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Waterlilies in a Chocolate Factory


Waterlilies in a Chocolate Factory
Photo Information
Copyright: Lois Johnson (lebjohnson) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 134 W: 49 N: 179] (1277)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-10-06
Categories: Nature
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/90 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Aquatic Flowers [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-03-26 7:28
Viewed: 2177
Favorites: 2 [view]
Points: 40
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is another photo from the Chocolate Museum, the Imhoff-Stollwerck Museum, located in the cruise ship docking area along the Rhine at Cologne. This museum has a totally unexpected glasshouse with chocolate trees (Theobroma cacao) and a water lily pond, in addition to the working chocolate factory and a museum with South American artifacts relating to chocolate. The water lilies formed a more attractive composition than the chocolate trees, so I took their photo instead. Now I can feast my eyes on their beauty, while eating chocolate.

ISO 200, focal length 115.0 mm

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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To papajoehermit: Thank you for your helpful critiquelebjohnson 1 05-24 17:30
To perryhooter: Unexpected water lilylebjohnson 1 05-04 20:16
To LuciG: Water lily wonderlebjohnson 1 04-01 18:25
To Elaine_Blath: Thank you for your kind wordslebjohnson 1 04-01 17:13
To marietom: Merci beaucouplebjohnson 1 04-01 14:45
To sufi: Water lily wonderlebjohnson 1 03-28 21:47
To pawelen: Water lilylebjohnson 1 03-27 18:49
To Ejla: Laughing (and drinking chocolate...)lebjohnson 2 03-27 17:23
To Tintin: Imagine the smell of chocolate with the water lilebjohnson 1 03-26 19:47
To Dawn: Even betterlebjohnson 1 03-26 17:15
To zchizzerz: Water lilylebjohnson 1 03-26 10:56
To Fons: Water lily wonderlebjohnson 1 03-26 10:41
To JohnTulip: Thank you for your kind wordslebjohnson 1 03-26 10:26
To Photograph2u: Water lily wonderlebjohnson 1 03-26 10:25
To kitflorendo: Only the smell of chocolate - and no negatilebjohnson 1 03-26 10:13
To cleocat: Water lily wonderlebjohnson 1 03-26 08:08
To joergen115: Thank you for your kind wordslebjohnson 1 03-26 08:06
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Very clear, wonderful light. Stunning colour. Exceptionally beautiful flower well captured. The frame enhances the photo well.

Very nice, indeed. I like your cut which shows both the beautiful flower and its shaddow in the water. Great colours!
Jorgen.

Neither dancing girls nor dead people. Something MUCH better.
Class (stylish) arrangement, ma'am, esp with the reflection.
Chocolate content minimal but acceptable.
No negative comment at all, which makes a change.
Ye gods and little fishes!

Hello Lois, they have beautiful flowers in this factory. And you captured this one very well, with a great close-up.

You have a large dof, everything is perfectly sharp. Very well done, with bright colours and shadow of the flower on the water.

I like your frame as well. Take care, Yan :)

Just great Lois! One of the better ones I have seen from down by the waterside so far! Welldone
John

Hi Lois,
it's a beautiful arrangement, I love water-lilys so much. It's a little unusual for me that you made it in Germany, normaly we don't have this flowers here in nature ;-)
Thanks for sharing
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • Fons Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1299 W: 2 N: 202] (15568)
  • [2006-03-26 10:08]
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Wunderschön und klares Bild!

yum...
very crisp and well arranged shot. i love the water reflection and the colors as well. great job!
jeff

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  • Ejla Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 333 W: 13 N: 137] (2488)
  • [2006-03-26 13:42]
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It is really a duble pleasure...eating chocolate and looking at this crisp, beautiful image! At least looking at the water lilly does not make you fat.

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  • Dawn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1139 W: 100 N: 3357] (17508)
  • [2006-03-26 14:41]
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What a way to go... munching on Chocolate and taking pleasure from your beautiful photo..wow...ha ha...

Very nicely captured with the reflection and colours..
Thanks for sharing.
Regards
Dawn.

Very nicely done, Lois. I like the reflection on the water so we have two flowers instead of one. The light is a bit harsh on the top of the petals but it is a very minor details in this otherwise very nice picture. Well done!

hi Lois,

Beautiful and perfectly made photo. Goes to my fav.

best regards, pawel

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  • sufi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 720 W: 7 N: 106] (1336)
  • [2006-03-28 3:29]
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Hi Lois my friend...
It's wonderful... Perfect composition and shot... the colors and water's clarity are incredible... And beautiful reflection...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

I love the graceful curve of the lily's stem, Lois, and the combination of the water and light is lovely. Great colors, too.
Wonderful!
Gayle :)

superbe composition, belles couleurs. J'aime cette tige qui monte en diagonale.
Marie

Hi Lois,

amazing, amazing...the colours of water and flower, the leaves, composition...perfect, I like it so much!

Regards,

Ivana

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  • LuciG Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1286 W: 153 N: 729] (8681)
  • [2006-04-01 16:44]
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SALUT LOIS!
C'est un vrai délice que de regarder tes photos. cette composition est particulièrement belle, du a sa simplicité mais aussi à cause des belles couleurs et des textures bien mises en évidence!
Félicitations.
Luci

a beautiful capture, color excellent, sharpness and compo also. very very nice.
Christine.

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  • egerie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 643 W: 135 N: 266] (1968)
  • [2006-04-06 19:53]

En premier lieu j'aime bien le choix du recadrage de votre photo ainsi que les couleurs des bordures. Très bonne netteté sur l'image et superbe couleurs, bref c'est un travail bien réalisé...

A lovely shot, Lois. I agree with all the others on the beauty of this moment.
A water lily pond this clean has got to be somewhere inside, I guess. Well done. TFS.
Cordelia

PS: Thank you for visiting my 'Two dollars'.

Hello Lois!
How could I missed this lovely one ! Superb catch at an unusual location !!!! I am sure you did not expect it over there!
Great light and great framing. Nice curves too !
Robert

Robert

Lois, I agree with all the above comments, with ONE exception. I would like to see a bit more image at the top, i.e. not so closely cropped at the top, even if you have to lose an inch or so at the bottom. When I first look at this photo my eye immediately goes to the middle and bottom of the image, rather than staying at the top and absorbing the beautiful pedals of this flower.

Sincerely, JoeGoff, Louisville, KY

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