograph | No Comments

Floral PatternsPosted by admin on August 1st, 2008

On an overcast day at the arboretum, I focused on the center of this flower and the interesting patterns intentionally throwing the rest of the flower out of focus.

Technical Details:
Canon 5d, 50 CM Lens, f/5.6, 1/125 sec.
OPPD Arboretum

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Filed under: Arboretum, Close-Up, Flowers, Intimate, Macro, Nature, Nebraska, Photograph | No Comments

Lily in BloomPosted by admin on July 28th, 2008

It has been a while since I done any photography at the OPPD Arboretum so I went there last week on an overcast day to see what I find. The lilies in the small pond looked particularly pertty in bloom so I grabbed a couple of images.

Technical Details:
Canon 5d, 70-200 f/4l @ 200+ 1.4 tc, f/5.6, 1/800 sec.
OPPD Arboretum

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Filed under: Arboretum, Flowers, Intimate, Lily, Nature, Nebraska, Omaha, Photograph, Pond | No Comments

Beauty in BloomPosted by admin on June 12th, 2008

It has been a while since I last posted, but I did manage to take a couple of photographs when my sister was in town visiting. This particular image was taken on a hike in DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near the wood duck pond. It is a wildflower of some sort, but I am not sure what. What I do know is that I left with this photograph and some poison ivy!

Technical Details:
Canon 5d, 50 CM lens, f/6.3, 1/400 sec.

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Filed under: Close-Up, DeSoto NWR, Flowers, Intimate, Macro, Nature, Nebraska, Photograph | 1 Comment

Spring Blossoms (Spring Is Here)Posted by admin on April 22nd, 2008

It appears that spring has made it to Omaha, Nebraska, and just in time for Earth Day. As a result I went to the arboretum with my macro lens to capture some blossoms in bloom. I used a shallow Depth of Field to capture a dreamy look to this bud.

Technical Details:
Canon 5d, 50 CM lens + extension tube, f/3.2, 1/1600 sec.
OPPD Arboretum

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Filed under: Arboretum, Close-Up, Flowers, Intimate, Macro, Nebraska, Omaha, Trees | No Comments
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