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Bird of a ............

Postby LostDingo on Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:49 am

had a play around the house with a Bird of Paradise in our back yard. After minor surgery and black cardboard and a different perspective this is what I have..........
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Postby Killakoala on Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:55 am

I like all three of your persepectives. A subject that is one of my favorites and nicely photographed. Thanks.
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Postby radar on Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:40 am

Beautiful Paul,

they are an amazing flower to photograph and you have done great here. My only comment would be on the second one to have just a little bit of black extra on the left, so that the flower doesn't touch the frame.

Very nicely composed. What lens did you use?

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Postby daniel_r on Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:34 am

Paul, again you match your standard that we've come to expect of you :)

Fantastic images. Well composed with good lighting.
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Postby Sheila Smart on Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:26 am

Excellent work and great angles. The bird of paradise has got to be one of the most interesting flowers to photograph. Its sometimes difficult to get the whole darn thing in the frame! An interesting thing to note that its one of the most Googled image-searched flowers - if my stat counter info on my PBase site is correct!

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Postby LostDingo on Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:07 pm

Killakoala wrote:I like all three of your persepectives. A subject that is one of my favorites and nicely photographed. Thanks.


Thanks Steve! I have to say I love these as a subject also :wink:

radar wrote:My only comment would be on the second one to have just a little bit of black extra on the left, so that the flower doesn't touch the frame.
What lens did you use?
André


I agree about the black on number 2, too bad I didn't have the space when I shot :? #1 and #2 were shot with the 70-200 VR and #3 was with a 50mm 1.8

daniel_r wrote: Well composed with good lighting.


Thanks Daniel :!: All Natural sidelight through block glass, vey high tech :!: 8)

Sheila Smart wrote:The bird of paradise has got to be one of the most interesting flowers to photograph. Sheila


No arguement here Sheila :!: They are great aren't they :D
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Postby mudder on Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:39 pm

Wow, the black background makes the color in these stunning flowers really jump out!

As already mentioned, would have liked a smidge more room on the left in #2, that one being the pick for me...

The lighting seems really nice and diffused in #2 and #3, whereas #1 seems to have hotspots?

Stunning flower...
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