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14-AUG-2005

3rd: Mesdemoiselles des Champs Élysées, by T.P.

I had a chance to spend some time in my motherland again, and visit my parents and relatives. I've also met these three ladies with sun umbrellas, enjoying morning breeze and their last days of summer holidays.

Konica-Minolta Maxxum 7 Digital
1/200s f/9.0 at 90.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time14-Aug-2005 13:34:43
MakeKonica-Minolta
ModelMAXXUM 7D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length90 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/9
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Guest 27-Sep-2005 12:55
creative and sharp...wit and image.
Guest 18-Aug-2005 21:05
Beautiful image. Unusual choice of background colour but it works!
Veronica Fresh18-Aug-2005 15:56
A perfect title to am excellent picture. I was wondering about the background color also...as well as, was this set up as a still life or did you happen across the seedhead in the field? I know how difficult dandelions can be to work with, either the seeds hang on tenaciously or fall off at the slightest wobble. Here's one I did, named "Dancing In The Dark", not nearly as well done as yours, but fun nonetheless!
http://www.pbase.com/veronica/image/20616425/large
veronica
Konica Minolta Users18-Aug-2005 12:13
T.P. I am captivated by this photo, by the delicacy of the seeds and their tenuous grip on stability. The potential for them to tear away is palpable even though there does not appear to be any breeze in the air. You just know this trio will soon be parting ways. I'd like to know how you achieved the delicately graded background colour.

Ron
Guest 18-Aug-2005 09:36
Guys, there's no broken umbrellas here! Those two stems on the right meet each other in the top, so whiskers overlap and make one dense foliage. They meet at top almost at the same angle (the one at far right stands behind middle one -- observe its position at flower top), so whiskers do not interset -- they combine one large umbrella. I don't know who started all this, but stems were just fine. I took the picture in almost impossible conditions and that's best what I could do anyway. If I tried to change the angle, I'd probably go home with no picture taken and with no stems left in the wind ... -T.P.
Guest 18-Aug-2005 03:11
MM, great colours, subject and composition. While I too would prefer to see no bent filaments, that's not much of a detractor. Does 90mm indicate Tamron Macro?
John
cbses 18-Aug-2005 01:04
Not sure is right is "right" - maybe they mean the one on the lower left that takes a 90 degree turn? Or, midway between left and center stems, bottom 'wisp' has some sort of disconnect? Really didn't bother me, but the other 2 comments got me pixel peeking.
Bob
Konica Minolta Users17-Aug-2005 23:21
Thanks guys. Actually, the branch on the right is just fine -- its umbrella overlaps with second one, and because those whiskers are really fragile and almost without 3rd dimension, together they make one denser umbrella. Like two on the right wanted to have some chat .. -T.P.
mashuga17-Aug-2005 20:24
The color knocks me out....just wonderful. I agree on the broken wisp (lack of a better term) Gee I wish someone hadn't pointed that out. Now I keep looking at it and wish it would fly away.
Konica Minolta Users17-Aug-2005 19:28
Very nice classical macro work Tom. The only disturbing nuance for me is the broken branch on the right. MCsaba
cbses 17-Aug-2005 16:09
Nice shot, and a nice story to accompany it. I can see the hint of ballerina Barry mentions. I wouldn't have thought of using the colors you did, but they work very well. I wish just a bit more of the rightmost umbrella were in focus.
Bob
Guest 17-Aug-2005 15:16
Beautiful, delicate and repetitive. Very nice! Reminds me of ballerinas.