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Copyright: richard james (Kilted-Arab) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1031 W: 105 N: 2180] (9133)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-28
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon 5D, Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flowers [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-07-27 20:58
Viewed: 632
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Snapped this morning in the "Mist House" at Singapore Botanic Gardens.

"The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a dynamic and living monument to the foresight of the founding fathers of Singapore. Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore and a keen naturalist, established the first botanical and experimental garden on Government Hill (Fort Canning Hill) in 1822, shortly after his arrival in Singapore. He aimed to introduce cultivation of economic crops such as cocoa and nutmeg. However, without a full-time salaried director and sufficient funding, the garden languished and was closed in 1829, after Raffles' death.


The Gardens at its present site was founded in 1859 by an Agri-Horticultural Society. Planned as a leisure garden and ornamental park, the Society organised flower shows and horticultural fetes. In 1874, the Society handed over management and maintenance of the site to the government. The scientific mission of the Gardens evolved when the colonial government assumed management and deployed Kew-trained botanists and horticulturists to administer the Gardens.
It is fair to say that the history of the Gardens is in many respects the history of its dedicated administrators. The Gardens' first Director, Henry Nicholas Ridley, came to the Gardens in 1888 and worked tirelessly for the next 23 years to usher the Gardens into the twentieth century and its most productive period historically. Ridley's zealous persistence in persuading Malaya's planters to grow rubber trees earned him less than flattering nicknames such as "Mad Ridley" and "Rubber Ridley". During the 1890s and early 1900s, Ridley devised successful propagation methods and also discovered a way to harvest commercial quantities of latex without harming or killing the trees. He advocated the large-scale cultivation of rubber in Malaya. Planters in Malaya largely ignored Ridley until their coffee plantations were devastated by disease and they desperately required a new cash crop. During this time, demand for rubber soared as the automobile industry boomed. As Ridley had turned the Gardens forest clearings and waste land over to rubber, the Gardens had a ready source of seed supply when the rubber rush came. The Gardens' revenue multiplied greatly as the region became a major market for the rubber trade. The plants at the Botanic Gardens became the basis for Southeast Asia's rubber industry, an industry that generated fortunes."

{taken from http://www.sbg.org.sg/aboutus/ourhistory.asp}

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I have to learn to carry my tripot. This is the kind of photos that takes my breath away. The colors are so clear and bright and the sharpeness is perfect.
Maria Lorena

Hi Richard
This looks like a Phalaenopsis Orchid. You've captured such sharp and vivid detail and colours. I like how you have one orchid in full bloom and one just about to open. Orchids are so exotic and unique. Well done.
TFS Janice

Hello Richard. The quality of this picture is top notch. I think you did a very good job with this macro image. The exposure and saturation of colours give the image a natural look. It almost feel like looking through a glass as the image is clear and sharp. Well composed and balanced image with great visual appeal. Your note is very interesting and helps understand the meaning of the flower. Nice work :-)

Roberto

more than beautifull

Hi Richard,
Super shot, great colour and sharpness with some nice detail, I like the way you have shown the bud about to open too.
Tfs Andy

Hello Richard, I looked at this earlier (when I was a little short of time) and made a note to come back and view again. This is beautiful and the colour is great-accentuated too by the dark green background.Very sharp and crisp,I can almost feel the humidity! Well done. TFS. Cheers, Pat.

Hello Richard,

Lovely image, the colours and details are excellent.
Well seen and presented, tfs Tracey

Bonjour Richard,

they is splendid, magic, marvellous of softness, neat work so that this orchis is so joliement emphasized. The colors are so beautiful and I like the dark green neutral background which emphasizes this branch of orchis. A very good choice of POV and macro.
Heartily, Corinne

Oh My! What detail you have captured Richard. The water on the petals add to the affect. Well composed and presented. Congratulations

dan

Nice shot, very good exposure and focus but the petals in the upper left corner look distracting.

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  • tibig Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 665 W: 26 N: 682] (7539)
  • [2007-08-04 9:58]

A fine shot that brings me lots of memories. During my stay in Singapore in '91 I liked to walk/take pictures in the botanic gardens on weekends.
Regards,
Tibi

Hi Richard. One of the great joys of travelling around Asia is seeing the plethora of colour, and orchids are one of the best examples. Excellent clarity and very true colours. Ashamed to say we have artificial orchids in our home, easier to look after, but still wonderful to see everyday. Excellent notes with this lovely image. TFS. Murray.

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  • efi Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 209 W: 13 N: 165] (3055)
  • [2007-11-06 0:03]

hi richard;
i had a tour around your themes and loved them and ofcourse your daughter..mine is getting married and looks like yours....nice to meet you..this shot is extraordinarly splendid..tfs..see you..

Very ugly picture, no talent! Take a look at my orchids, than you can learm something!

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