Flower Power, a photo from Virginia, South

Photographer's Note

This was taken in Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, Virginia. There was no sign next to these flowers but they do look familiar and if anyone has any ideas what they are I'd love to know. I took this last Sunday which was Mothers Day which meant the gardens was absolutely full of families. This isn't a huge place and I've never seen the parking lot so full. I had a wind to contend with that day as well and I just tried to keep my shutter speed way up. I took almost all of the pictures that day in aperture mode on my D200 which gave me a lot of control over the DOF and shutter speed. This was taken around 2pm on a sunny day.

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Cormac (26565) 2007-05-17 20:58

Sorry, I don't know anything about flowers, except that they're beautiful, so I can't help with the identification. I like the selective focus in this shot, with a great out of focus rendition. Brilliant colour too. Well done Stephen!

ChrisJ (171822) 2007-05-17 21:19

Hi Stephen

Nice repetition of the yellow centred white daisies?, with good dof & sharpness. I like the simple, uncluttered green bg. Tfs!

plimrn (21344) 2007-05-18 1:24

Hi Steve,
I love these simple daisies. Having taken literally hundreds of daisy shots, I know thwe difficult of capturing the three flowers clearly while softening the background. Well Done!!
HLJ, Pat

feather (51130) 2007-05-18 6:49

Good shot of the daisies with a well chosen DOF. It would have been so easy to over-expose the whites but the exposure is very good.
Kath

Partha_c (2029) 2007-05-20 10:54

Hi Stephen. The simple thing presented so nicely in this shot. The white flowers look marvellous with well managed b/g. Regards.
Partha

cessy (13647) 2007-05-20 15:50

very nice DOF, excellent capture of these lovely flowers
I like it very much

danyy (0) 2007-05-21 3:54

Bonjour Stephen,
simple mais trиs graphique et surtout rempli de fraicheur.
Les couleurs naturelles ont йtй respectйes.

Un emploi interessant d'une DOF faible qui fait surgir les fleurs de l'йcran.

Best regards.

Daniel.

jemaflor (147128) 2007-05-21 6:10

Hi Stephen,
Well taken with a good focus, interesting bokeh with an interesting green blurry background. tfs.

jhm (211736) 2007-05-21 6:30

Hello Stephen,

The three lovely flowers with a nice focus on these flowers, together with the nice background in blur. Well done. TFS.

Greetings,
John.

robiuk (10807) 2007-05-21 18:27

Hi Stephen,
what to say... it's evident that your
last two posts are something completely
different from what we're used to expect
from you.
Even though I like shots of flowers, I
still feel a bit puzzled with your choice
of subjects... huh, maybe I need some time
to get used to that switch...
This one has got a lovely green bokeh and
acts as a cool breeze in a hot spring day.
Can't wait to see what your next upload
brings!
;-D
Have a great day,
Robi
PS. I thought at first that it was a chamomile,
but then, reading what other had to say realised
how wrong I was! LOL