Gentiana verna L.

Critiques [Translate]

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• azleader (931)
• [2008-02-10 16:00]

To my exceptionally untrained eye this looks like an iris. :) Great color, lighting and processing.

The white center of the lower flower is overexposed but the rest of the image looks great.

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• wahclella (639)
• [2008-02-10 22:49]

Hello Ena,
A beautiful flower, very soft and my favorite blue. The stamens do not bother me being burnt out as the remainder of the scene would have been too dark if you would have adjusted for the difference.
Excellent DoF also,
Steve

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• Jamesp (16522)
• [2008-02-10 22:56]

Hi Ena

Lovely macro with great colours and detail. I always find shots like this difficult as there is always some breeze.

James

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• carmia (2084)
• [2008-02-10 23:22]

Nicely macro, very beautiful color of these flowers and very good light. TFS.Carme.

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• ferranjlloret (4742)
• [2008-02-10 23:36]

Hi Ena,
The Spring Gentian it is a very pretty species that we have in the Pyrenees.
Salut. Ferran

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• jusninasirun (7662)
• [2008-02-11 0:25]

Hello Ena,

Beautiful fragile blue petals with white stamen contrasting well with the green background. Well managed light and shadow in superb sharpness of the image.

Regards,
Jusni

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• lousat (19673)
• [2008-02-11 4:37]

Ciao Ena,grandissima foto,di una perfezione assoluta come messa a fuoco e colori,veramente un gioiellino,grazie anche per le note,ciao Luciano

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• jpdenk (2061)
• [2008-02-11 6:30]
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Hello Ena,

A nice photo of a beautiful flower. I'd like to suggest a couple things that might improve it a little though. One, as has already been mentioned, the white center is overexposed to the point that pretty much all detail has been lost. I know how difficult it is to photograph things like this with a very wide dynamic range. It would require you to expose for the highlights and then adjust levels in Photoshop to brighten up the darker areas with a levels or curves adjustment and perhaps reduce noise as a result of brightening things up, but that's sometimes the only way to capture something like this one.

The second suggestion is to not sharpen images to the point where sharpening halos are visible on the edges of objects. If you look at the edges in your photo here, you'll see a white line bordering the edges of the flower petals, particularly on the flower on the left. Those white lines are the result of sharpening too much, and they slightly detract from the image, in my opinion.

But it is still a very nice image of a beautiful flower, and I'm glad that you shared it with us.

John

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• wieyos (127)
• [2008-02-11 6:54]

Hi Ena,

a superb clarity on the blue petals against the green BG. unfortunatey the strong lighting caused a slight OE on the flower's centre. well done!

TFS
Regards
Agoes

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• dejo (2238)
• [2008-02-11 7:51]

Hi Ena :)
odlican snimak, vrlo jasna slika sa super bojom i svijetlom, svidja mi se kompozicija i ugao snimanja!
steta samo zbog tog malog preeksponiranog dijela!
Ciao

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• fiyo (10618)
• [2008-02-11 9:23]

Hello Ena,
a very nice close-up with nice colours and good POV.TFS.

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• Alex99 (18533)
• [2008-02-11 10:31]

Hi Ena.
Nice flowers and their surroundings. I like vivid colours and impressive lights, framing and composition of the shot. Only one weak point is the white spot in the heart of flower. Bit it is so difficult point for exposure and shooting of contrast subjects. My best wishes and compliments.
Alexei.

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• jignasi (14727)
• [2008-02-11 10:50]

Bien reflejados los colores de esta planta Ena.
Abrazo: J. Ignasi

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• maurydv (16550)
• [2008-02-11 12:23]

Bella composizione e bei colori in questa immagine di un fiore che cresce anche nei pascoli delle montagne dove sono nato.
Brava. Ciao Maurizio

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• Ishi (3718)
• [2008-02-11 12:34]

Lovely flower, Ena.

The centers are a tad burnt, I think, but the overall effect is very pleasing.

Thanks for sharing this species which I have not seen before!

Ishi

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• boreocypriensis (33873)
• [2008-02-11 14:26]

Hi Ena,

Splendid spring gentian with lovely details and great sharpness, wonderful light and good colors!
TFS friend!

Greetings,

Bayram

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• Silvio2006 (41368)
• [2008-02-12 5:08]

Ciao Ena bella composizione con fiori di Genziana dallo splendido colore blu, ottima nitideza e buona messa a fuoco, brava, ciao Silvio

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• CENT-TRETZE (1254)
• [2008-02-12 13:44]

Hello Ena:

Thank you for commenting on my photo of the "narcissus" I unaware that they were these flower. I have visited your entire photo gallery and I have noticed that you are a flower or understood in the less you care to document those pictures. What yours is a good and commendable job well done. Congratulations.

The photo of the gentian, precious.

Sincerely yours.

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• jcoowanitwong (12117)
• [2008-02-13 1:23]

Hello Ena,
This Gentiana verna has beautiful deep blue color.You took this shot with good pov and nicely composed. TFS,
JC

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• haraprasan (17792)
• [2008-02-13 7:20]

Hi Ena,
WOW! what beautiful colors these flowers have. The name reminds me of a disinfectant used for our cattles here when I was a kid "Gentian Violet". Lovely details and composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• MMM (8905)
• [2008-02-13 10:33]

Hi Ena
Very nice composition.Good POV and well composed image.Colors are outstanding.
TFS Michel

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• yedidia (439)
• [2008-02-13 20:53]

Hi Ena,
splendid pure blue flowers. Their structure is unique and your POV is perfect to represent that. Very good composition, as well as DOF and sharpness. Though It is a little pity, that the pistil and stamens of the left flower are seem to be over-lighting.
Best regards,
Yedidia

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• uleko (2789)
• [2008-02-14 5:07]

Hello Ena,
I love Gentiana flowers and I think G. verna is the most beautiful of all, its colour that you've captured so well is a lovely blue! Great sharpness too and a fine composition.
Many thanks, Ulla

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• Patleboss (5948)
• [2008-02-14 14:01]

Hello Ena,
lovely composition with splendid colours and good focus,
excellent composition,
cheer,
friendly,
Pat

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• Mana (18518)
• [2008-02-14 23:23]

Hi Ena,
I will be back with a proper critique.
Sumon

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• amcolli (392)
• [2008-02-16 8:49]

foto quasi perfetta!
anna

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• zulfu (868)
• [2008-02-21 3:09]

Selam Ena
Nice close-up capture. Beautifull flower with excellent details. TFS. Regards,
Mehmet

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• xTauruSx (604)
• [2008-02-21 4:10]

Hello Ena,
Superb closeup of this nice flower. The detail and focus is fantastic.. great vivid color too! nice composition!
TFS
Greetings,
Deniz

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• sayat (1457)
• [2008-02-22 11:36]

Amazing blue flowers captured in a great way! The middle white parts are a little overexposed but it is ovious that the light is very hard and shooting is difficult. The sharpness is amazing, great shot!

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• rkailas (850)
• [2008-02-23 0:21]

Hello Ena

What a beautiful blue! The colors are well saturated and pleasing in this image.

TFS and Best
Ravi

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• cicindela (8635)
• [2008-02-25 0:39]

Dear Ena!
Another intersting flower species from your collection. I like it especially because it is so... blue! :)
Friendly yours,
Radek

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• nkasot (211)
• [2008-03-03 13:30]

Hi Ena, Another perfect image. All is perfect; composition colors details contrast, all is beautiful. TFS.
Cheers,
Nazım

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• bahadir (642)
• [2008-03-04 9:23]

Hi Ena,
Another great shot, lovely composition and super frame. TFS.
Greetings,
Bahadır

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• Argus (34987)
• [2008-03-09 4:24]

Hello Ena,
I missed this one!
I love the blue of these Spring Gentians, the intensity of which is wonder in Nature. This is a nicely composed and sharp capture. You are lucky to have these growing in the wild in your country.
Thanks for sharing this beauty,
Ivan