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Golden Drumstick

Golden Drumstick
A brilliant yellow Isopogon anemonifolius (Broad-leaved Drumstick) clearly displaying the development of its flowers and drumstick cone.

Shot along the cliff top track in the Indian Head area of Crowdy Bay National Park near Laurieton, NSW, Australia on a warm and wonderful mid-spring day.

Canon EOS 40D & Canon 28-135 USM IS Lens: RAW, Manual settings of f/16 @ 1/250sec, 115mm, ISO 100, TTL pop-up flash, Hand held.
Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3.

Enjoy!

Dennis Gay

THE MAKING OF 'Golden Drumstick':

My best Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club mate and I were out on a springtime wildflower hunt in the park and as it happened we were at the right place at the right time in the middle of a great wildflower season. The number of varieties and amount of bloom were incredible. We were literally spoilt for choice.
This golden yellow Aussie native was just the specimen I was after to best display its beauty and structure. My main problem was in obtaining as much depth of field as possible while still blurring the background. The settings above used with the camera's TTL pop-up flash system gave me the exposure and I had to experiment quite a bit to find the best point of focus. The flash and Lightroom darkened the background for me.

For those who are interested you can find out more about these Drumsticks here: http://anpsa.org.au/i-ane.html

Enjoy!

GB
Dennis

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January 10, 2011

Gina Cormier

Gorgeous!! Never saw one before!!

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January 10, 2011

Douglas Pignet

Beautiful lighting,colors and comp...Very well done

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January 10, 2011

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Excellent work Dennis! Jeff

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January 10, 2011

Carla Capra Anderson

Hi Dennis;
What a beautiful and detailed image of this Golden Drumstick. The flowers golden color is soft, lovely and intensified by the darkened background.
;) CC

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January 10, 2011

Gary Lange

Terrific image, well shot and edited. Beautiful!!

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January 11, 2011

Dennis Gay

A Big, Bright Aussie Summertime G'DAY to You *GINA*, *DOUGLAS*, *JEFF*, *CARLA* & *GARY*!!!!!

Welcome all to my Indian Head wildflower safari.
My utmost thanks for your very inspiring collective feedback on my unusual Isopogon study.

GB
Dennis

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January 13, 2011

Dennis Gay

Sacre Bleu Monsieur Editor!

Many, many thanks indeed for awarding my wild Aussie flower a PICK!

GB
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January 13, 2011

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