Back Yard Cone Flower

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I shot this one last summer with the 5D4 and 100 F 2.8 Macro Version I at F9 and 1/125 ISO 800. Image is about 45% of original. While the background was naturally very dark, almost black, I made it totally black for effect. BTW, I did enlarge the file to a total of 11,908 pixels using AI Gigapixel so I could print it large. This image is the compressed version of the enlarged file. Thanks for looking.

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While the background was naturally very dark, almost black, I made it totally black for effect.

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I did enlarge the file to a total of 11,908 pixels using AI Gigapixel so I could print it large.

You may only download this image to demonstrate post-processing techniques.
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Very cool, Ed. I’ll bet the large print is awesome. Nice depth of field and good detail throughout.

3

Beautiful!! I love Cone flowers

4

Ed: Really nice job on the lighting and the detail is impressive. One of my favorite subjects superbly rendered. >=))>

5

Super detail on the Ed. Very nicely done!

6

Good detail and a unque comp. I like how it enhances the cone, downplaying the petals.

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Ed,

Love the details and color here. And good call on taking the bg further. Even though I say the details are great, I do see some softness on the last few rows of needles(?) and also at the very bottom of the pink. I only mention because I think it’s an asset to this image; almost like a focus vignette (if that makes sense - I just made up the term…) Anyway, this is well executed all the way around.

Lon