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Frangipani footpath
Posted by Michael Skorulski (Cigel, Slovakia) on 12 June 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
The lane leading to my house in Saudi Arabia.
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Michael, this is such a beautiful flower. I love the way it stands out taking your full attention while the path way just fades into the background. The framing is great too.
12 Jun 2008 5:30am
@Marion: Thanks so much, Marion.
@mosleh: Thank you, Mosleh.
Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada
I love the way you composed it with the blossoms so high in the frame.
12 Jun 2008 6:08am
@Michael Rawluk: Thanks very much, Michael.
Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom
lovely bright lighting, very nice image
12 Jun 2008 8:01am
@Alun Lambert: Thank you, Alun.
@Arash: Many thanks, Arash.
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
Very nice. I couldn't imagine a scene this in Saudi Arabia. As they have plenty of energy, they can desalinize sea water.
12 Jun 2008 8:49am
@António Pires: You are right. The water comes from desalination and wherever people live there are usually trees and plants. Thank you, António.
@QUIM: Thank you very much.
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Oh, Michael... fantastic composition! This flower takes my breath away, it's beautiful. Beautiful light!
12 Jun 2008 10:12am
@Betty: Thank you, Betty. I appreciate that.
@Andres Abon: Thank you, Andres.
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
Love it!Beautiful shot of the flowers supported by a perspective as white and greet as the branch with blooms! Very nice composition!!!!
12 Jun 2008 11:40am
@Japanalia: Thanks so much, Gabriela.
@MJ: Thank you, MJ.
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
I believe these flowers have the most heavenly scent. This is a superb shot Michael, in every way, I just want to reach in and touch it. :)
12 Jun 2008 12:16pm
@MaryB: Yes, the scent is probably my favorite of all flowers. Unbelievable perfume! Thank you, Mary.
vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada
Incredible light & composition! It seems like an early morning shot to me...
12 Jun 2008 12:18pm
@vu@granby - Wolfgang: It was late afternoon. Many thanks, Wolfgang.
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
A really nice shot with great light! The whole scenery looks very luxurious and elegant.
12 Jun 2008 1:11pm
@MadScientist: Thank you, MS.
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
As fresh and as beautiful as it gets...extraordinary composition, the flower highlights everything...As it should
PS OH help, how did you get the frame to actually be yellow, I've tried so many ways to get the border on, for different photos using different colours, for some reason all it shows for borders is blue, I went into setting changed it to plain black and tried to obtain it as a default and occasionally change it to whatever I want, I've tried is so many ways and it even shows black on the settings, so I decided to cancel the whole border idea and change the setting to NO borders and I still get that darn blue, which is pretty, but it doesn't suit all the photos, HELP!!!!
12 Jun 2008 1:13pm
@Lorraine: Thanks for the nice comment, Lorraine. For the border, I use Photoshop. Under Image, go to Canvas size, then change the numbers to pixels. Make the border any pixel size you want by adding pixels to the dimensions. Before doing this, I usually use the eye dropper tool to sample a color in the picture and that becomes the foreground color. At the bottom of the canvas size dialogue box, you can choose to make the border any color you want by choosing white, grey, black, foreground, background or other from a dropdown menu. I choose foreground and voila there is the colored border. Hope this helps. If you need extra help, let me know by email. cheers, Michael
@Stunner: Thank you, Stunner.
@fcofont: Thank you very much.
Steven from Chicagoland, United States
Nice border with the thin yellow line accent really makes the yellow stand out from the flowers. Nice light accents and that small glare.
12 Jun 2008 4:28pm
@Steven: Thank you very much, Steven.
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
Magnifique fleur bien mise en valeur par la lumière et une jolie présentation.
12 Jun 2008 6:23pm
@Evelyne Dubos: Merci, Evelyne.
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Nice shot. Even though it's in Saudi Arabia It has sort of an American Southwest look.
12 Jun 2008 6:33pm
@Twelvebit: The compound was probably designed to western tastes. Thank you, 12bit.
Judy from Brooksville-Florida,, United States
Oh, my favorite flower - first seen by me in Hawaii in 1984 when we were there for our 25th anniversary.
Your composition is lovely, with that single long leaf pulling the whole photo together with perfect balance.
Take in a good deep sniff of its beautiful fragrance for me, will you?
PS: What a lovely gift you gave Lorraine. ;D
12 Jun 2008 6:57pm
@Judy: Many thanks for that super comment, Judy.
Sammi from New Jersey, United States
How gorgous! Its nicely composed and i like how the light is lined with the main object!
12 Jun 2008 8:29pm
@Sammi: Thank you, Sammi.
standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France
This is superb and delicate Michael. I like the framing!
12 Jun 2008 9:25pm
@standley: Thank you, Richard.
vu@granby - Gilles Martineau from Granby, Québec, Canada
Crisp flowers, great compo!
12 Jun 2008 10:33pm
@vu@granby - Gilles Martineau: Thank you, Gilles.
Observing from Chester, United Kingdom
Super shot Michael, the plant looks almost 3D. Perfect framing of the subject too.
12 Jun 2008 11:00pm
@Observing: Thank you very much, Mike.
pLusOne from Cheonan, South Korea
great and beautiful shot!
the dof of the background lane makes this image perfect.
12 Jun 2008 11:53pm
@pLusOne: Thank you, P1.
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Becomes a very distinctive and formal composition presented like this. Love how the flower makes a bold introduction the the suggested scene beyond. Very nice.
13 Jun 2008 8:48am
@Ronnie 2¢: Thank you very much, Ronnie.
Lorraine from Gatineau, United States
Thanks a lot Michael that's very useful and I'll copy and paste for future use, but you couldn't get that with aminus3? the option is there but maybe it doesn't work...I'll check with our tech guys/gals, thanks again :)
13 Jun 2008 10:36am
@Lorraine: I've never actually tried to do the colored border with aminus3 so really don't know if its possible. It's seems so much easier to do it in Photoshop. Cheers, Michael.
@shahab: Thank you, Shahab.
Pentax Optio A30
1/125 second
F/2.8
ISO 64
38 mm (35mm equiv.)