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Naked between the weeds

Naked between the weeds

Alone between weeds - the little flower flourished in to a little beautiful independent flower waiting to be noticed:) Captured on the beach of the Langebaan la...
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Alone between weeds - the little flower flourished in to a little beautiful independent flower waiting to be noticed:) Captured on the beach of the Langebaan lagoon in the Western Cape South Africa
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Canon EOS 600D

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Aperture f/9.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 75/1

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Jun, 2015

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Hi Kobus, Pragtig geneem! Laat my verlang om weer Namakwaland toe te gaan.

Hi Casper, Baie dankie - Langebaan het altyd iets mooi om af tekan neem :)

oh i love how you have this beautiful little flower in focus with the wonderful Cape in the background !

Thank you for the beautiful comment

Sooooo mooi !

Dankie dankie

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Supurb!

:) Thanx

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I love this!

:)

Beautiful (Pragtig)

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Beautiful eye contact!

Really like the depth of field in this capture--great image

Doug

Thank you Doug!

Stunning, I love it!

Hey, thank you

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Excellent work!!

Thank you!

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The background enhances the image in such an interesting way.

Pragtige foto Kobus

Dankie!

beautiful

Thank you!!!

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Beautiful....you are wonderfully talented......

Thank you!!!

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Behind The Lens

Location

The shot was taken west of the beautiful city, Cape Town, South Africa at an small inland lake - Langebaan. I had just returned from a wildlife photography excursion in Botswana (where the photo bug really got me!) I wanted to take my wife for a day out to capture flowers in Namakwaland, but never left Langebaan; it offered so many opportunities. We were lucky, it was a warm summers day, sun shinning with a cool breeze from the ocean and a beach and dunes full of beautiful bright colored flowers!

Time

Was just before lunch time, sun was high up and very bright - luckily for me the sharp light worked in my favor and created a almost perfect exposed image with beautiful vibrant colors.

Lighting

This picture was not taken on the right time of day, it was to warm, with to much bright light around. In this station it worked well for i went down low, went up close which means i needed more light. The light also helped with bringing out the colors in the scene.

Equipment

This is the most interesting part, i only invested a month or what after this picture was taken in a DSLR camera - this shot was taken with a Nikon L310 Zoom camera which i loved a lot, but needed a lot of light and correct light to get the exposure right. I laid flat on my stomach and rested the camera on my hand.

Inspiration

Our beautiful world. There are so many beautiful things around us and if you do not go out, you will never see them. I have always had this obsession with capturing the beauty of everything and anything and be able to show it to the people do not get the opportunities to see it themselves!

Editing

Yes, but not much. I did crop it slightly and enhanced the colors with Light room to bring out the beautiful bright vibrant colors of the flowers. Luckily for the light, a lot of post-processing was not necessary.

In my camera bag

Like i mentioned earlier on i only started to invest in gear after this shot was taken.Today i never leave the house without my Canon 600D, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 17- 85 4-5.6, my favorite travel lens Tamron 18- 250 3.5-6.3 and my most recent add on Sigma 150-600 5-6.3. I also carry in my bag a tripos and a Nissin flash as well as extra memory cards. I have now started to look at filters, but still have a lot to learn.

Feedback

I will just say if you see a scene that will make the perfect shot go for it!!even if means you have to lay down on your stomach with your face in the sand! You will be amazed how much a picture changes, if you change the perspective!

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