Blooming flowers

[carlcmc]

Camera: Nikon D80

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)

Aperture: f/1.8

Focal Length: 50 mm

ISO Speed: 100

With circular polarizer on

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[jonny_redhorse]

Nice Carl!......certainly love those greens and colors after a long winter!...the flowers look to be in the anemone/hepatica family(closely related)...with all the sunshine this last week,the forest floor should be blooming with all sorts of different flowering species....will certainly be out this weekend to get some images...

[Steve Foss]

Very pretty image, Carl. Your DOF delivers just the right perspective for my eye, with foreground and background just out of focus enough to emphasize mid-range anemone flowers/plants.

[carlcmc]

thanks for the comments guys!

My new lens is awesome. Nikon 50mm f/1.8D. High quality lens for only around $115. The f/1.8 delivers great bokeh and DOF.

It goes well with my Nikon 18-200mm VR lens.

[Meat-Run]

Hey Steve,

I have a camera question for ya? I would like to get my wife who I think you might know, she's the Art Director of a popular mag. in the Lakes Area a new digital camera. I think she has a D10 now???? Does that sound right? Any ways she does allot of portrait, outdoor (not long distance), and some weddings. What is the latest and greatest to get her? I think I have read from some of your guys's post that there is a D40 or something like that and what kind of costs are we looking at something like this?

Too would this be better if I emailed you directly??

thanks,

mr

[Jim Almquist]

Great shot Carl. It is nice to see that spring is really arriving somewhere in this state. Soon it will come to the north and we might see some blossoms.

[carlcmc]

If you are looking for a Nikon you would choose probably the D80 which is what I have or the D40x/D50. If you are looking for Cannon I will defer to him to answer that.

[Steve Foss]

Meat Run:

Nikon or Canon, both make excellent cameras.

Please find out more about what our wife has. I don't know about a D10 of any brand, so find out specifically what she has. If it's a Nikon, she'll probably want to stay with that. If Canon, same deal. Mostly, when a veteran shooter picks a brand they stay with it because it's too expensive to switch lens brands.

I don't know which mag you're referring to as far as where your wife works, or which "lakes region" it might be in. Shoot me an e-mail if you'd like, and we can talk more.