Night Blooming Cereus Painting

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

Had a real bonanza this morning, first, the Night Blooming Cereus painting here: done with Corel Painter 4 Essentials. The Trichocereus Flying saucer from yesterday today had 3 large 9" blooms, Our Echinopsis eyriesii (Pink Easter Lily Cactus) had eight separate blooms. Also had 4 blooms on the Trichocereus Cherry, along with 4 new Peanut Cactus (Echinopsis chamaecereus) orange blooms and a Mammillaria (Ring of Flowers -Tiny pink ones)

Great show in our garden this morning.

Uncle Gus

Olympus E-520, Zuiko 70-300ED @200mm
Aperture priority
F/6.3, 1/25s, 200 ISO, -0.30 ev, Auto WB, Fill flash

[Gus Hallgren]

Another version closer to actual color . . U.G.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Uncle Gus,
I like the second rendition the best. The colors are vibrant and I like the fine details and texture on the petals...congrats...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Gus, I like the second one better also-very creative!

[Alfred Forns]

Both are beautiful but I'm also partial to the second !!! Should end up in a card !!! :)