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my everlasting


my everlasting
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Copyright: Raul Boncan Jr (voyagenation) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 66 W: 30 N: 189] (2100)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-06
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D70, 18-70mm AF-S DX f/3
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1000 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-18 3:52
Viewed: 518
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Everlasting flowers are not the perennial flowers or weeds in your garden that you just can't seem to get rid of. They are flowers that retain their color and form when dried. Many everlasting flowers are composed of colorful, papery petals called bracts that are stiff and dry while still attached to the living plant. The French call them "immortelles." Flowers of this type are popular to grow and save for winter arrangements.
The most important thing to know about everlasting flowers is when to harvest the flowers so they best retain their color and form. Picking them too early or too late causes them to become misshapen or darken as they dry. Each type has its own best time for picking which a gardener learns through experience. It is important to make daily trips through the garden. It may mean picking just a few stems at their optimum stage for drying and waiting a day or so to harvest a few more.

Before drying, carefully remove the foliage from the stems, unless you are specifically drying it for its foliage.

Burnham Park, Baguio City
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Hi Raul,
I like the selective focus on one of the flowers. Very pleasing comp with good colors. Cheers pare!
Danilo

Great find Raul.

The colors are amazing. The blurred background is great too. Contrast too. Lovely.

TFS.

Beautiful shot. The colors are so rich and the DOF is wonderful. Nice job.

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  • fff Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 602 W: 0 N: 40] (2706)
  • [2006-07-31 12:03]
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HI RAUL
NICE COLORS PLAY WITH THE BLUR AND THE FOCUS

Beautiful flowers, very nice contrst with background!

Really like the scattered nature of the flowers, the DOF and the depth of colours is nice. I have a similar picture of some tulips
*Similar in the scattered nature.
I also like the way the main flower in focus leads your eyes through the image, Well done.

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