Inspiring Photo: Orange Tulip #3427841

Orange Tulip

Uploaded: February 18, 2007

Description

Photo was taken at the Seattle Flower and Garden Show on February 15, 2007
Canon 24-105mm F/4L IS lens @ 105mm, F/5.6, 1/60 second, ISO 400, fill flash
Rotated, cropped, cloned, +saturation, +brightness, +contrast, shadow/highlight, resized, sharpened and blurred in Photoshop CS
POTD at photo-of-the-day.com on February 21, 2007
POTD at photographyvoice.com on February 27, 2007
Featured POTD at PhotoShowdown on March 7, 2007

Comments

Sam Britt February 18, 2007

Your just as good at shooting flowers as you are birds, Janine. This is very beautiful. I love the orange background. #607646

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett February 18, 2007

Beautiful floral composition, Janine ... Ilove how you have an orange tulip against an orange background .. who would have thought it would look so well together? #3961945

Melissa G. Meiselman February 18, 2007

Interesting orange against orange, Janine!! Beautiful floral!!! #3961960

Anita Hogue February 18, 2007

Love the way this tulip is posing for you! Beautiful orange on orange! #3962028

Brian Lobdell February 18, 2007

A wonderfully intriguing composition, Janine! I love that gracefully curved stem, which accents the curvatures of the tulip superbly! Also a nice contast of shadow against the simple orange background! Well done! #3962167

Tamera S. Phillips February 18, 2007

Great background for this beautiful tulip Janine. Nicely done. #3962197

Martha N. Church February 18, 2007

Stunning image beautifully composed. #3962209

Sheryl A. Hudson February 18, 2007

Simply stunning! Love the orange background! Beautiful work Janine! #3962228

Susan Fox February 18, 2007

Wonderful composition, lighting and colors! #3962298

Ronald F. Fischer February 18, 2007

Fantastic composition and use of SF on this beautiful capture! #3962403

Arnie Horwitz February 18, 2007

Great composition beautiful colors, Janine! #3962418

Cheryl E. Molennor February 18, 2007

OOh Janine. Very nice. Great colors and comp. #3962523

Kay E. Mahoney February 18, 2007

Nice capture. Beautiful colors. Love all the orange. #3962569

Raymond Pauly February 18, 2007

Lovely composition and BG, Janine! #3962597

Marie Fields February 18, 2007

Beautiful image, Janine! ... the orange looks great! #3962778

Janine Russell February 18, 2007

Sam, Steve, Melissa, Anita, Brian, Tamera, Martha, Sheryl, Susan, Ron, Arnie, Cheryl, Kay, Raymond and Marie, tanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3962813

Marilyn K. Lincecum February 18, 2007

Gorgeous image, Janine !!! Love the colors, lighting and background. #3962894

Pat Gamwell February 18, 2007

Gorgeous orange-on-orange, Janine! Good choice of bg! SUPERB creation! #3962959

Cindy Bendush February 19, 2007

This is stunning Janine - the color packs a real punch! BTW - how did you get the flower onto the orange background? Thanks, Cindy #3962993

Husain Akhtar February 19, 2007

Wonderful capture, Janine! Particularly like the thoughtful composition and exposure! #3963034

Janine Russell February 19, 2007

Marilyn, Pat, Cindy and MH, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement.

Cindy, this image was taken at a flower show; the tulip was in a vase in front of an orange wall. #3963067

Les Rhoades February 19, 2007

Very nice change of pace from the popular BP Post using black or white as the BG. Nice Example of how to be extra crative. #3963105

Katarina Mansson February 19, 2007

I agree with Les; a great orange-on-orange picture with the green colour being a complement. Excellent detail. #3963132

Richard D. Cox February 19, 2007

Beautiful composition. #3963175

Joy Rector February 19, 2007

beautiful job #3963406

Ronald Balthazor February 19, 2007

Wonderfully composed, Janine #3963561

Linda M. Walker February 19, 2007

I love the composition and colors!! #3963663

Linda M. Walker February 19, 2007

I love the composition and colors!! #3963668

Christy Nichols February 19, 2007

This is AMAZING, Janine!!! I Love the colors and the comp, just amazing! #3963771

Irene M. Biery February 19, 2007

Love the color! Good choice on background color too! #3964320

Janine Russell February 19, 2007

Les, Katarina, Richard, Joy, Ronald, Linda, Christy and Irene, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #3964633

Colleen Farrell February 19, 2007

I love the orange-on-orange--was that background there at the show or did you use something of your own? I also love the shallow DOF you used to keep the leaf soft while the flower is sharp! This is one of my faves! #3964828

Janine Russell February 19, 2007

Colleen, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments; the tulip was in a vase in front of an orange wall. #3965135

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna February 19, 2007

OH MY!!!! What a beautiful image, Janine!!! I love the different tones of orange!!!!! ^.^ #3965211

Janine Russell February 19, 2007

Kitty, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3965492

Bill Houghton February 20, 2007

I really like this Janine. Your background compliments the tulip. Great job as usual. Bill #3967198

Janine Russell February 20, 2007

Bill, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3968117

Cathy M. Gromball February 20, 2007

Gorgeous photo, Janine!

Cathy :) #3968851

Janine Russell February 20, 2007

Cathy, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3968950

Graeme yew Chow February 21, 2007

Oustanding macro with lovely colors, Janine. #3970518

Kathleen K. Parker February 21, 2007

This is really lovely and well shot, Janine. The background is very complimentary to the subject, too. Very well done!!
kk #3971424

Janine Russell February 21, 2007

Graeme and Kathleen, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3971930

Sherry Stricklin Boles February 21, 2007

Very beautiful, Janine!! The background compliments this lovely flower wonderfully! #3973859

Janine Russell February 21, 2007

Sherry, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3973925

Morteza Safataj February 24, 2007

Great shot Janine!! #3981162

Janine Russell February 24, 2007

Morteza, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3982544

Isabel C. Rodriguez February 26, 2007

Another great TULIP shot, just as beautiful, well composed! #3996475

Michelle L. Frick February 26, 2007

Tulips are my favorite! I love this time of year - this is beautiful Janine! #3999079

Janine Russell February 26, 2007

Isabel and Michelle, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3999535

William88 March 04, 2007

Excellent curves, lighting, composition and tone. I love it. #4022073

Janine Russell March 05, 2007

William, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4024095

Fawn M. Schutt March 09, 2007

Beautiful color. I love it! #4038761

Janine Russell March 09, 2007

Fawn, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4039435

Robert Baer March 14, 2007

janine
i love the positioning of the flower, it makes it so elegant! #4053493

Janine Russell March 14, 2007

Justin, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4055586

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