Bird of Paradise #1

Gallery: FloraPosted December 6, 2012216 views15 comments

A favorite cold weather subject from the local florist. Taken with Canon 7D, using 100-400 with 500D macro diopter.

Comments welcomed.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 6, 2012 at 8:26 AM

Patricia: One of my favorite subjects superbly captured and rendered. Marvelous color palette and a very complementary BG. Most excellent. >=))>

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on December 6, 2012 at 11:47 AM

Beautiful lines and colors. It is wonderfully bold. This is sweet.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on December 6, 2012 at 12:23 PM

This subject could not have been captured better Patricie. Superb work in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on December 6, 2012 at 12:46 PM

Striking composition and presentation Pat.

pat

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on December 7, 2012 at 12:08 AM

For the life of me I cannot get good comps with this flower. You, however, don't seem to have the problem I do.....this is terrific. The diagonal lines, color, and clarity are just right. Did you desaturate the BG? If so, it works very well.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on December 7, 2012 at 3:07 AM

Patricia.

Really beautiful BOP

The light is just right and the color is true and vibrant. Like the radiating lines starting from the RLC.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on December 7, 2012 at 9:07 AM

Thanks everyone for your comments. Mark - My primative set up is placing the flowers in a vase, setting it on the railing of the back porch and shooting. Luckily there are several positions I can use to either get an evergreen as a dark background, green grass for a colored background, or lots of space before the tree line for this type of background (was a little bit fogggy on this morning). Very little post processing on this one except for toning down some of the areas that needed it.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM

You've created a fine abstract with really attractive lines and colors. This is great as presented, but as an abstract I do wonder how some solid color/brightness backgrounds would look.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 7, 2012 at 12:05 PM

Hi Patricia

I love the captivating lines and color. very creatively done

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on December 8, 2012 at 9:28 AM

A beautiful abstract capture! This flower is so difficult (IMO) due to the extreme DOF and all the angles, but you handled all of that so well. I love that the bottom left corner naturally fades to white. Perfect placement in the frame.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on December 8, 2012 at 10:58 AM

A definite "Wow!". Beautiful lines and color Patricia. Nicely done indeed.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on December 8, 2012 at 9:28 PM

Absolutely gorgeous Patricia!! Such vivid and vibrant colors, and a wonderful composition.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on December 10, 2012 at 6:34 AM

Patricia, you are presenting Bird of Paradise with marvelous soft colors. The diagonal composition is (IMO) perfect. Bravo.!!

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on December 10, 2012 at 11:07 AM

Beautiful colors, lovely lines. Excellent image.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 11, 2012 at 3:28 PM

A fine comp with excellent use of line. Great color and nice light as well. Very well done!

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