Cyclamens are arrived

Gallery: FloraPosted October 19, 2014281 views14 comments

Cyclamens are the king of the flowers in autumn and winter.

In a plot in our garden, early in the morning, back lit against a light covered sky.

D800E, Nikkor 200mm macro - f/22 and ISO 360

Thanks for your opinions and advises.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 19, 2014 at 6:43 PM

Bravo!!! Gorgeous work.

pat

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

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 19, 2014 at 9:24 PM

This is a tough one to critique for me. I like the individual parts, but the whole feels flat to me. Maybe it's just me!

Still, and excellent product.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on October 19, 2014 at 11:34 PM

Excellent on many levels Gigi! I love the high-key BG. I love the variance in the BG. The colors and attitudes of the bloom are great. Well done!

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on October 20, 2014 at 7:18 AM

Gigi ..This is fantastic ...I like this as is ..at the same time ..i would have also tried this out with lesser magnification...

Balan Vinod

Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 20, 2014 at 2:07 PM

Gorgeous image, Gigi. I really like the highkey color combination.This may work as a vertical comp too, I think.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on October 20, 2014 at 3:32 PM

Thanks Phil for telling me your thought. You are right, the image is flat: in fact I lowered the contrast trying to create a bit of pictorial look; I also added less color saturation, more light, two pixel of softness. I hope that you can feel my aim.
Thanks again Phil.

Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments

Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on October 20, 2014 at 7:26 PM

Beautifully done. I like the "artistic" feel to this. Can't wait for cyclamens arrive at our local nursery.

Registered on May 1, 2009, 652 Posts, 762 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 20, 2014 at 11:34 PM

Gigi: Without doubt one of the finest cyclamen shots I've seen in some time. Superb BG and a fine comp. >=))>

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

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on October 21, 2014 at 10:34 AM

Delightful, Gigi ! The flowers suggest to me a chorus in a ballet - a wonderfully vital image !!

Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments

Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on October 21, 2014 at 10:03 PM

Beautiful image Gigi! The background works wonderfully with the flowers. Very airy and artistic image. Excellent work!

Sanjay

Registered on April 9, 2013, 107 Posts, 725 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 22, 2014 at 11:04 PM

Hi Gigi

Another very beautiful presentation...very artistically done

Albert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Yun Gao on October 25, 2014 at 10:38 AM

Bright and cheerful! Like this a lot just the way it is.

Registered on September 11, 2012, 267 Posts, 1621 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on October 25, 2014 at 11:14 PM

Super, Gigi.

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

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on October 30, 2014 at 4:58 AM

Many congratulations, Gigi, on another wonderful image - a thoroughly deserved EP !!!!!!

Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments