Sparkling Blue Imagination

by steppeland

*Quote:*
_"Everything you can imagine is real."_ Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

*Description*
The dried stalk and umbel of Giant Hogweed still stands strong in the autumn sun, filtered by oak-leaves...
Blue colour and bokeh achieved by camera settings (white balance) -
Photograph made with Pentax K10D camera and
Pentax-M zoom1:2.8-4 40-80mm lens
Exposure 1/60 sec, f. unknown
ISO 200 Date: Oct. 8, 2008
afterwards processed in Photoshop 7.0 (crop, sharpening and levels only)

*Park around the lake collection*
Gaasperplas, Amsterdam SouthEast, the Netherlands
Uploaded01/03/2012 - 08:32
CategoryFlowers & plants
Shutter Speed1/60
ApertureN/A
LensN/A
ISO200
Focal LengthN/A

RCA
Posted 01/03/2012 - 09:07 Link
truly beautiful & different, excellent work

Clare
autumnlight
Posted 01/03/2012 - 22:24 Link
Lovely!
szgabor
Posted 04/03/2012 - 20:29 Link
Nice and interesting shot. I like the asymmetric composition.
That's a great and unusual lens, I have a same one. Did you use that in macro setting?
Regards,
Gábor
My website
steppeland
Posted 14/03/2012 - 15:58 Link
szgabor wrote:
Nice and interesting shot. I like the asymmetric composition.
That's a great and unusual lens, I have a same one. Did you use that in macro setting?

Thank you, Gábor! yes, it's a great lens indeed - for over 20 years, it was the only lens I had in combination with my pentax ME super camera. When I switched to digital, it was one of the main reasons to stick with pentax, that I could continue to use my old familiar 40-80 lens. It was not in macro setting when I made this photo, but since the f-value is not registered automatically with this lens, I can't remember the settings exactly...
Giant Hogweed stalks are huge though - up to 2m high...

Thank you Clare and Maria for your kind comments too!

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