Roses & Other Flowers (Dial-up warning)

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Roses & Other Flowers (Dial-up warning)

Postby Nnnnsic on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:35 am

I'd never actually taken any flower shots before this so be as mean as you want as it was my first time with a flower being the focus of my viewfinder's attention. :)

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Postby wendellt on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:37 am

3 4 and 5 are exquisite the last is cute the rest i must say are a little standard
but the closeup ones especially the ones in water are very sophisticated.
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Postby avkomp on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:53 am

2 and 3 do a good job showing the timeless beauty of the red rose.
the problem with 2 though, for me is the extra white at right.
it draws my eye.

The shots with the water present a different take on them.
I like the simpler ones. I guess I am just not that arty.

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Postby sheepie on Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:00 am

Love the velvety texture in that third one - the closeup of the red rose. Get rid of the green at the corners though :)
Great shots there Leigh - your outlook seems to be broadening ;)
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Postby xerubus on Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:38 am

i think you've done a good job. pic for me is the boganvillia (sp?) flower...

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Postby Nnnnsic on Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:30 am

xerubus wrote:pic for me is the boganvillia (sp?) flower...


See... I have no idea what that one is.

For me, it's "the red one" or "the yellow one" or even "the pink-with-a-bit-of-white one"... :)
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Postby nito on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:38 pm

nice capture with excellent colour and detail. :D Leigh you turning into a romantic? 8)
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:50 pm

Can I be a sociopathic romantic? :lol:
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Postby birddog114 on Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:12 pm

Leigh,
It's about Valentine day. Who you're going to send those lovely roses to? :roll:
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Postby wendellt on Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:28 pm

Birddog114 wrote:Leigh,
It's about Valentine day. Who you're going to send those lovely roses to? :roll:


he sent the yellow one to me late last night and asked my opinion, i said i was flattered but really not interested
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Postby birddog114 on Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:34 pm

wendellt wrote:
Birddog114 wrote:Leigh,
It's about Valentine day. Who you're going to send those lovely roses to? :roll:


he sent the yellow one to me late last night and asked my opinion, i said i was flattered but really not interested


He sent rose to you at the pre-valentine day? :idea:
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Postby wendellt on Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:17 pm

Birddog114 wrote:
wendellt wrote:
Birddog114 wrote:Leigh,
It's about Valentine day. Who you're going to send those lovely roses to? :roll:


he sent the yellow one to me late last night and asked my opinion, i said i was flattered but really not interested


He sent rose to you at the pre-valentine day? :idea:

he did birdy, which reminds me i got to get out there and find myself a valentine,

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I really like the ones int he water on 2nd look they are more interesting than the standard obvious shot
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Postby drifter on Sun Feb 12, 2006 4:18 pm

#5 and #6.(The red ones :wink: ) look the best to my eye . #5 looks abstract and the colour looks a bit richer which makes it stand out from the others .
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:03 pm

Leigh. These are all very good, but #4 and #5 transcend goodness and are trully sublime (gee I'm starting to sound like Wendell. Think I'll go field test my gear :) )
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