Help, I'm lost on this one

[joemags]

For one I don't know what kind of flower this is and two I'm not sure this image "works". This was a total grab shot from this morning. The family and I were taking a walk in the park and came across this. I had the wrong lens on the camera and no tripod but I grabbed a few shots anyway. The out of focus bright areas have huge amounts of what I believe to be Chromatic Aberration. For some reason though I kind of like the effect it gave this image. Ethereal maybe? Anyway, thanks for looking and all C&C are welcome.

1D Mark III
50mm 1.4 wide open
1/8000 sec
Hand held
Some crop off the top
Brightness, contrast and sharpened in PS

[GB1]

Absolutely wonderful shot, the blurry background really makes the flowers stand out. I would not worry about it not being razor sharp; it simply isn't need in this particular shot.

GB

[PrevailingConditions]

I think this is a nice shot as well. I think the main flowers are a little too centered so I would probably crop a little off the top and the right.

The DOF helps.

PC

[Frog]

Love the light and shadows in the flowers. If you'd had the right lens and tripod and spent a lot of time setting it up you would have lost the light and it probably wouldn't be near as good. Sometimes your instincts are right.

[gahspidy]

Very nice. It does have an ethereal effect to it. I like the petals in focus standing out strong from the almost vignetted looking blurred bg. The exposure was just right fro the white petals
nice image

[joemags]

Thanks for all the feedback. I was wondering the same thing about the cropping. I think I will crop a little more and try to make a small print and see how it looks.

Take care,
Joe