Monday, November 7, 2011

Seeing 2011 (#163)

For your consideration: a singular burst of color in the midst of an otherwise largely gray day on the Northern California coast.

Taken near the end of a sweet anniversary weekend my wife and I spent in the Monterey area, at my favorite venue on the entire Pacific coast (San Diego to Vancouver).

The real challenge here was capturing this lithe, weightless petaled bowl's pose between unpredictable buffets of soft and sometimes stiff breezes; the slightest movement beneath the macro lens' extreme magnification and the inversely proportional shallow depth of field presented significant challenges to both patience and execution.



Point Lobos Poppy, #2073-7D

© 2011 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.

(click image for larger version)

Details: September 25 , 2011; Canon 7D; f/6 @ 1/500 sec; —2/3 EV; ISO 640; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

________

Visit my full photographic repository at jwmurray.smugmug.com

No comments:

Post a Comment