PLAY January - Nikon 50mm f/1.4G: Shadow Amaryllis

Mrs S found a 3€ bargain Amaryllis in our local supermarket which, unusually, has a white flower - we've only had red ones before. It's very pretty but I decided to explore alternative ways of capturing its beauty!

This is for my PLAY project - you can read more about it in my profile - where I'll be using a different prime lens for each month of the year: in January it's the Nikon 50mm f/1.4G on a full-frame camera (the D610 today).

You can see a more traditional treatment in my 365 album post today: https://365project.org/vignouse/365/2017-01-25

[Serge Ducasrouge]

I love the softlness of this shot.

[Maggiemae]

Beautiful shadowy shot capturing its fragility! fav

[Margo Sayer]

Not sooc! All the better! VML your treatment of what promises to be a stunning 3 bloomed plant with multiple opportunities for 365.

[Claes]

Like how you give life to the petals in an alternative fashion.

[Taffy]

Immediate fav -- great against the bokeh.

[Joan Robillard]

This is fabulous. I was late planting mine and it hasn't bloomed yet. It is white too. Now if I post a picture I have a lot to live up to.

[gloria jones]

Neat image, lighting, composition

[Kevin Wallace]

The petal detail, light and shadow is so beautiful! It's almost February :)

[Kate]

I really like both of the amaryllis photos - this one is very dreamy and the red is very subtle and a lovely detail.

[Lynda]

Beautiful! The black and white plant against the bokeh are great together.

[Sherry Steffensmeier]

Delicate beauty.

[Kathy]

My favorite for the softness becuase of the noise in the flower and the blurred background.

[Graeme Stevens]

Horrifyingly pretty

[Robert Barr]

I did a months with my prime (35 mm; 1.8 ) and close ups like this were the most pleasant surprise. Lovely.

[Jane Pittenger]

Wonderful dof and light

[Domenico Dodaro]

I like this very much. The bokeh background lets the shadows pop out!

[Scott Houston]

Gosh -- you even stopped down to f2; I thought this was on the ragged edge of wide open. Lovely shot.

[Sebastian Gritt]

The lovely bokeh adds a huge amount of softness to the composition. Lovely.

[Jerome]

very nice in comp and tones

[aikimomm (phoebe)]

You've outdone yourself on this one, Richard. Outstanding.