Blue Poppy

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted April 26, 2013373 views17 comments

The blue poppies were out at Longwood last month. Amazing colors enhanced by a minimal fractalius filter. Otherwise a straight image taken with Canon 7D, using 100-400 IS lens with 500D filter for macro.

Comments always welcomed.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 26, 2013 at 10:14 AM

Beautiful Patricia, the "minimal fractalius filter" is just the ticket!
Nicely composed, and I like the way the lines/veins of each petal 'flow'.
And the few bits of pollen I see add nicely as well.
Have a great weekend!

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on April 27, 2013 at 5:21 PM

Beautiful shot Patricia, I really love it! I don't know what a fractalius filter is, but I guess that's what gives the image a painted look. When I saw it small I thought it was a yellow aspen leaf frozen into ice. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Marc Ward on April 30, 2013 at 4:41 PM

Patricia,

Lovely composition and colors...

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on May 1, 2013 at 12:30 AM

Amazing colors and lines. A very delicate and beautiful image.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on May 1, 2013 at 10:43 AM

Fantastic!

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 1, 2013 at 8:10 PM

Beautiful image! Great use of the fractalius filter. Congratulations on the WP.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 2, 2013 at 12:03 AM

sweet! congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on May 2, 2013 at 1:32 AM

Patricia, you have created the most beautiful poppy that I have seen in my life! I can't stop admiring it for the unbelievable number of fine details. Brava!

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 2, 2013 at 12:42 PM

A stunning image, Patricia - many congrats on a thoroughly deserved EP !!!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 2, 2013 at 6:57 PM

Patricia: Beautiful flower superbly rendered. Congrats on the WP. >=))>

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Comment posted by Karen Kane on May 5, 2013 at 1:18 PM

Beautiful image Patricia - the minimalist approach in Fractalius was very effective. Congrats on the WP

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 6, 2013 at 1:19 AM

This is great. The gentle combination of colors, flow lines, and the distortion of the fractalius filter blend really nicely. Very well done!

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on May 9, 2013 at 2:38 AM

This is just fantastic! Great work.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on May 9, 2013 at 5:01 PM

Love this, Pat! Well done on both capture and processing!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 15, 2013 at 10:28 PM

Hi Patricia

Congrats on winning the WP. a great presentation

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on May 27, 2013 at 10:17 AM

U got a winner ...by any measure! Glad to see this...Johnny-Come-Lately. THe grainy look is terrific, I never would have guessed...but such a delicate and fragile mood works so well with the superb lighting and shadows. WOW! Congrats on WP.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on June 11, 2013 at 3:30 PM

WOW - this is gorgeous! Amazing - well done Patricia.

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