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 By: Linn Currie  
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Photographer  Linn Currie {Karma:24426}
Project #2 The Creative Flower Camera Model Minolta DiMage Z1
Categories Digital
Macro
Florals
Film Format
Portfolio Lens 114mm
Uploaded 6/28/2004 Film / Memory Type ISO 200
    ISO / Film Speed 0
Views 442 Shutter 1/30
Favorites Aperture f/8.0
Critiques 31 Rating Critique Only Image
Location City -  Centurion
State -  GAUTENG
Country - South Africa   South Africa
About Cattleya - natural light with black velvet backdrop. While it was fun doing the inside macro shots, I found this intricate flower difficult to capture! The slight breeze also did not help.

Straight out the Z1 - no PS apart from cropping, resizing and framing.

f 7.1
s/s 1/40
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There are 31 Comments in 1 Pages
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Glenn Edmiston Glenn Edmiston   {K:7366} 7/6/2004
Hi there Linn glad to be back . The trip was far to fast but Sue had to be back to work . My Dau had a great wedding and got to see my six kids so that was nice. This photo as usual very nice as usual can't find a thing wrong with it. Very well done Gal. send me an email and tell me how to make a frame like this one . I have not figured that one out yet. lol Cheers glenn

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Ozjan Yeshar Ozjan Yeshar   {K:15239} 7/3/2004
Superb close up! The purple color with the black background is presenting a magnificent beauty in this shot. Nice frame as well. Cheers Linn.

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Gorilla  K Gorilla  K   {K:17526} 7/1/2004
Welch schöne Blüte,Linn!
Wunderbar gemacht,tolle Schärfe schöne farbe.
Reg. Win.

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Don Loseke Don Loseke   {K:32503} 6/29/2004
Lovely, beautiful saturated colors. Very nice lighting. Looking for a reflector take a look at the Photoflex Light disk. I have the 5 in one kind. Very portable.
Great image and well presented.

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B:)liana    {K:30945} 6/29/2004
wow. Linn darling. this is extremely beautiful and appealing. great colors. like a ballet dancer in pink robe. wonderful
Kisses, Biliana

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NN  NN     {K:26787} 6/29/2004
Again ... gorgeous colours/framing! I do believe this one is not very easy to capture, but you did a great job here, Linn!

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Dan Lightner   {K:12684} 6/29/2004
I like the symetry in this flower , very pretty.

Dan

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Günter Koth   {K:13841} 6/29/2004
Brilliant macro shot, Linn. Beautiful colors, perfect lighting and focus. But especially i like the view angle here. Great job, as always.
Günter.

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Enjoy    {K:16125} 6/29/2004
Linn..I knew this was yours...your getting a style all your own... Beautiful.... @)---'--

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Linn Currie   {K:24426} 6/29/2004
Hi Timothy,

Not satin, but velvet. Satin is going to give you a lot of reflection that you might not want! :-)

Linn

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Timothy Schirmer Timothy Schirmer   {K:7201} 6/29/2004
Thanks for your advice on the satin back ground. I will most deinitely try that, i appreciate it (-:

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Rawabi Al-Nuaimi   {K:15659} 6/29/2004
very nice almost symmetrical shot... :)

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Kristina Kohut   {K:49990} 6/29/2004
How lovely! So beautiful forms and colours, and wonderfully composed flower closeup! The light is great too, but another light from bottom front as an addition could give it an even stronger "glow".

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Emgy Massidda Emgy Massidda   {K:60358} 6/29/2004
Wowwwww
this is the flower of your previous submission. I have been wondering how it looks like. What a beauty and what an unusual shape!
Simply splendid and you captured it beautifully.
The focus is great and the light superb.
Gorgeous flower, excellent shot and...in my favorites
Hugs - Emgy

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Chris Spracklen   {K:32552} 6/28/2004
Deep, intense colours are very difficult to capture, Linn, but you've done well with this one!!
And not a cat's hair in sight! :>))
Kind regards, Chris

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Walter Scarella Walter Scarella   {K:19671} 6/28/2004
Beautiful macro, excellent DOF, nice composition wiht vivid colours and great light.
Congrats
Regards...Walter

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Linn Currie   {K:24426} 6/28/2004
Neil, also wanted to say that I had a good giggle at your last paragraph :-)

I wouldn't mind being a regular in the Ragdoll Weekly because you know by now that I live for this breed and my cats ... but my dear, National Geographic will never use my images ... not in my lifetime any how :-)) But as long as I have joy doing what I am doing, that is more than what I have ever wanted :-)

Linn

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Linn Currie   {K:24426} 6/28/2004
Neil Dolman - you do know that you are becoming one of my most trusted critiques, right? :-)) Once again I must thank you for being so incredibly honest, but I also want you to stop apologising for being so frank. Why else do we post our images to UF? To be critiqued and rated, right? And if somebody objects to constructive criticism, then hey ... maybe this is not the place for them!

Yes, quite correct. It does look flat compared to the vibrant colour of the rest of the flower.

No, I don't have any equipment other than my camera. I don't have a light meter, don't have reflectors, nada, zilch. I was trying my best to keep the natural light off the orchid as I could see it was too hot on the pink petals. I also had to tilt the orchid so that I could get a fair enough composition. Did I mention this was a difficult flower to capture?

I think I must take my Santa and go see what is available as far as reflectors are concerned. And at the very least, re-shoot this beautiful Cattleya!

Thanks Neil!

Linn

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Neil Dolman   {K:26883} 6/28/2004
Hi Linn, this is a great shot - well done.
Here is my two cents worth, apart from all the accolades you've received and are well derserving, I find the dark part in the middle of the orchid a little flat. Everywhere else you have highlights, light and shade, texture etc just here it is a little flat. OK, so it is a darker part of the flower but maybe you could reflect a little light in here next time.
I have a great portable collapsing ring with two different reflecting sides, can't remember the name of it, but it enables me to just highlight the dark areas a little. Do you have one of these? or have you ever thought about this?

Don't want to criticise just want to help you get off the center page of "Ragdoll weekly" and onto the front page of "National Geographic" ;-)
Best wishes your friend - Neil

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Teunis Haveman Teunis Haveman   {K:53426} 6/28/2004
Linn, excellent Orchidea
To my favorite
Teunis

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Stephen  Bowden   {K:64141} 6/28/2004
Excellent Linn, I love the frame also :-)

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Frank Sala   {K:2643} 6/28/2004
Excellent sharpness Linn despite the breeze.Beautiful colours.Well done.
Frank

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Linn Currie   {K:24426} 6/28/2004
Hi Arwa

Even the f7 should have had more focus to this image but I remember the breeze and how it presented a degree of annoyance.

Linn

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Peter Daniel Peter Daniel   {K:33866} 6/28/2004
Great photograph, awesome colors, great clarity, well presented...

Thanks for sharing...
Your friend, Peter

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Saeed Al Shamsi Saeed Al Shamsi   {K:47735} 6/28/2004
I like the smooth vibrant colour,very good range of contrast from the highlight to the dark background.beautiful macro,Saeed

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Lori Stitt   {K:75282} 6/28/2004
GORGEOUS LInn!! Outstanding against your trusty backdrop, once again. Orchids are so delicate and pretty, love them. (even if it's not pink, it's close enough)! Lighting is nice!
Lori ;)

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Riny  Koopman   {K:19998} 6/28/2004
Hi Linn,
Excellent capture,with beautiful coors,
Good work,
Tank You Linn For Your Visit And Comment Riny

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arwa abdullah   {K:34415} 6/28/2004
Im not going to critique this image constructively, actually the first thought that came to my mind is " WOOOOW" that Is a MAGNIFICENT image!
i might get me one of these backgrounds!!
one small comment, a lower f like f 11 would bring out more details wouldn't it?

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N M   {K:1816} 6/28/2004
Wow!! now this is the type of flower shot I wish I could take. Superb!
Nish

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Maria Luisa Vial   {K:36017} 6/28/2004
Superb capture Linn... Love the colors... The texture is really excellent... Congratulations!!!

Maria

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Rob Ernsting Rob Ernsting   {K:8899} 6/28/2004
I know what you mean, never the less it turned out very well with very vivid colors and an excellent DOF as well. Congrats,regards, Rob.

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