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Strelitzia...


Strelitzia...
Photo Information
Copyright: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca (nofer) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 847 W: 272 N: 495] (1726)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-08-07
Categories: Macro
Camera: Sony DSC F828 Cybershot, Carl Zeiss - 28-200mm f2 - 2,2, Memory Stick 256
Exposure: f/4, 1/50 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flowers II, Flores - Flor - Flowers - Flower, Flora [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-01-30 12:24
Viewed: 2129
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Portuguese]
Strelitzia, believe that everybody finds this beautiful flower, at exotic least! A lot of pictures of her exist here and in other places quiz to detach his/her center. I think it was beautiful. What did you find?
Data:
"She is considered to flower-symbol of Los Angeles: it is the strelitzia ‚a colored flower and of long duration, whose format reminds a lively and colored bird.

Popularly, she is knowner as "bird-pity-paradise", in spite of also receiving other names, depending on the area, but his/her botanical name is Strelitzia reginae. As it is known, the name 'strelitzia' it was chosen in honor to the queen Charlotte Sophia, duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz and the king's wife George III, of England.

In the gardens, the strelitzia makes a lot of success, forming good-looking solid on the lawns, but it is in the composition of arrangements and floral decorations that she shows his/her largest glory: their flowers, beautiful women and exotic, they give a durability show, color and versatility.

Relative close of the helicônia and of the banana tree, the strelitzia presents exuberant foliage, of coloration green-darkness, that it contrasts with the central ribs of the leaves, of red tone. Already the flowers, a true artistic work of the nature, they are protected by a bráctea, in boat form, with colorations that vary from the red to the blue-violet. The six petals of the flowers form two groups of three: the external ones are lightly lanceoladas and of orange color and, the more internal three possess the format of an arrow and they present tones of blue-metallic.

The result is an effect exotic, elegant and extremely beautiful, that he/she has his/her objective: the nature creates these compositions in ways and colors, in an effort to attract agents polinizadores and, in this case, they are the hummingbirds the most frequent visitors, in search of the nectar of the strelitzia."

Thank you!
Thank you for the visit and for the critic!


A flower macro for my Theme - Click here
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Hi Jose, it is a wonderful macro you have here. I like the way of the flower making the frame and the nice colors

Marleen

Lovely macro, very sharp! Thanks for the explanation!

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  • alagoa Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1258 W: 97 N: 9] (0)
  • [2005-01-30 17:18]
  • [5] [+]

Uma composição deveras original. Já vi muitas fotos de estrelicias, mas nenhuma assim. Ficou bastante interessante. Boa macro!
Ana

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  • Sneza Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 74 W: 23 N: 16] (733)
  • [2005-01-31 2:36]
  • [4] [+]

Beautiful photo.
I like composition and POV.
Good colors and DOF.
Nice shot and note too.

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  • maira Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 109 W: 14 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-02-03 15:48]
  • [4]

Esta flor sempre me faz lembrar uma nave espacial, excelente macro, gostei de cores, contraste.

Grande idéia, boa foto, excelente macro. Valeu.

wooow
que posso dizer uma macro excelente?
Está simplesmente perfeita! As cores, composição, detalhes...
Thanks Ana:)

Dear Jose - Your strelitzia macro was on the home page today. I find them hard to photograph in an interesting way, so I am admiring your beautiful macro of a section of this flower. What a good idea! Razor-sharp and just enough ta make one recognize what it is. Well done! TFS! - Cheers, Cordelia :)

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