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Gallery: FloraPosted June 1, 201158 views8 comments

Hello Everybody , this is my first post in NPM ( flora gallery ).
My name is Cristiano Xavier from Brazil.
The last 03 years just looking and now I become a member .
Nature for me is my home , my peaceful place.
Here in Brazil we have incredible places but most of them are not acessible . The country is very big and the roads does not help.
I hope make some friends and share some experiences.
Any comments are welcome.
Thank's

Cristiano Xavier

Canon 5DII , Canon 85mm 1.8 plus extension tube.
1/100 f1.8 ISO 320 , natural light
This flower grows in Serra do Cipó - Minas Gerais State - Brazil

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 1, 2011 at 4:49 PM

Beautiful electric blue , love the pop of yellow !

Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 1, 2011 at 8:23 PM

Cristiano:
Welcome to NPN and floral. There is a bunch of terrific and helpful photographers here and I am sure you will enjoy interacting with them.

I like your first post. The yellow anthers are nicely set against the blue petals. Also like your soft treatment. This must be quite a small flower since you are using ET and so the DOF must be very shallow and getting the stigma in focus as well may not be possible. I don't know if the situation allows for multiple focus stacking (assuming no wind). Also wish for a little more room along the right so the tip is not touching the edge.

Look forward to seeing more of your floral images from Brazil.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on June 1, 2011 at 8:31 PM

Welcome to the flora gallery. I like the contrasting colors. If possible, additional depth of field in the upper flower would have been nice, but this is good as is.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 1, 2011 at 8:52 PM

Welcome to the gallery Cristiano. I think you've introduced yourself by way of a beautiful image. I love the mood of it as well as the composition, colors and darkness. For my tastes this is very appealing exactly as posted. No suggestions. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work. Again, welcome.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Miro Susta on June 2, 2011 at 7:18 AM

Welcome to NPN Christiano. I like the beautiful blue colour. IMO a bit more space (left & right) would considerably improve this nice presentation.

Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 2, 2011 at 12:43 PM

Cristiano: Welcome to NPN and to the finest Flora gallery on the planet. I like the colors especially and I also like the grass supporting elements on the left side. A bit more room on the right side and a touch more DOF on the center would improve this for me but it is very strong as posted. Great to have you aboard and looking forward to more.>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 2, 2011 at 2:32 PM

Welcome to NPN and nice first post. The colors work very well together. I like the soft treatment of this image.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 4, 2011 at 1:43 PM

Lovely first post, and welcome!

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments