Stamens

[Fabs Forns]

Taken this morning at Fairchild Tropical Garden, in the first 10 minutes of going into the soup, that's how long it takes me before I look for bench in the shade and collapse until the sessions is over :)
Tripod, sitting in the ground. 80% of frame.

Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens (mm): 252 (Sigma 180 macro plus 1.4X)
ISO: 1000
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/400

Comments appreciated.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Fabs, a unique take on the comp. Good point of focus and like the DOF. Great color combination.

[kostas nianiopoulos]

Lovley colors Fabs , great focus as well . well done

[Ken Childs]

Great comp, DOF and blend of colors! Towards the lower right there's a green spot or maybe it's a hole in the petal that I would clone over. It seem minor enough but my eye keeps getting dragged to it.

[Alfred Forns]

Sweet Sure did well in the little time you worked !! Highly appealing image !! ... did not noticed the little spot Ken pointed out, would zap !! Big Congrats !!!

[Thomas Herou]

Very,very good colors and composition!
I minor detail is that I would've prefered all the stamens in focus.

[Adrian David]

Lovely combination of sharp stamens and soft petals in BG.The colors are wonderful.

[Cheryl Flory]

agree with all the comments above about all of the image's qualities! WOW! really admire how you handled the color. I've been shooting a male Baltimore Oriole and just can NOT get that fluorescent orange right. Your color here is great!

[Ramesh Adkoli]

Beautiful play of contrasting colors. Very appealing image. TFS.

regards,
ramesh

[Julie Kenward]

I don't know if I love the colors or the comp more? Fantastic image - you really shot from the hip on this one. I don't think I've ever managed to find this comp before!

[Dave Woeller]

Beautiful, bold colors, and with the exception of the left one, the stamen look like they are floating in the image. Nicely seen.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Fabs,
Interesting placement and very strong bold colors. I too may have preferred a touch more dof on the stamen....but my guess is that it would have introduced more unwanted focus in other areas.....so Id keep it as is!

[Anita Bower]

Gosh, what lovely colors! I also like the lines--diagonal and vertical. I would crop it more, something like this, to focus on the stamens.