Assignment - Color

[Gina Hallgren]

Hello:

Last year I mssed out on all the Trichocereus blooms and had to be content with photos Gus sent, This year leaving for England 3 weeks later, I woke up this morning and saw the last of the Trichocereus Flying Saucer blooms, a beauty, 9" across, and hope to see a Cherry tomorrow before leaving at noon.

This beauty was taken in the shade and processed using Lightroom 2.3, and BG changed using CS4.

Comments always welcome, and greatly appreciated.

Olympus E-520 IS, Zuiko 70-300 ED @ 140mm
Aperture priority
F/5.6, 1/250s, ISO 200, 0.00eV, Auto WB, Fill Flash

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Very pretty Gina. It must be something to see. Also love you black BG too.

[Alfred Forns]

Never seen one Gina and they are impressive I like how you worked the plant into the image ... does make it special !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Well composed and executed Gina,
I like the bright vibrant colors of the flower contrasting with the greens...the black background showcases this beauty quite well...congrats...:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Very nice Gina - love the black BG - Sets the flower off beautifully.

[Nonda Surratt]

Ohoo that is one lovely image Gina. I love the play of light on the leaves