The Color of Life [3]

Here three botanical macro photographs from a recent trip to Kauai, Hawaii. There is a fun place in Kauai called Smith's Tropical Paradise. STP is a family owned garden that holds a luau and has a lot of different plants with information on each. There are a lot of pretty tame doves, peacocks, and more there if you are interested in photographing birds.

I had a good time studying the light on the leaves of this Taro plant. The afternoon sun was a little harsh, but provided some great backlighting. The first two shots are from underneath the plant, while the third is a more normal view.

I used a Nikon D80 with a 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens (the old AF non-D version); hand-held and manually focused; Aperture priority mode with -0.3EV to preserve highlights; processed from RAW in PS CS2 with minimal post-processing.

Full EXIF and larger photographs can be seen on the Flickr pages for each. Comments and constructive critiques are appreciated.

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Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcmlxxxvi/2998057219/in/set-72157607341578774/

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Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcmlxxxvi/3000751457/in/set-72157607341578774/

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Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcmlxxxvi/3002182918/in/set-72157607341578774/

Thanks for looking,
—Brendan

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I love the 'lime' green colours. I can see this being a nice set of 3 pics in a frame just as you have posted them (vertically).

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Stephen

DID YOU GET ANY OF THE POI OR PIG??
IT IS A PRETTY LAYOUT THERE...

byrde147 said:

I love the 'lime' green colours. I can see this being a nice set of
3 pics in a frame just as you have posted them (vertically).

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Stephen

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Hi Stephen,

Thanks for your comments. I would think about framing them horizontally with the third as the center, but I would have to play around with different arrangements a bit first.

—Brendan

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sdelli said:

DID YOU GET ANY OF THE POI OR PIG??
IT IS A PRETTY LAYOUT THERE...

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We went to the luau -- it's pretty small-time and a little cheesy, but still fun. The food was excellent, and I did try poi (it was good on the Hawaiian purple sweet potatoes/yams, whichever they were, and with the pig), and the kalua pig was excellent -- the best pig I've ever eaten.

The layout is indeed very nice, and quite a wonderful place for someone who likes botanical macros.

Thanks for looking,

—Brendan

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good play of light there Brendan.
I like the veins on the stems on these.
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Kevin - Photos 'n Prose: http://the-photo-muse.blogspot.com/

really liked the composition and use of light, specially in the 3rd one. good colors too.

regards

Rajesh
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TheronFamily said:

good play of light there Brendan.
I like the veins on the stems on these.
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Kevin - Photos 'n Prose: http://the-photo-muse.blogspot.com/

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Thanks for the comments, Kevin. I like the veins as well -- I thought the veins, stems, and light/shadows added enough interest to a fairly abstract subject to warrant spending some time with it.

—Brendan

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Rajeshb said:

really liked the composition and use of light, specially in the 3rd
one. good colors too.

regards

Rajesh
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Thanks Rajesh.

—Brendan

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Good stuff!!

Especially 3rd one looks nice with that shadow play...

Best regards,

--mikko--

Thanks Mikko. I'm a little surprised so many people like the third one best. My personal favorite is probably the second.

—Brendan

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Excellent! Detail, Colour, and Composition.

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Dan



London, Canada
http://www.flickr.com/photos/d_bolger/
D80, rest of gear listed in profile

I'm a bit tardy in my reply, but thanks for your comments Dan.

—Brendan

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