another fuchsia from my basket

A few days ago I posted a delicate mainly white fuchsia against a white background. I was lucky enough to make the PP with that shot.

http://365project.org/phil_howcroft/365/2011-07-19

This is a different fuchsia from the same basket, shot from underneath the basket looking upwards.

As it was shot against the blue sky I did not need to worry about creating a bokeh effect, so set the camera to aperture priority and got a high as possible aperture on the long zoom (200mm) that would guarantee no camera shake.

I got a f10 aperture, set the AV to -0.7 (to compensate for a slightly darker background) and this is the net result.

I don't know if I should have cropped the green leaf out, but that would mean the flowers being very close to the top of the frame.

You can see a few water droplets on the freshly watered flowers.

I hope this fuchsia lives up to the other fuchsia shot

[Kerri]

Gorgeous color

[Donna Edwards]

Such a pretty picture! Fab :o)

[Pat Knowles]

Goodness I like this one even better than the last pink one ! The red flower against the blue sky is just beautiful Phil ! You can almost reach out & touch it & the I think you did right leaving the leaf on as it shows where the flower joins the stem otherwise they would be just two flowers hanging down. Thanks for telling us how you shot it too !!

[patsyj]

great close-up!

[Sue Wilde]

This is perfect. Love the exposure against that blue, blue sky. Glorious colour, full of life. fav

[John Brown]

Not a flower person my self but nice colour and clarity.

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens thank you very much kerri

[Phil Howcroft]

@hobgoblinwychwo cheers John, flowers make an easy catch for the 365

[Phil Howcroft]

@swilde Sue , thank you very much for the fave, it is unusual to get deep blue skies like this in the UK, our summer has been very grey so far !

[Phil Howcroft]

@patsyjphillips thank you Patsy and thanks for your continued support

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat thank you Pat, high praise that you think it is better than my white and pink fuchsia :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@lilbumblebee donna, thank you for your kind words

[Tashy]

another amazing fuchsia shot, absolutely stunning Phil. :O)

[Frances Chaloner]

You have excelled yourself with this one Phil it is perfect green leaf and all. Congrats on getting the other one on PP I told you it was a cracker! My bike and gnarled tree made PP - only 2nd time for me :-)

[Catherine]

Oh Phil, this is just outstanding! I would fave it twice if I could!!

[Phil Howcroft]

@tashy thanks tashy , fuchsias are very photogenic :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@whippeteer thanks frances your bike was a super shot and fully deserved it's PP status...i think i've made it here 3 times, but I've no idea how it works !

[Phil Howcroft]

@cath ha ha catherine thanks for faving and a double click is really appreciated

[Meredith Butterfield]

Gorgeous shot, Phil! I hope these hanging baskets stay around a while. ;)