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PINK
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Copyright: oana oana (chendis) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 513 W: 193 N: 665] (4862)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-22
Categories: Nature, Macro
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-06-24 0:24
Viewed: 171
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Pink is a pale red color; the use of the word for the color was first recorded in the late 17th century[2], describing the flowers of pinks, flowering plants in the genus Dianthus. Pink itself is a combination of red and white. Other tints of pink may be combinations of rose and white, magenta and white, or orange and white.

Roseus is a Latin word meaning "rosy" or "pink." Lucretius used the word to describe the dawn in his epic poem On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura). [3] The word is also used in the binomial names of several species, such as the Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus) and Catharanthus roseus.

In the 17th century, however, the word pink was also used to describe a greenish or yellowish color. Thomas Jenner's A Book of Drawing, Limning, Washing (1652) categorizes "Pink & blew bice" amongst the greens (p.38)[4], and specifies several admixtures of greenish colors made with pink -- e.g. "Grasse-green is made of Pink and Bice, it is shadowed with Indigo and Pink ... French-green of Pink and Indico [shadowed with] Indico" (pp.38–40). In William Salmon's Polygraphice (1673), "Pink yellow" is mentioned amongst the chief yellow pigments (p.96), and the reader is instructed to mix it with either Saffron or Ceruse for "sad" or "light" shades thereof, respectively
* In Western culture, the practice of assigning pink to an individual gender began in the 1920s.[5] From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys because being related to red it was the more masculine and decided color, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color, or related to the Virgin Mary.[6][7][8] Since the 1940s, the societal norm apparently inverted so that pink became appropriate for girls and blue appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century.[9]

* Though the color pink has sometimes been associated with gender stereotypes, some feminists have sought to reclaim it. For example, the Swedish radical feminist party Feminist Initiative and the American activist women's group Code Pink: Women for Peace use pink as their color.

* The pink ribbon is the international symbol of breast cancer awareness. Pink was chosen partially because it is so strongly associated with femininity.[10]

* It has been suggested that females prefer pink because of a preference for reddish things like ripe fruits and healthy faces.

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Hi Oana,
A wonderful capture of this pink flower.
Very good lighting and sharpness on this macro shot.
A fabulous presentation in a very elegant original frame.
A nice description of PINK in your notes.
Well done,

Francis Xavier

Hello Oana,

PLeasing colours and great presentation of this flower. I also like your notes with this posting. TFS.

Martyn

hello Oana
how are you?
ah what a nice dof and good tones
fine pink and beautiful framework

regards
Manuj Mehta

Hello Oanna,
Well composed and presented image.
It could be more contrasted, but I like it
TFS
Selahattin E

Hi Oana!
A wonderful pink flower,with amazing colours and
lighting,looks real fine in this artistic frame
you have created!
Regards and tfs
Kostas

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 452 W: 0 N: 802] (4109)
  • [2009-06-24 5:31]

Ave tie Oana !
Deh, ce sa fac si eu ... ma plimb ca ... vorba aceea cu asta raminem in viata.
Cind vrei sa te odihnesti o sa iei frumos pozele sa te uiti pe unde ai fost si cum era pe acolo.
Altii stau si pozeaza flori si pasari din gradina, altii pozeaza peisaje, imagini din viata cotidiana a altor popoare, culturi, s.m.a.d.
Faina floricica ta, excelent realizat si prezentat.
O zi faina,
Adrian

Hi Oana
wonderful presentation.
perfect capture of the pink flower for its clarity and sharpness of details and colors.
nice bg and frame.
greetings
tsilla

Hi Oana
good image of this beautiful flower
good for the frame and off center
I just worked it in ws
because think not perfectly focused
ciao
Lucio

Hi dear Oana!
i like the calm color here. also the frame and lighting are excellent.
Waleed

Hi Oana,
A wonderful pink flower vith excellent soft light, colours and details.TFS.
Felicitari,

hAyAti

hi oana .. pink flower this time ... i know you are looking for a pink ross for another amazing shot .. i love this . bravo oana .

...nice, soft and pleasent...TFS
Best wishes,
J ;)
p.s. WS from my POV...

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2499 W: 56 N: 3862] (17478)
  • [2009-06-27 7:26]

Hi Oana,
wonderful macro picture, successfully. Beautiful colors, congratulate to the distinguished photo.
Best regards.
Janusz

very lovely flower in shape and colour,
Good colours and sharpness
nicely presented
warm regards
David

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