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Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 16 May 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
The first Japanese iris of the season from my water garden ... these flowers are really quite small and dainty, but at 200 mm they appear a bit more robust ...
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Hong Kong
Wonderful colors and the composition is lovely. Excellently presented as well Ron.
16 May 2008 5:20am
Observing from Chester, United Kingdom
Now then.... this is something special, the composition and light is excellent. Nicely blending with the background.
16 May 2008 7:03am
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
Beautiful flower and photo! I like how the flower stands out from the black background. The colors are fabulous. Nice composition. Good focus. Very nice. I've come to appreciate Iris as cut flowers this year.
16 May 2008 11:15am
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Very nice composition, Ron! Wonderful background for this beautiful flower!
16 May 2008 12:32pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
powerful effect for such delicacy, congrats on that Ron :)
16 May 2008 12:42pm
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
I agree with Lorraine, both powerful and delicate. I like the gradation of purple very much (choice of backgroud in harmony with the one of iris)
16 May 2008 12:58pm
Wizened Eye from United States
Sweet. A water garden... that sounds lovely. Nice use of black background.
Having nothing to do with your photo except the title, my mind often leaps to a pretty extensive familiarity with music lyrics. In this case, lines from Hal Ketchum:
I draw my pay down on the docks
I send it home to Mary
I might hold back a dollar
To wash this pain out of my back
But the pain keeps getting clearer
And Mary your face just keeps on fading
Now the light shines through this bottle
Memories all fade to black
All of which is a long way of saying I was moved by your photo. Thanks!
16 May 2008 1:57pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
the best colors I saw today - excellent framing
16 May 2008 3:10pm
danthro from Suburbia, United States
nice colors! how'd you get the black background?
16 May 2008 6:45pm
@danthro: I cut this one and a yellow one and brought them inside (it was raining outside) and photographed it in front of a black backdrop.
niña from New York, United States
very nice! the colors, the lighting and the way the petals are positioned brings a dramatic effect to it.
16 May 2008 8:40pm
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Talk about drama! This is really impressive and the colors really give power to the image.
17 May 2008 3:38am
Wysterior from Kloten, Switzerland
Great greater and the greatest - wow, superlative photos ;))
Wys
17 May 2008 10:31am
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
A very striking image, Ron. One of my first thoughts was how you got that background, but I see that you've already answered that question.
17 May 2008 10:55pm
Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Great composition...love the color.
19 May 2008 1:18pm
Canon EOS 40D
1/4 second
F/2.8
ISO 125
200 mm