Sharp-leaved Goldenrod
"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change." - Buddha
Taking advantage of a ray of sunlight coming through the thinning forest canopy I took a shot that almost has a studio feel. It took a few minutes to locate the perfect break of light and an area of shadow behind it. I also set the curves in the camera to yield me a high contrast result.
The only post processing is a color saturation boost of on screen display and some burning along the upper edges.
It's a Sharp-leaved Goldenrod that blooms in late summer through to late fall and, perennial and supposedly a threatened species. You couldn't tell by the area I was hiking.
Nikon D70 | 320 | 1/160 | f8
- Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G IF AF-S VR
- Flash: None
- Tripod: None
- Lighting: Direct Sunlight
- Post Pro: Color Balance
- Weather: Cloudy / Sunny Break
- Time of Day: Early Afternoon
- Location: Bruce Trail, Limehouse, Ontario, Canada
Posted on September 18, 2006 9:55 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) |
Comments
srp
Goldenrod by any species name just loves to wreck havoc with my sinuses..... fortunately, this picture does not. Absolutely lovely.
Oh, yes. Thanks for the beautiful desktops. I have the puff balls installed right now.
Posted at September 19, 2006 2:18 AM
Paul Sveda
SRP, I didn't know people had Goldenrod allergies. This time of year ragweed seems to dominate any allergy discussion or pollen count that I never concidered other fall flowers even though it clearly makes sense.
If it makes you feel any better I suffer from vicious grass allergies in the spring.
I will be adding more flower desktops this evening.
cheers,
Paul Sveda
Posted at September 19, 2006 7:18 AM