<< Previous Next >>

The First..!


The First..!
Photo Information
Copyright: Pablo Minto (pablominto) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3698 W: 189 N: 4349] (16128)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-21
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-04-21 11:02
Viewed: 1002
Points: 104
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This afternoon came with great weather, sunshine from blue sky!

As late as Easter we had large amounts of snow, but luckily it is all gone now and I have the pleasure of giving you the first flower of 2007! Fresh from camera, nothing fancy but even more welcome, enjoy..!

Do notice the mini flowers in the center of the flower!

------

Valerie Schnepp (valy67) has photograped the same flower, and gives a fine piece of information in her note:

http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/France/photo100554.htm

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) is a plant in the family Asteraceae.

Alex99, jcoowanitwong, ramthakur, HaBeMa, jhm, mlines, jeanpaul, uleko, deblink, mikou, mvdisco, SkyF, saeedabbasi, nainnain, Necipp, glazzaro, angybone, NellyD, izler, petrudamsa, Juyona, dew77, Silke, gracious, pierrefonds, Mikolaj, jusninasirun, Hormon_Manyer has marked this note useful
Only registered TrekNature members may rate photo notes.
Add Critique [Critiquing Guidelines] 
Only registered TrekNature members may write critiques.
Discussions
None
You must be logged in to start a discussion.

Critiques [Translate]

Hola Pablo.
Preciosa y luminosa presentación con unos hermosos colores dorados.
Saludos, JL.

spl

  • Great 
  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16524)
  • [2007-04-21 11:21]

Hi Pablo

Great sharpness and vibrant colours.

TFS
James

I understand you Pablo. We live the same situation here. It looks like summer has arrived after a harsh winter and that we stepped into it without haven spring! Yesterday, I saw my first butterfly and few days before we still had snow... This is a sunny post with great colors, composition, DOF and details! Well done and TFS,
Claudine

  • Great 
  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3591 W: 143 N: 5691] (18607)
  • [2007-04-21 11:36]

Hi Pablo.
I share your feelings. Great time is springtime. Your nice picture illustrate this perfectly. It is full of freshness, sun and tenderness. Dark colourful BG underlines the beauty of these flowers very well. I also like perfect sharpness of details of the petal and flower heart. Lovely done nice picture. Thank you so much and best wishes.
Alexei.

Hello Pablo,
Great and happy to know that spring has come to your town. Beautiful blooming flowers to welcome spring. tfs.
JC

  • Great 
  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 529 W: 87 N: 697] (6141)
  • [2007-04-21 12:02]

salut Pablo,
très bonne image, le jaune de ces fleurs est très bien mis en valeur. Jolie composition équilibrée.

tfs

Hello Pablo,
The good days are finally here and nothing could announce their arival in a more pleasant way than this pair of sprightly and mint-fresh flowers from Norway :-).
Brilliant composition, colours and details on the flower up front.
Best regards,
Ram

Hi dear Pablo;very quality a macro,good yellow color,good sharp my friend...
Habema.
:-]

  • Great 
  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 649 W: 0 N: 178] (628)
  • [2007-04-21 12:30]

Hi Pablo,

We have a very beautiful springtime here in Belgium, almost very extraordinarily, 22 days without rain and almost 10 degrees above the normally temperatures, incredible but it's a lot to dry. Splendid yellow flowers you taken with the focus depth on the first heart of this flower, splendid done.

Have a nice evening,
John.

  • Great 
  • carmia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 228 W: 4 N: 140] (2084)
  • [2007-04-21 12:36]

Pretty flower! excellent macro and the precious colors. Greetings.

Hey hey - I see snow has gone already ...
Hi Pablo, isn't it wonderful to see the first flowers, I like your shot, full of joy and hope of better and warmer weather.
All the best for you, bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

  • Great 
  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2007-04-22 2:59]

Hi Pablo,
Here in Spain we do not celebrate sun, but rain and snow:-) Awesome details in the lovely center of this happy flower. Beautiful colours and a very nice composition.
Best regards, José M.

hola Pablo

lovely close up picture
the composition is beatiful with one flower very sharp in the fore ground and another in the bg

REGARDS

JJO

Hi Pablo. Good evidence of spring arriving in Norway. Excellent clarity and brilliant yellow. Murray.

  • Great 
  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1007 W: 64 N: 1266] (5195)
  • [2007-04-22 7:00]

What marvellous flowers!! The tiny flowers in the bottom are so cute!
Excellent sharpness and wonderful composition with perfect light and colors.
My compliments and TFS.
Greetings
Maite

  • Great 
  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2173 W: 220 N: 4384] (14904)
  • [2007-04-22 10:26]

Hi Pablo

Another charming shot from you!
This is a lovely macro and a very aestetical one - with one flower in superb focus while the other one blurred.
Beautiful colors and excellent contrast with the BG, too.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Salut Pablo
Quel magnifique prise de vue avec ce superbe macro de ces belles fleurs jaune.! Les couleurs sont sublimes.La composition est très belle ainsi que les détails!
Merci et au revoir....JP

  • Great 
  • ridvan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 555 W: 0 N: 1134] (5196)
  • [2007-04-22 12:26]

selam pablo; excellent close up capture of this beautiful flower with nice colours and BG. good POV and composition .
well done regards
ridvan

Hi Pablo,
Very pretty yellow flower, superbly captured. I love details at center of the flower. I do enjoy seeing the small flower at center. Greatly done, my friend.

BL

Bonjour,
Toujours spectaculaire ces fleurs jäunes.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

  • Great 
  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3001 W: 162 N: 989] (2897)
  • [2007-04-23 2:17]

Hello Pablo,
WOnderful macro of these bright Coltsfoot flowers showing magnificent details. I'm glad spring is arrived at your place as well! (How high up north are you??)
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

Hi Pablo,
I like this composition, the flowers are such a glorious yellow. I like that the front one is almost all well focused and the other blurred. The background colours contrast well. Very nice indeed.
Cheers,
Debbie

  • Great 
  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 840 W: 67 N: 1311] (5269)
  • [2007-04-23 9:39]

Hi Pablo.
Amazing macro with beautiful colors and light.I like nice composition and fine sharp details on little "flowers" in middle this flower.Superb done!!
TFS,with greeting Milos.

Bonjour Pablo
You have some beautiful picture on TN too,
I love the yellow colors of this flower, very nice macro shot and excellent point of view..
Michel
Many thanks for your comments,on violettes africaines..

  • Great 
  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2007-04-23 11:31]

Hi Pablo,
looks like you had just as nice a weekend as we did. You captured a wonderful spring beauty, amazing how quick nature does eact to the warm weather. Love the colors and details of this early bloomer. POV, sharpness and composition are wonderful.
Sky

Hi Pablo,
Great to see that spring has arrived in your country as well. I am sure that soon we can expect a lot more fresh photos from you now that the temperatures are better and the sun is bringing joy into your life. The species of flower is very beautiful especially the smaller flowers withing the larger one. I might have opted a smaller aperture, so that the second flower is in focus as well.
TFS,
Niek

  • Great 
  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1515 W: 18 N: 3165] (11638)
  • [2007-04-24 15:01]

Hi Pablo

It is lovely to see the flowers back isn't it? I have been out in the woods with the bluebells. Lovely bright image here with nice DOF and effective framing. Lovely

TFS

Karan

Hi Pablo, inusual never seen miniflower in the center of flower, splendid light and colors, excellent focus and sharpness, wonderful details, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hi dear Pablo ,
nice image with beautiful colour. i like this yellow colour.
well composed.
thanks for sharing
Regards
Saeed

hello PABLO
de mieux en mieux
parfaite cette photo, la mise au point a été tres bien faite sur la première fleur, génial
bravo et merci encore
edith

bonjour pablo
deux beaux soleil eclatant,la profondeur de champs aurait a mon avis été mieux soit plus profonde afin d'avoir la deuxieme fleur netté aussi soit moins pour l'avoir tres flou!enfin cela n'engage que moi.
laurent

Hello Pablo this is a lovely composition I like the dof the second flower nicely blurred. Superb detail and sharpness god light ansd colour saturation tfs rgds Necip

Muy buenas Pablo
En eso os ganamos por estas tierras ya tenemos montones de florecillas.
Buena presentación la que nos muestras y gran colorido.
Un saludo

Nice vivid color, well exposed and nicely presented.

Greg

Interesting flower! Spring has finally sprung, I see! :)
That bright yellow exemplifies the brilliance of spring! The composition and dof are great, as usual! :)

Hi Pablo,

The first and a very beautiful first :-)
These look like very special flowers, I do notice the tiny flowers within the flower itself.
Never seen this before, so thanks for sharing this.
Great capture, beautiful colours.

Greetings, Nel

Hello Pablo!
I'm so glad to see your snow is finally gone! Great start to spring seeing this pretty yellow flowers! Really like the strong focus on one and the DOF background...beautiful color! TFS
Donna:o)

Thanks so much for your comments on my photo "fog or smoke? "

  • Great 
  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 1399 W: 3 N: 30] (506)
  • [2007-05-01 14:11]

selam my friend
i see well close-up working on this beautiful flower
i like composition, point of view, lighting, colours, sharpness and details in your photo
thanks for sharing
regards
izler

Indeed Pablo!

Not a bad idea to post the Coltsfoot / Son-before-father which goes by several common names. I have some macros in the wings but wanted to see a bunch! I like your presentation of the pair, one focussed and sharp and one fading into the b/g. Tfs, J.


PS1 I laughed at your Note! It seems WE had similar problems!
< Snow at Easter, eh! >
PS2 I did a second bunch after the first

And here I did follow-up with a close-up.

Hello Pablo,

Droping by to see your beautiful close-up. We got'em like a month ago. I'm extrmely busy these days (like I was all year) preparing my final exams for my second university degree (this one will be in music :-))

Cheers, my friend!
Petru

  • Great 
  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2267 W: 10 N: 2646] (15625)
  • [2007-05-11 5:04]

hello Pablo
Wonderful flowers,
the clear central details.
and the excellent light,
muchos saludos

  • Great 
  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2007-05-12 8:09]

Hello Pablo,
Magnificent capture.Colors,clear details,contrast beween flowers and BG are wonderful.Have a great weekend!
TFS..:-)

  • Great 
  • mrcrow Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 428 W: 114 N: 193] (3002)
  • [2007-05-19 15:03]

good old spring..and a couple of interesting heads separated by good differential focus
i didnt notice the other mini flowers till i looked closer
good note that
i will guess its a daisy of some sort..
cheers
geof

  • Great 
  • edal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 376 W: 50 N: 412] (1849)
  • [2007-06-28 12:05]

Hi Pablo!
I've found this unvisited one. I'm happy to be able to see the small details in the middle of the right flower.
Anton

  • Great 
  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
  • [2007-07-05 11:29]

A delightful macro with outstanding details, Pablo!
I love the rich colours that must have been so gratefully received after the long winter
TFs
silke

  • Great 
  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2007-07-17 0:51]

Hi Pablo,
Splendid shot of these beautiful flowers and the fact that they are the first in 2007 make them more special. Brilliant yellow colour and the sharpness and exposure are exquisite. The OOF flower add depth and a fine effect to the shot and I like those tiny flowers at the centre, as you have mentioned. Excellent POV and a superb composition. I love them. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

Hello Pablo,
Perfect sharpness with details on good exposure and focus!
beautiful colour against the darker bg, just perfect!
cheers
Tony

Hi Pablo,

A nice image of the yellow flowers, the POV is showing a lot of details. The photo has a good composition, sharpness and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

Tussilago are always welcome as little suns just after the winter. Very nice macro of this plant.
Catherine

Hello Pablo! A nice pair. Wonderful flowers. Good colours, very good saturation. Nice contrast. Well done!

Hi Pablo. Interesting that you have disobeyed Pablo's principle of three :-). I guess it is due to one flower in tact sharp details and the other well kept in slightly blurry background. You focus and sharpness are really outstanding and framing is flawless. Please post some new autumn colors here in TN. TFS and best regards. Jusni

Hi Pablo,
It isn't easy to find an image in Your gallery which I still didn't comment, but finally I managed to. :) Beautiful pair, great colors, sharpness and DOF - though some of the closest petals became a bit oof. But very nice pic overall, pleasant to see even if spring is still far (at least here on the Northern hemisphere). Tfs.
Your Hungarian friend, László

Calibration Check
















0123456789ABCDEF