Over the spring I was able to get out and photograph a couple of times. Landscape conditions were tough, and so I played with some flora shots a bit.
A wide variety of flowering plants grow on the basalt walls of the Columbia River Gorge, and this penstemon was hanging near Catherine Creek.
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Any suggestions are welcome. I’m not sure why, but while I love viewing these wall hangers growing in the wild, it’s hard to keep them dynamic in a photograph.
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Is this a composite? (focus stacks or exposure blends are not considered composites)
NIKON Z 7II
NIKKOR Z 24-200 f/4-6.3 VR at 135 mm
1/15 sec. at f/9.0 and ISO 64
Truth in Blending Statement: Five images blended for DOF with Helicon Focus.
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Nice image! I like the version with the lower flowers cropped out. This is Barrette’s penstemon, which is endemic to the east side of the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area.
What a nice decoration you found. I like the horizontal version, including some more of the gorgeous cliffs. In that image I think that the contrast between the cliffs and the pestemon makes up a great image. Technically, your focus stacking worked out very well.
Nicely done! I love stuff like this and to find it blooming so perfectly is great. I’m torn between the two vertical shots. The lower blossoms add a quirky touch, but the cloned version has a bit of an austere quality that is more serious. Both are worthy of consideration and I’d probably print it, too.
John, this is a wonderful intimate scene. I really like the framing of the vertical and the cloned out version works best in my view. Nice work on the focus stacking too. Excellent image.
Nice image John! I really like the colors and the color contrast between the flowers and the cliff. Good comp too. I think I prefer the cloned version. Too bad these weren’t still in bloom during our last trip, though they would have been blown around too much to get a focus stack.
