Photographer's notes: this image is purely to show the flower, and what it's called. 1/60th of a sec. (just fast enough to hand hold) f/6.3 ISO 100.
This is one of the first plants I came upon in my walk through the botanical garden in Hawaii. I was totally interested in the aptly named plant, and it's delicate whisker like petals.
To accentuate that, I slowed down my shutter speed, and during the exposure I moved my camera in a U shape. This blurred the "whiskers" and made them look even more soft and delicate:
Photographer's notes: 1/4th sec, f/29, ISO 100, exp. -1/3
When I took this image, I didn't plan on making it black and white. What I saw when I got home was a very distracting green background. There was great tonal contrast, but the green totally overtook the picture and pulled away from the soft edges of the flower. It was a bit gutzy for me, because I don't know very much about black and white photography, but since it's only two tones I figured I could handle it! I feel this image shows the beauty that I saw that day when I came upon this unique flower!
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