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cameraCanon EOS 60D

settings Aperture f/8.0 ISO 800 Shutter 1/500 

upload_dateJul, 2014

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moremdm Ultimate
 
moremdm May 29, 2015
Seriously?!? The crispness of the details and the composition is incredible! Nice capture!
tlholder1
 
tlholder1 May 30, 2015
Thank you moremdm and emilywm.

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Behind The Lens

Location

While vacationing in Ruidoso, New Mexico. I was at Monjeau Lookout enjoying the beautiful scenery and looking for wildlife to take some pictures of. The wildflowers were beautiful and in abundance.

Time

The photo was taken at approximately 1 PM with the sunlight directly overhead.

Lighting

Direct sunlight used overhead to capture this image.

Equipment

Taken with DSLR Canon 60 D, hand held, using Canon 100-400 lens, aperture set at f/8.0, iso 800, exposure 1/500.

Inspiration

Taking pictures of wild flowers in New Mexico. I spotted this large dandelion. I loved how some of it had been already blown away in the breeze to expose the center. I felt with the center exposed it allowed me to capture more detail.

Editing

Using Lightroom 5.6 I converted it to black and white and increased the contrast until I achieved the look that I was going for. I added vignette to darken some of the surrounding area to capture mostly just the dandelion in the center. I wanted to draw the viewer into the center of the dandelion to see the fine detail at the center of the dandelion.

In my camera bag

I just upgraded to a Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 6D. I also carry lens of Canon 100-400, 50 MM lens and standard lens that come with the cameras. This photo however was taken with my Canon 60 D.

Feedback

I wanted to just take some photos and did not really see anything exceptional therefore I started just to experiment taking photos of just common everyday flowers and foliage. I found that even common everyday nothing special foliage can make a beautiful picture. It has inspired me to continue taking photos of anything that captures my attention even if it is not something exciting and see where it goes from there.

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