Lords and Ladies

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2006-05-17 7:51]
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Hi Valerie, Excllent colors, BG, DO, I like this POV alot, TFS KYLe

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• loot (10031)
• [2006-05-17 8:22]
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Hi Valerie
Wow, what spectacular colour? This is an excellent capture and you really managed to bring out the best of this flower with the available light you had.
The colours are just stunning and the texture of the flower is clearly visible due to the sharpness of the details. You presented it very well in this beautiful composition and the frame is absolutely complimentary to the flower.
The OOF BG further enhances the flower very nicely, but here might be the only aspect that you could have addressed a little more in your PP. I think if you selected the background and applied the 'Gaussian Blur' filter to it at ±0.8 and then did some noise reduction on the BG only it would have improved the BG even more. However, this photo is beautiful as it is so I am not busy nit picking, but merely giving you a suggestion on possible further optimisation.
Very well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot
PS. This is really one of those photos that make you feel like you wish it was your own.

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• jmp (8411)
• [2006-05-17 8:56]
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Hola Valerie,
Muy bien iluminada planta, que deja ver los detalles y la textura de la misma. El nombre "Señores y señoritas" es algo incompresible to me. ¿Tienes idea de su sentido?

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• pilonm (2919)
• [2006-05-17 10:09]
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Hello Valerie,

Very nice composition here! I like the way you framed and present your picture (vertically). Details are awesome and the colours looks very natural! Great pov, bg and dof! Very well done! TFS,

Michel

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• jcoowanitwong (12117)
• [2006-05-17 10:57]

Hello Valerie,
I really like the texture and sharpness of this picture. The color also fascinating. Very well done and TFS.
JC

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• peter_stoeckl (10219)
• [2006-05-17 12:20]
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Hi Valerie,
very interesting and pretty shot of the Arum blossom. Wide spread and quite common, the blossoms seem to be open for one day only, and they are very well hidden in the shadow of forests so they remain undiscovered most of them, whereas the bright red fruits may be seen very frequently in Autumn.
So the picture does not fail to surprise and excite most of us as being something very uncommon.
Very well taken, and very good notes, too.
By the way, I took some pictures of a closely related species a few days ago in Vienna, I intended to post them in a few days, and I still do - so thank you for opening this season's chapter on Arum maculatum / Arum alpinum!
Best regards,
Peter
:)

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• SunToucher (10175)
• [2006-05-18 3:52]
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Hi Valerie,
What do write when you see the critique from Loot. More then I second that is what I can do.
I just love the photo and the colors. I've never seen it before, so thanks for showing it to me.
The only recommendation I have is to use a little black line between the photo and the first line of the frame so to seperate the green color of the plant from the green color of the frame.
TFS,
Niek

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• pablominto (16082)
• [2006-05-18 5:25]
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Hello Valerie,
Beautiful colours... Superb definition!
Very nice image, with both artistic and educational qualities...
Nice job indeed!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• ramthakur (32154)
• [2006-05-18 8:05]

Lovely harbingers of spring, Valerie.
What a nice hour-glass figure this one has!
Very well composed shot.

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• elefantino (14381)
• [2006-05-18 11:52]

Hi Valerie,
great shot!
I really like the compo and the colors.
Andrea

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• osse (7801)
• [2006-05-19 18:13]

Hi Valerie
Great colours. Good sharpnes, details, DOF and POV.
Well done

osse

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• cherokeechief (142)
• [2006-05-21 11:42]
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Hey Valerie, I have these in my garden! (Got one for the scavenger hunt over on Trek Lens right now) Great color. Interesting note (now I know they grow wild and have learned they are almost considered a nuisance in N. America. Oh well, I love their foliage that stays bright green all winter!). The only thing I might suggest at all, is maybe trying to get closer to better capture the veins in the leaf & crop the bottom just a tad more. TFS! Randy

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• lovenature (5067)
• [2006-05-23 21:36]
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A very interesting flower Valerie. One of my favorite colours too. A nice closeup with lots of detail.

Is that your horse on your profile?? He look very tall. What breed is he? Janice :)

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• pat (410)
• [2006-05-25 8:59]

Hi Valerie,
Splendide photo de cet Arum, plante vraiment magnifique. Vous avez reussi a en restituer toute sa beaute par un eclairage parfait et une tres belle composition centree sur son pistil noiratre.
Merci pour ce partage,
Patrick

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• TAZ (10926)
• [2006-05-28 4:40]
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Joli cliché pour cet Arum. J'aime bien les couleurs et la netteté. Pour chipoter je dirai qu'il est domage que le sommet soit tronqué. Compliments Valéry !

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• Silke (5406)
• [2006-06-26 23:15]

this is a most intriguing flower: looks very similar to the Jack in the Pulpit that grows here in Canada, which is also a member of the Araceae / Arum family. I love the colours of yours and your photo is also superb: great POV, DOF and composition.
TSF
Silke

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• sranjan (4012)
• [2009-04-11 20:08]

Hello Valerie,
This is a no doubt beautiful photograph of Arum maculatum. It has all shades of brilliant green courtesy superb luminosity. Happy Easter to you & your family. TFS
Regards-Subhash