Passion For Orange Flower

[kostas nianiopoulos]

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Creation date: 10/9/2012 10:41
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X
Focal length: 180 mm
Aperture: F7.1
Exposure time: 1/1250"
ISO speed rating: 800/30°
Program: Aperture priority
Metering Mode: Pattern
White Balance: Manual
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Natural Light
Handheld

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[Dave Leroy]

Striking photo. I really like the definite lines in this one. It is a dandy pose with camera just slightly ahead of b'fly. IQ looks up to a bit of a crop from right also although photo aspect ratio may be a bit blocky. Well done.

[bhavya joshi]

Excellent.... Looks Live image, no Negative word from Me... Winning Image.. TFS:cheers:

[Jerry van Dijk]

Outstanding image, Kostas! That crop from the right might be a good idea, the big OOF orange flower on the right side distracts a bit from the subject.

[LindaHarden]

very nice image with a dreamy quality. I agree with cropping or toning down the oof orange on the far right.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Kostas I think this is absolutely superb! I wonder if the colours are just a little bit oversaturated - particularly in the flowers. The butterfly is worth a really good second look, the delicate blues and apricot colours are excellent. I rather like the out of focus flowers, I do not find them distracting though I appreciate this is my view and other people may well disagree. I think you have a good shot here worthwhile submitting to a competition, my only suggestion as I mentioned before just check out the saturation in the raw conversion.