Tulip cloud

Gallery: FloraPosted April 10, 2011131 views19 comments

This large clump of white tulips was on display at the HK flower show last month. Saw this lone flower with a drooping petal amongst the sea fo white. Crouch down really low and over exposed to get this cloud like effect with frilly edge visible. The effect looks like where tulips go after they pass on

d90 F8 1/13sec 105mm+1.7TC. Thanks for looking and C&C appreciated.

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19 comments

Comment posted by Bob Duff on April 10, 2011 at 10:49 AM

Pretty special Gary. I like the comp and processing decisions. It does look like clouds. Only possible suggestion would be to increase the saturation of the green and yellow to have it pop some more. It's a suggestion... I really like it as posted.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on April 10, 2011 at 11:02 AM

Beautifully ethereal and highly original Gary. It's a gorgeous image. I like it exactly as posted.

pat

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on April 10, 2011 at 11:19 AM

Gary this really is a cloud of loveliness, Beautiful work!

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on April 10, 2011 at 12:21 PM

Great test for the monitor, Gary. My thoughts are same as Pat's - it looks very nice and appealing to me.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on April 10, 2011 at 2:48 PM

beautiful image, Gary!!!!

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on April 10, 2011 at 5:37 PM

Delicate handling of a well composed image. Just enough of the center detail showing to give it a solid base. Well done!

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on April 10, 2011 at 6:05 PM

A very delicate looking, beautiful picture, Gary!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 10, 2011 at 7:48 PM

Nice job of finding the drooping petal and taking advantage. The cloud effect works very well.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on April 10, 2011 at 9:19 PM

Outstanding.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on April 10, 2011 at 9:55 PM

Very interesting image. It took a minute for me to see the image, it looked like the stamen and anthers were in snow. Very artistic image. Well seen and photographed.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on April 11, 2011 at 1:35 AM

Wonderful piece of work Gary ...love the break in color ..and the little green really suits the frame...The jagged edges of the white flower really gives a nice feel too ...lesser zoom with the green one mm up the frame and a larger version ..well done

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by wade pettitt on April 11, 2011 at 11:47 AM

Gary, this is very nice. Great comp and very different from (normal) flower photo.I agree that a slight saturation tweak might be a good idea, but love this as posted.

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on April 11, 2011 at 12:21 PM

I wasn't sure what I was going to see when I opened this post. This is sublime ... love it!

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 11, 2011 at 12:59 PM

Stunning image, Gary. I love it.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on April 11, 2011 at 2:37 PM

Way cool Gary. I love the sea (or cloud) of tulips with the subtle details visible. Very nice cram shot.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on April 11, 2011 at 3:15 PM

Outstanding high key image.

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Comment posted by Bernie Kasper on April 11, 2011 at 11:55 PM

Awesome in every sense Gary, lovely work !!

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on April 12, 2011 at 5:15 PM

An image that stirs the imagination, Gary. The neatess of pistil and stamens struggles with the mistery in the whites; when, usually, the mistery is in the black. Beautiful work.
Take care.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on April 13, 2011 at 9:27 AM

I like this too, an excellent job handling the lighting. Really soft and dreamy!

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