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Pink Lady


Pink Lady
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Copyright: Leon Trippaers (letr) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1162 W: 419 N: 1111] (6780)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-07-01
Categories: Nature
Camera: Fuji Finepix S5000
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flowers, My flower pictures [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-07-01 15:21
Viewed: 807
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Orchids have fascinated people since early times. They have been the symbol of love, luxury, and beauty for centuries. Greeks looked at them as a symbol of virility. The Chinese, as long ago as the time of Confucius, called orchids "The plant of the King's Fragrance." In the middle ages orchids played a major role in herbal remedies. They were also regarded as an aphrodisiac and have been one of the main ingredients in certain love potions. When orchids appear in a dream, they supposedly represent a deep inner need and desire to keep gentleness, delicacy, and romance in ones relationship.

By the start of the 18th century orchid collecting was firmly established in many parts of the world. Because of their attractive unusual flowers and intoxicating fragrances. A few orchids were brought back from far off lands by British sea captains in the 18th century. They remained curiosities for a handful of botanists and wealthy amateurs. This all changed, when in 1818, a man by the name of William Cattley bloomed the first Cattleya. The strange thing about this whole event was he had been unpacking plants he had shipped in (not orchids), he noticed these strange plants that had been used as packing material. He potted some of them up and in November, one of the Cattleyas bloomed. The flower world has never been the same, it is still feeling the impact of that single plant.

Entire forests were stripped of millions of orchids. An English botanist wrote in 1878 "Not satisfied with taking 300 or 500 specimens of a fine orchid, they must scour the whole country and leave nothing for miles. This is no longer collecting; this is wanton robbery." Almost all collecting of orchids are now banned. Many are on the "endangered lists." Species are now being cultivated from seed. Orchids have been cultivated in Europe for 250 years.

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A great shot,very good composition and colours.
A nice colourful background and good DOF.
Excellent,well done.

E-X-E-L-L-E-N-T MACRO!!!! the colors are beautiful and all is in order.
florian

Very nice closeup. Wonderful focus, colors, and DOF.

What I like the most about this is the composition, however. Ilove the way you have this wandering the upper left corner, allowing us to see the textures of the garden behind. Very nice job.

Just breathtaking. You can't improve on perfection.

Magnifique travail.
Félicitations.

  • Great 
  • manny Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 525 W: 24 N: 1485] (11941)
  • [2004-07-02 14:07]
  • [+]

Another very clear and crisp shot. Well composed. I would still go for more shallow DOF to blur the background some more

  • Great 
  • lost Gold Star Critiquer [C: 104 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2004-07-03 13:52]

Good..shot i like it a lot.w.ell done.

A very good shot, with exceptional visual qualities, light, detail colour and composition all contribute to this great shot.
Your note is excellent and very informative, thank you!
::M::

Prachige foto Leon, welke software heb je gebruikt?

Hi Leon , very beautiful photo. The quality is superb. I can feel the texture in my hands.Bravo!!!

tout d'abord je croyais ne pas pouvoir ecrire mon comment, car la note est tellement longue en explication...rire...merci pour l'etude, belle macro d'orchidée, les couleurs sont bien rendues....le flou a l'arriere donne une bonne ambiance...bien fait..bravo...bi

This is a beautiful shot. Great DOF. I love how the foliage is blurred in the background. The only thing my eyes seem to want is to be able to see all of the one bloom that is facing away from us.

Une photographie vaut mille mots, inutile d'en ajouter.
Superbe Léon.

This is a beautiful capture of Orchids. This is a difficult plant to compose and I think you did well. I am still learning.

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