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• fragman (11338)
• [2008-07-17 23:41]
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nice close up, the frame is too agressive though, TFS Ori

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• Miss_Piggy (3231)
• [2008-07-17 23:58]

Hallo Beverley
Somehow I missed out on some of your images lately and that is a pity. Luckily I opened the gallery and saw this beauty. What a lovely flower! and such an interesting name Policeman's Helmet. I cannot believe it is considered to be a weed. Looking at this flower creates a feeling of joy and cheerfulness. I like the semi-opened blossoms in the background and the water droplet at the far end is just magic. Thanks for sharing, it was most enjoyable to look at.
Kind regards
Anna

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• Manuj (0)
• [2008-07-18 0:30]
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hello Beverley
how are you?
this is a nice macro of this lovely flower
wonderful defused BG
nice composition and well presented
good shot
regards
Manuj Mehta

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• haraprasan (13068)
• [2008-07-18 2:41]

Hi Beverley,
A lovely capture of this beautiful pink flower. Superb details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• lousat (9959)
• [2008-07-18 4:28]

Hi Bev,what a beautifull flower! Perfect capture,excellents details and colors,it seem exit from a flower store!Very very nice work,my best compliments and thanks to show us this beauty,Luciano

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• marhowie (34537)
• [2008-07-18 5:33]

Beautiful color and light Beverly, looks great/stands out well on this terrific BG. Actually the BG serves to make the image as a whole much more intense IMHO. Very good detail/DOF, POV, & comp also.
Well done & have a nice weekend,
Howard

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• nglen (20950)
• [2008-07-18 12:52]

Hi Beverley. A friend of mine why is a very keen and well known gardener she has been on TV a lot was given some seeds to plant not knowing what the were this was some ten years ago. and it turned out to be this plant. The seeds get spreed over a vast area and the plant grows to about 6 ft tall but has hardly no roots . Now back to the picture. A good close up looing down in to the flower just as the bee would.good detail and colour against the BG. well done TFS.
Nick..
Have a nice weekend.

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• Silvio2006 (23904)
• [2008-07-18 13:46]

Hi Bev, elegant composition with splendid flowers, lovely blurry BG and fantastic colors, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

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• Silke (5398)
• [2008-07-18 17:10]

Your little Policeman's Helmet and my Spanish Bluebells -- both noxious and yet so pretty.
I just love the details in yours -- superb BG too
TFs
silke

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• uleko (23526)
• [2008-07-20 11:30]

Hello Bev,
Beautiful capture of the Himalayan Balsam, a flower that we have here too in damp places. It is lovely and I like the way you present it against a dark background showing very sharp details. Beautiful natural colours too. Well done!
Many thanks and cheers, Ulla

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• CeltickRanger (6988)
• [2008-07-20 17:34]

hello Beverley

very beautiful shot of this flower, fine POV & DOF, i love the vertical
framing you gived to the image, beautiful luminosity and softness of the composition,
excellent sharpness and details of the flower, TFS

Asbed

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• arfer (0)
• [2008-07-20 20:02]

Hello Beverley

Just marking the post for now

Rob

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• jaycee (14955)
• [2008-07-21 8:44]

Hi Bev,

Before I read your notes I thought it was some type of Orchid. Wish we had weeds that looked like that here. It is really beautiful with exquisite colors and shadings. Excellent details of the entire flower. Stunning against the black background. I guess it's true that "you can't tell a book by its cover."

Jane

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• Argus (23317)
• [2008-07-24 12:48]

Hello Bev,
When there is a mass exodus of active TN-ers one tries to look for familiar names and yours cropped up on a critique somewhere, so I chose this excellent image in your gallery of a Himalayan Balsam flower taken with great sharpness against a superb dark neutral BG. Nice POV and composition too.
Thanks for sharing this beauty,
Regards, Ivan

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• Pitoncle (735)
• [2008-07-29 6:04]

Bonjour Bev,
Très belle macro finement détaillée et superbement colorée.
A bientôt sur TN pour de nouvelles aventures.
Gérard

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• foozi (952)
• [2008-08-31 0:30]

Hello Beverley,
a very sharp and detailed shot of the flower.
well composed with nice background and softly rendered colour.
The positioning in the frame works very well, adding interest to the frame.

regards,
Foozi