Delicate Floral Flourish

Gallery: FloraPosted July 16, 2010145 views15 comments

This is from a bush just loaded with blooms and its variegated foliage. I've walked by it many times and never even noticed it, but this one evening it sure caught my eye. Wish I knew the name of it...

D700, 24-70 @ 55, circ.pol., 20mm e.tube, handheld. f 4, 1/320, ISO 800, -1.0 EV.
Focus with the elbows. Evening light after sunset.

Thanks for viewing.

P.S. One of my flower guide books leads me to think this might be the flower of "a dense deciduous shrub" called, Weigela, aka Florida variegata. Can anyone verify?

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on July 16, 2010 at 7:53 PM

Whatever it is you've presented it well. Like your choice of focus and the placement in the frame. When you find out what it is I'd love to know.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 16, 2010 at 7:56 PM

Very delicate and looks ethereal. Very nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 16, 2010 at 8:05 PM

Absolutely exquisite!

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on July 16, 2010 at 9:47 PM

Love this, Catherine. Different, beautiful, creative.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 17, 2010 at 12:28 AM

Gorgeous!
Delicate pinks, nice DOF and dreamy BG.

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on July 17, 2010 at 5:12 AM

Can't help with identification, but I like it. DOF is excellent, composition very good.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on July 17, 2010 at 11:16 AM

I really like the dreamy feel to this Catherine, well done.
Bob

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on July 17, 2010 at 4:29 PM

Catherine, I love the great and light movement in the composition, with petals ranning away towards all the angles and making a spiral running downwards beyond the background. Splendid.
The only thing I know about the ID, is that this is not a weigela; at least not of the types that we have here.
Take care.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 17, 2010 at 5:40 PM

Catherine: Aptly titled and superbly captured. Really nice DOF/POF choice and a marvelous color palette. Top notch shot. >=))>

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 18, 2010 at 4:27 PM

Catherine, I love that film like grain and the light-lighter tones on a crazy good "flowing" photo

. About the only thing I don't like here is that the copyright does not carry my name

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 18, 2010 at 8:44 PM

Beautiful... No suggestions.

Pat

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 18, 2010 at 10:20 PM

Hi Catherine.

This is absolutely captivating!! The soft flowing lines and color are sublime

Albert Darmo. Canada

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on July 19, 2010 at 1:55 PM

Lovely, delicate pastels, Catherine, with a so effective touch of sharpness around the centre - a truly delightful image.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on July 20, 2010 at 5:38 PM

Catherine, good job. The detail is where it should be and everything else falls into place in this delicate image.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on July 21, 2010 at 7:56 PM

Wonderful light and color. Superb rendering.

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