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Flora - 1st HM
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Flora - 1st HM

by Ian Wolfenden

Gallery: EPA 2012Posted September 15, 20122,047 views32 comments
1st Honorable Mention - Flora

Purple Cosmos

A newly opened flower.

Canon 400D, 100mm Macro lens, 1/50 sec @ f7.1, tripod, touches of Color Efex vignette blur.

Comments

32 comments
Comment posted by Ken Smith on September 15, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Well Done!! The b/g and vignette handled superbly in this. The dof to highlight the center and the details of the sepals also reflects a good eye. No nits...none.
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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 15, 2012 at 11:06 AM
I'm not sure how you take a similar photo and make it look this much better than I can. Ah, and there's the rub. :biggrin: Fantastic, Ian.
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
Comment posted by Rebecka on September 15, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Dreamy and gorgeous, wouldn't change a thing. :toast:
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 15, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Another of your exquisite beauties!
Lovely colours, perfect DOF anf POV, and sweet BG.
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Shrinivas Sharma on September 15, 2012 at 1:22 PM
This is extraordinary ...loved this
Registered on January 24, 2012, 33 Posts, 164 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on September 15, 2012 at 8:50 PM
The entire presentation is gorgeous, Ian. What a great cosmos series you have going! :toast:
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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on September 16, 2012 at 12:41 PM
Ian absolute perfection, a beautiful balance between soft smooth Bokeh and stunning detail ! :toast:
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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 16, 2012 at 4:57 PM
Ian - Absolutely wonderful. Looks like some kind of a clone between a painting and a photograph.
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 16, 2012 at 6:57 PM
Ian: One of my favorite of your shots in quite a while and for me it is a long list. Really nice work. >=))>
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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 16, 2012 at 10:57 PM
Ian:
Simply fabulous. :toast:
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Comment posted by May Haga on September 17, 2012 at 7:25 PM
Gorgeous.
May
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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on September 18, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Beautiful capture and editing.
Registered on November 29, 2006, 236 Posts, 1210 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 18, 2012 at 10:18 PM
Hi Ian :wavey: I think you have outdone yourself here :eek: This image is breathtakingly perfect :toast: :toast:
Albert Darmo
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on September 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Hello Ian, it's a pleasure to meet your photos again. Here I love everything: the color contrast, the clearness of the flower opposite to the softness of the background, with a mysterious mood in the darkest areas. Splendid.
Take care.
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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on September 20, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Well deserved Ian!
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Comment posted by May Haga on September 20, 2012 at 7:21 PM
Well deserved WP.
May
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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on September 20, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Beautiful! Congratulations on WP!
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 21, 2012 at 7:10 PM
Hi Ian :wavey: Congrats on a well deserved WP :toast: :toast: :toast:
Albert Darmo
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 22, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Gorgeous - congrats on the WP!
Sandy
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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on September 24, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Thank you, everyone, for your kind comments - and Moderators for the Pick !
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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on January 5, 2013 at 11:16 AM
Congrats of a beautiful presentation. :toast:
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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on January 5, 2013 at 12:40 PM
Ian, I am very very glad for you first place that your photos in the whole surely deserve. Bravo!
Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 5, 2013 at 1:12 PM
Ian, congrats for this excellent win - 1st Honorable Mention - Flora

Truly a gorgeous and deserving image, among the many you have shared with us this year.

Sandy
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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on January 5, 2013 at 2:38 PM
Ian - Congratulations :toast: . Looking forward to many more stunners in 2013. All the best.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 5, 2013 at 8:14 PM
Congratulations on the EPA. Ian!! Such a marvelous image! :toast:
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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 6, 2013 at 6:42 AM
Congrats Ian !!! :toast:

Looking forward for more in 2013
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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on January 7, 2013 at 3:24 PM
Congratulations, Ian.

Best,
Carol
Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments
Comment posted by Rick Diffley on January 8, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Ian - Well deserved 1st HM! Your image would be the one I'd point to as a great example on how to shoot a floral close-up! Stunning image.
Registered on April 8, 2012, 52 Posts, 279 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 8, 2013 at 2:05 PM
Hi Ian :wavey Congrats on the 1st HM for Flora : You had such a great year :jump: I knew that one of your fine works would win :toast: :toast: :toast:
Albert Darmo
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 10, 2013 at 12:25 PM
Congrats on the EP, Ian. I missed this first time around. The details and colors are spectacular.
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Comment posted by Yun Gao on January 10, 2013 at 10:41 PM
Ian, many congratulations on the Flora 1st Honorable Mention award! This is extremely nice.
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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on January 15, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Congratulations Ian. Absolutely gorgeous.

pat
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