A dreamy purple flower in the morning mist. Canon EOS XSi EF 70-300mm at 300mm f/5.6 1/350 ISO 800 −1ev
I found this flower after wandering around the edges of a prairie slough on an early summer morning. I caught a glimpse of it through the mass of green reeds and grasses. I couldn’t get very close to it without getting wet but I was drawn by the contrast in colour and texture. Everything was very soft. And the droplets of dew accentuated that. I pulled out my telephoto zoom to pull the flower in close and I noticed the contrasting texture of the hair on the stems of the plant. Normally I don’t like to have something obstructing my view of the main subject but I feel as though the out of focus stem of grass in the foreground adds to the sense of crowding and compression that was a part of the live scene. Normally I don’t play much with filters or heavy post processing effects but in this case I applied some effects from Nik Colour Efex Pro and I was quite happy with the result.
-Russell Berg
The same image after processing. Canon EOS XSi EF 70-300mm at 300mm f/5.6 1/350 ISO 800 −1ev