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Texas Prickly Pear

by Laura Stafford

Gallery: FloraPosted May 9, 201049 views11 comments
This cactus bloom reminds me of a beautiful rose.

Niklon D90
F8
mid-morning
tripod
camera raw

Comments are greatly appreciated.

Laura

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on May 9, 2010 at 10:23 PM
The flower is beautiful and well shot. I'm not sure the vignetting is doing it justice.
Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments
Comment posted by Sally King on May 9, 2010 at 11:23 PM
Gorgeous flower. I am not sure of the vignetting. Would love to see it without.
Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM
Laura: Great subject and light. The vignetting is a bit too strong for my tastes and I wonder if a dark and more subtle vignette would be more effective. Jut my 2¢. >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by Bob Duff on May 10, 2010 at 6:31 AM
I really like how you composed the bloom with leading buds to the open flower. The colour of the bloom is to dye for. I can see why you wanted to have the vignet but as other have said it is not quite there. The problem for me is you can see the edge of the background frame coming through. A little adjustment there and this shot would be a real winner IMO.
Registered on April 21, 2010, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments
Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on May 10, 2010 at 7:17 AM
Beautiful color and detail in the flower Laura, I'm very partial to cactus. Well done.
John
Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments
Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 10, 2010 at 7:22 AM
Nicel done Laura. I particularly like the overall image composition. :smile:
Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments
Comment posted by Jeffrey Mitchell on May 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Laura, I must agree about the vignetting, the flower can stand on it's own, the White vignette distracts for me.
Registered on April 7, 2005, 171 Posts, 1106 Comments
Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 10, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Laura, The flower itself is beautifully rendered :smile: . You may crop a bit from right and left and thereby reduce the impact of the vignetting. Either way a nice photo.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 11, 2010 at 3:49 AM
Laura:
The flower is very pretty and nicely captured. A tighter crop will take care of the rather pronounce vignetting.
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Gallo on May 11, 2010 at 7:35 AM
A beautiful flower Laura, I love the colors and the buds are a plus for the composition
Registered on September 14, 2005, 182 Posts, 1471 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 11, 2010 at 10:27 AM
I will just ditto what Bill and the others said about the vignetting, but the bloom is quite beautiful.
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments