Bird of Paradise

Gallery: FloraPosted January 21, 201073 views5 comments

The Bird of Paradise flower has got to be one of the most unique plants in the floral kingdom. Shot while on a trip to Hawaii, with a Nikon D200 DSLR, using a Nikkor 18-135mm Lens.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 21, 2010 at 8:07 PM

Richard: Very sharp and nice capture of this flower. The background is kind of busy and using a large aperture may help.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on January 21, 2010 at 9:54 PM

Love the colors Richard. The light seems a little harsh to me in this and makes it hard to separate the flowers from the bg for me even given the color. I like the composition very much.

Pat

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 22, 2010 at 11:27 AM

Beautiful specimens. The bright light reallly shows their colors.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 23, 2010 at 11:03 PM

Richard: One of my very favorite subjects and this one is unique with the double head. The light is tough but you did well not to have any hot spots and the colors show through pretty well in spite of it. Nice work. >=))>

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Comment posted by May Haga on January 24, 2010 at 12:44 PM

Striking flowers very nicely captured. For me, I find the background a bit distracting, a more shallow depth of field may have helped but then you might not have the detail in the flower as they are such big blooms. Big blooms are always a challenge for me. Thanks for posting, this reminds me of Hawaii and that is a good thing.
May

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