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A beautiful tree


A beautiful tree
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Copyright: Maite SRivero (Maite) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1007 W: 64 N: 1266] (5195)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-01-21
Categories: Flowers, Trees
Exposure: f/5.6, 30 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-02-21 15:23
Viewed: 1304
Points: 68
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Tulipero del Gabón (Spathodea campanulata)
Muchas gracias Victor (JUYONA) por la identificación.

Estas flores tan hermosas crecen normalmente en la copa de un árbol muy curioso que encontré en las calles de la ciudad de Arrecife, en Lanzarote.
Me llamaron poderosamente la atención, así que tomé un par de fotos. Ya os mostraré la otra.

Espero que os guste.

Saludos, amigos.

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African Tulip tree, Tulipier du Gabon
Thank you very much to Ulla and Hervé for the English and French names of Spathodea campanulata.

At Arrecife, the capital city of Lanzarote, I found some strange trees with huge red flowers on their tops.
They attracted greatly my attention, so I took a pair of shots. I will show you the second later.

I hope you like it!

Best wishes to all and thanks for your visit.

JoseMiguel, fartash, Silvio2006, jmp, jeanpaul, fiyo, herve1993, Alex99, livios, nainnain, goutham_ramesh, JORAPAVI, Raptorman, peter_stoeckl, mikou, martinmena, Necipp, sgo, izler, saeedabbasi, pablominto, undoredo, nirmalroberts has marked this note useful
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Hola Maite,
Son preciosas las flores!
Pero soy muy malo con los nombres, yo las conozco, ya que las islas canarias y Venezuela tienen mucha afinidad en cuanto a flora y geografía, pero no me se el nombre ahora mismo.
Muy bueno el punto de vista ascendente, las captaste en todo su esplendor.
El rojo intenso contrasta muchísimo con el verde del follaje y el azul del cielo.
Enhorabuena y gracias por compartir la foto.
La composición me gusta mucho, está muy bien balanceada.
Un gran saludo,
JM

Hello Maite
Very nice shot of this beautiful
flowers,Excellent compo and lighting,
I saw this flower in Here(Bangalore),
and I don't know the name :-)
Welldone.

Regards
Fartash

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  • ciccio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 227 W: 52 N: 337] (2721)
  • [2007-02-21 15:36]

Buenas Maite, una flores muy bellas, capatadas con buena definición y colorido. Me gusta mucho ese reflejo en el borde de una de ellas. Enhorabuena y un saludo.

José Luis

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer [C: 191 W: 0 N: 10] (173)
  • [2007-02-21 15:53]

selam Maite;
güzel bir macro tebriklerselamlar

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2264 W: 10 N: 2633] (15577)
  • [2007-02-21 16:12]
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Hola Maite,
Magnífico pov. y agradable disparo y presentación, este arbol es un Tulipero del Gabón (Spathodea campanulata).
Arbol que presenta un fuerte contraste entre sus hojas verde oscuro intenso y los racimos de flores rojas con un ribete amarillento que le da un tinte naranja.
Florece en los meses de marzo a mayo.

Hola Maite, lovely flowers with splendid colors and great sharpness, interesting note, brava, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2007-02-21 16:55]

Hola Maite,
Unas flores llamativas y muy bonitas. Las calles deben estár preciosas con esta decoración!
Saludos, José m.

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  • Nilson Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 442 W: 0 N: 427] (3110)
  • [2007-02-21 19:33]

Que ótima foto Maite,muito bem focada,esse vermelho com o verde destaca bastante,parabéns por escolher uma flôr tão bonita e fotografa-la tão bem,exelente.
Nilson.

Salut Maite
Belle saturation des couleurs, on voit bien la netteté et le rebord des feuilles comme de la dentelle. L'expositon est bien réussie.
Merci pour le partage et au revoir...JP

hi maite,
lovely floral shot,
low angle on pov is effective here making the sky nice bg,
well saturated colours, simple & nice frame,
tfs & regards
pankaj

Bonjour Maité,
Très joli tulipier du Gabon. La fleur est magnifique, avec le bord des pétales délicatement crénelé. Ta photo restitue bien le rouge flamboyant des fleurs.
Salutations
Hervé

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3586 W: 143 N: 5690] (18601)
  • [2007-02-22 8:46]

Hi Maite.
Bravo, my dear friend. What an artistic shot, nice subject for shooting and expressive POV. You have hold with complex light conditions perfectly. Light BG and perfectly illuminated plant - it requires great skillfulness. Amazing work of art. My compliments and TFS.
Alexei.

This is an interesting flower on a tree, Maite. Or did you mean a plant?
The red colour contrasts very well with the dark green here.
TFS.
Ram

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  • rdfoto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 372 W: 0 N: 719] (3295)
  • [2007-02-22 12:11]

Bonjour Maite
Très belle composition et cadrage, excellente couleurs (le rouge sort très bien) personellement je n'ais jamais vus ces fleurs. Bravo pour la belle prise.
Amicalement Robi

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2007-02-22 17:17]

Maite, as flores são mesmo muito belas.

Gosto da saturação e do contraste. A nitidez também ficou ótima.

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-02-22 21:37]

Hello Maite

A beautiful flower.very exotic looking to me.Very good colour saturation,and nice sharp detail and well focused.Well done TSF

Rob

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 987 W: 5 N: 2762] (10618)
  • [2007-02-23 4:41]

Hello Maite, Very good work ! impressive colors and composition ! Thanks for sharing

HELLO MAITE
ENCORE UNE TRES JOLIE FLEUR
les couleurs sont beles, claires et nettes sur bon BG, bravo et merci
edith

Hi,
These flowers are quite common in bangalore, in fact those buds contain a lot of stinking water which kids use to spary on each other !
U've have managed to show a simple subject in wonderfully
TFS
Goutham R

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2999 W: 162 N: 984] (2877)
  • [2007-02-23 11:26]

Hi Maite,
Very nice close shot of the flowers of the African Tulip tree. This seems to have been spread by man to the whole world, we last saw it in Australia!! It is a very beautiful tree and as you illustrate here, the flowers are enormous!
TFS, Ulla

Hola Maite,
Una imagen muy bella, la nitidez, color y composición son excelentes, el fondo y la luz son muy agradables. Un cordial saludo

Hi Maite , what a wonderful and strange plant , your photo shows us how beautiful this flowers , TFS , good luck...

Hello Maite,
very impressing blossoms on this tropical tree that seems to grow very well on your islands. I like the deeply saturated colours, the look on the blossoms from different angles, and the simple composition against the clear sky that convinces us that the object must be quite huge. Thank you for sharing!
My best wishes to you,
Peter

That are remarkable flowers! I'm just wondering how big they are in real life, since there is not really a reference in the picture.
I'm guessing about 25-30 cm for the whole top of the branch?

Funny, especially for someone from the Netherlands to see 'African' and 'tulip' in one sentence and it's even in a tree! ;-).

Very nice picture.

Greetings, Dennis

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  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 840 W: 67 N: 1311] (5269)
  • [2007-02-25 7:19]

Hi Maite.
Another very interesting plants from you.Very good point of view giving feeling about sizes those herbage(tree?) with blue sky as background.Splendid blossoms with beautiful red color.
Very nice done,thank you for sharing of this interesting picture.
Best greetings Milos

Hola Maite.
Muy buena toma de esa bella flor, la primera vez que la veo.El color rojo es precioso.Saludos.
Antonio.

Hello Maite,

excllent colors Bg POV DOF perfect details very crisdp I really like this POV alot well done

TFS Kyle

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  • sgo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 137 W: 32 N: 239] (718)
  • [2007-02-25 12:47]

Hi Maite,
What a wonderful picture of these lovely blossoms of the African Tulip tree you let us enjoy here! The rich red, saturated colours are very well reproduced as well as sharpness and details. But above all, the composition is very effectful against the open sky, so majestic and solemn. Thank you very much for an unusually attractive contribution and the good note!
With best regards,
Goran

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 1399 W: 3 N: 30] (506)
  • [2007-02-25 13:47]

hello Maite
this is beautiful and interesting flower for me. i have never seen like this. i like composition, point of view, colours, framing and informative note
thanks for sharing
regards
izler

Hi Maite ,
nice image with great focus and sharpness.
well done.
thanks for sharing
regards
Saeed

Hola Maite, very high standard of quality technically very good and artistically very nice also. tfs rgds Necip.

Hello Maite,
Lovely green and red colour contrast!
Well done on the close-up work, fine details are captured...
I like the composition with the sky background!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • CTP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 647 W: 6 N: 1106] (3191)
  • [2007-07-24 14:38]

Hi Maite,
Beautiful photo of this African Tulip tree.
I like your nice colors,blue sky,POV,framing,composition and focus.TFS
CT

Hello Maite,
What a wonderful creature. I've never seen this tree before, even on the net. This deep red colour and amazing shape on the end of edges. Very attractive to me. :-)
excellent details and perspective POV with lovely blue sky, well presented!!
TFS and best wishes,
Kevin
Sorry I will be back later.

Hi Maite,
Beautiful flower. Very well presented. TFS.
- Nirmal

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