TEXERE: fabric of life
Unexplored universe
Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 28 July 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Sweet nectar... an inviting place for lunch, that is if you have wings. Super macro Ron, the colors are really rich.
28 Jul 2008 6:26am
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
Wow. Your flower shot are of a superior quality, Ron! I like this!
28 Jul 2008 6:53am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Well put and how impressive! you've done the flower kingdom justice, again :)
28 Jul 2008 7:56am
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
What a beautiful find and capture! Amazing form and colours...
28 Jul 2008 10:35am
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
I love this kind of DOF in flowerpictures. Great macrowork, the drops look like little diamonds.
28 Jul 2008 10:45am
Koen from Antwerp, Belgium
Very nice shot, like the drops on the flower... adds a little to the photo.
28 Jul 2008 11:02am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Beautiful! Love the level of detail. The colors are interesting. I've not seen those in that color. Was it photo-shopped to achieve that color?
28 Jul 2008 12:41pm
@Laurie: Thanks for your kind words, Laurie. No Photoshop manipulation ... this was a cluster of bright, bright orange coneflowers. This was taken at the Missouri Botanical Garden and I find that they often have specimens in colors that we don't see at commercial garden centers. After a few years they begin appearing in commercial establishments. It's probably recently been hybridized and not yet in commercial circulation. Thanks for you visit.
Jonathan Alan Photography from St. Louis, United States
great macro, the water is amazing great shot
28 Jul 2008 1:59pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Stunning title, for a stunning shot. fantastic work.
28 Jul 2008 4:01pm
zOOm from Paris, France
Awesome macro Ron... terrific focus, colours are stunnig, clear and rich... you're right mentionning in your title thats it's a universe itself... yes, there's truly a world in details...
28 Jul 2008 4:16pm
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
You mean like Horton hears a Who? Who knows what is in those tiny water droplets. Another beautiful capture Ron.
28 Jul 2008 6:55pm
@Marion: That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw these orange coneflowers ... I'd never seen an orange variety before, and when I examined them more closely I thought that an unexplored universe could exist in this unique species.
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
marvelous detail and color! radiant! bravo!
28 Jul 2008 8:05pm
Marcie from United States
Stunning. The tiny water drops glisten like diamonds. WOW!
28 Jul 2008 8:18pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
An amazing world you have found in macro land, great observation.
28 Jul 2008 10:15pm
Eric Fry from Houston, TX, United States
A real beauty, Ron, the water droplets really set a cooler feel for this fiery bloom!
28 Jul 2008 10:56pm
danthro from Suburbia, United States
sweet flower shot. those must be some tiny water drops. love the color
29 Jul 2008 12:36am
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, Canada
That is an gorgeous shot. What more can be said?
31 Jul 2008 12:26am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Ron Thanks for telling me more about these. I have GOT to find some of them for my garden. That color is really wonderful and so rare.
1 Aug 2008 10:42pm
Canon EOS 40D
1/100 second
F/4.0
ISO 100
155 mm