Cosmos World

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Critique Style Requested: Standard

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Description

On my routine garden patrol this morning I spied our cosmos growing vigorously. With the name Cosmos this little scene reminded me of a sun with two moons. It was a bit of a trick getting the focal plane lined up but a stack was impossible due to the wind. I still like how this turned out. >=))>

Specific Feedback

The BG is crazy busy with long stems going in every direction. I burned down some of the more egregious and bright stems. BG still too busy?

Technical Details

Sony A7RIII
Sony FE 70-200 f2.8 GM-II @ 200mm
ISO 400, 1/250 @ f8

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Great job lining up the focal plane, Bill. That’s not easy to do and even harder with stuff bobbing in the wind. A fine image of this array.

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A gorgeous image!! I’d bet the flower is sharp enough to let you select it (and refine the selection as needed with a tiny brush in Quick Mask mode) and then inverse the selection and play with softening some of the BG elements.