Hibiscus

[denise ippolito]

Canon 5D
180mm Macro lens
ISO 200
1/125 sec. at f/32
flash
Tripod
Taken at Longwood Gardens awhile ago

I posted a cropped version of this earlier but have messed around w/ the colors a bit and darkened the BG. I also flipped it horizontally and rotated it.

[Julie Kenward]

Excellent image, Denise! Love the placement of the stamen and the close crop (You've been hanging around Roman!) Love the deep intensity of this and the way the BG matches that intensity.

[Christopher Miller]

Wonderful image, Denise! Love the colors and sharpness of the flower. Great idea darkening the BG, in fact, I would suggest taking it a bit further and make the BG entirely black. Well done!

[Mike Moats]

Hey Denise, nice subject and comp. Like the warm color and good details. This has a nice painted look.

[Desmond Chan]

Agree with the good points above. Like the colors, the crop and the sharpness. I am not sure about the hard shadows though. As for the background, personally, I would darken the background at the top. Just thought it would balance the darker background at the bottom half of the photo better. It's just me, I know :)

[Anita Bower]

The curls of the petal edges are marvelous! They are what I first noticed and the draw me right in. Great job of capturing detail all through the flower.

I generally like symmetrical and centered flower photos, but this one needs something, I'm not sure what.

I just read that you photographed this at Longwood Gardens, which explains why it looked familiar to me.

[denise ippolito]

Thanks everyone for your comments. I'll darken the BG a bit.Thanks.

[Ed Vatza]

Stunningly beautiful, Denise. I love it!

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Ed. I appreciate it.

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful image Denise, lovely details and colors
TFS