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Rhodendron is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). Most species have showy flowers.
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Canon EOS 10D; Canon EF 28-70mm @ 70mm; f/22 @ 0.7 sec, -0.5 EV, ISO 100; Gitzo tripod, RRS BH 55; remote trigger
Looks like a wet Azalea bloom, Bob. The clarity of the stamen, pistils, and water drops looks great. There’s quite a bit of noise and grain in the oof areas.
A lovely composition, Bob, and a great job on the main subject. I do think some noise reduction might be in order as the background does look rather grainy.
Bob: We have an azalea that is very similarly marked and the challenge is to get your plane of focus and DOF precise so that the pistil and stamens are sharp. I fight this issue with day lilies as well . You did really well here and the drops are a huge bonus. Nice work on the repost as well. >=))>
Repost provides an ideal improvement over the original. You could not find a better way to get the flower positioned in the frame–that makes this a wonderful photo of a very difficult flower to photograph…Jim
Thank you @Bill_Fach@Jim_Zablotny@Dennis_Plank@Mark_Seaver@Stephen_Stanton for your kind remarks. I was pleased with the rework too.The most puzzling thing for me was how the petals had so much grain and noise as posted when it was clean on the original image. Fortunately it was a relatively simple fix.
