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Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 9 February 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia
WOW, beauitiful colour, light and composition. It is so luscious I can feel it through the screen, just stunning Ron!
9 Feb 2009 9:25am
Cheryl from Texas, United States
so pretty! the dew drops make this so refreshing as "rain girl" says!!
9 Feb 2009 11:53am
Batkoï from Salon de Provence, France
marvelous shot, perfect light and composition, 5 stars
9 Feb 2009 12:10pm
Marion from Liberty Township, United States
stunning and beautiful! I have an orchid just like that at my kitchen window and it just grew new buds for new flowers and I cannot wait to see them unfold :)
9 Feb 2009 12:46pm
Monte Stevens from Fort Collins, United States
Good isolation with the darker background. I am always taken by the droplets on flowers and leaves. Love it.
9 Feb 2009 3:03pm
Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Beautiful... with the darker background and great DOF!
9 Feb 2009 4:03pm
john4jack from Corvallis, United States
Exquisite close-up. Beautifully processed.
9 Feb 2009 4:22pm
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Beautiful composition with the very sharp orchid in the left third. Good color also.
9 Feb 2009 4:45pm
VEERLE TIJTGAT from Harelbeke, Belgium
The soft feeling in your pictures is really nice done!
9 Feb 2009 5:54pm
chakrapani from Hyderabad, India
Did you just chance upon te dark background or created it at the time of the picture !
9 Feb 2009 5:56pm
@chakrapani: These orchids are part of the "Orchid Show" at the Missouri Botanical Garden ... they are in a bright, sunny room and somewhat "naturalized" with a lot of green foliage plants as backdrops ... I was able to achieve the dark background by using Viveza (by NIK Software) ... Viveza allows one to control light levels, saturation, hue, contrast on a localized basis ... so the natural background in this image was a fairly dark green palette, on which I lowered the light levels until I achieved what I was looking for ... ron
chakrapani from Hyderabad, India
All said and done ! , lovely play of colours !black and pink with white edges !
9 Feb 2009 6:04pm
Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Love the contrast and composition. Really beautiful, Ron!
9 Feb 2009 6:54pm
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
Now this is my type of image - beautifully done, Ron - a stunner of a shot!
9 Feb 2009 7:02pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Stunning shot, hte droplets and colours are remarkable.
9 Feb 2009 7:41pm
Suzanne from Huntington Beach, CA, United States
Stunning. Your composition and depth of field are perfect. I love it.
9 Feb 2009 8:56pm
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Stunning winter scenes over the past few day's Ron.
And this shot is absolutely stunning!
9 Feb 2009 9:36pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Adore the way the little orchids lift form the background like this . . very sweet.
9 Feb 2009 10:44pm
Bertrand Duhamel from Granby, Canada
Good composition and beautiful light ! Nice 3D effect too !
10 Feb 2009 3:50am
Canon EOS 40D
1/320 second
F/1.2
ISO 400
50 mm