Our favourite flower

Gallery: FloraPosted April 8, 2010497 views21 comments

The Osteospermum is the most loved flower in our garden. It's always in bloom and always in pose, asking for photos: a top model, elegant and very photogenic. You are looking at the real colors of the flower.

D700, Nikkor 200mm. - f/22 and ISO 400 - A little bit of grain with Photoshop filter.

Always glad for your comments and suggestions.

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 8, 2010 at 5:03 PM

Gigi: You are the master of the Osteospermum. Great colors and I like this stage of the flower. The little open pollen pockets are icing on a very nice cake. Superb shot.>=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 8, 2010 at 5:21 PM

Bel foto, Gigi! Magnifico!

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Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on April 8, 2010 at 5:22 PM

Fantastic Gigi, this flower is really a beauty and your process is top notch. Incredible, it almost looks like metal!

Paolo

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on April 8, 2010 at 5:46 PM

Love the flower and the BG is awesome.

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Comment posted by May Haga on April 8, 2010 at 5:50 PM

This is an absolute beauty. Excellent composition.
May

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 8, 2010 at 6:16 PM

A real stunner. Awesome lighting and form.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on April 8, 2010 at 7:46 PM

Breathtaking image Gigi. Love the stage the flower is in and the sharpness throughout. Your choice of composition and background are top notch.

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Comment posted by Bernie Kasper on April 8, 2010 at 8:15 PM

Amazing image Gigi !!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on April 8, 2010 at 9:11 PM

What an incredible shape to this flower. Your comp is perfect and your treatment of the light takes this to another level. Awesome shot!

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on April 8, 2010 at 9:15 PM

Gigi:
Just beautiful. Bravo

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on April 8, 2010 at 10:34 PM

Exceptional image Gigi. Magnificent.

Pat

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Comment posted by Steven M Kahn on April 9, 2010 at 3:46 AM

A very striking capture Gigi that is well cropped and presented - the lighting and shading, the bold colors, beautiful.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on April 9, 2010 at 6:26 PM

I fully agree with your comment, Gigi!

If we compare our two images, we can see we had a completely different approach!
Your PP work is really super, but in my modest opinion, at the end produces a very sophisticate result yet almost...far from reality.
Ciao

Mauro

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Comment posted by David Cobb on April 10, 2010 at 1:38 AM

Exceptional comp and crispness Gigi, and the colors are wonderful.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on April 12, 2010 at 1:31 PM

What a fabulous flower and such a terrific image. Beautiful work Gigi.

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Comment posted by kayes on April 13, 2010 at 9:31 AM

Stunning! Well done!

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on April 13, 2010 at 10:58 AM

Hi Gigi,
Congrats on the EP! Well deserved...this is a true beauty...continuous bloomers always get my vote for favs in the garden. This is a fine gem. Ken S

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on April 13, 2010 at 11:51 AM

Superb, Giuseppe! The backgroun is very complementary, and the the
three gold areas give that extra added punch.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on April 13, 2010 at 3:57 PM

Great shot Gigi, very nice subject!
Congrats on the EP!

D&L

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 13, 2010 at 4:55 PM

Congrats on a wonderful EP!
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Christine Adams on April 14, 2010 at 5:42 AM

So lovely and I love the BG and how it enhances the flower! Congrats!

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