Florets From a Single Flower

© Melissa G. Meiselman

Florets  From a Single Flower

Uploaded: June 05, 2009 06:55:38

Description

This was taken at the Nature Coast Botanical Gardens in Spring Hill, Florida on an overcast day. I used my Canon 100mm Macro lens to take this with a wide open aperture.

The florets are very tiny and plentiful.

Entered into Details and Macro.

Exif: F Number: 4, Exposure Bias Value: -1.00, ExposureTime: 1/800 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 800, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 100.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Comments

Jessica Jenney June 05, 2009

I just love your floral macros, Melissa! Another gorgeous capture! #1137357

Julianna J. Collett June 05, 2009

Beautiful soft floral - LOVE the colors in this! #7599971

Mary Beth Aiello level-classic June 05, 2009

Just gorgeous, Melissa. Love the DOF. #7600013

Kim Kleinschmidt June 05, 2009

A lovely macro, Melissa! Gorgeous soft colors with wonderful DOF and marvelous detail! #7600031

Melissa G. Meiselman June 05, 2009

Thanks so much Jessica, Julianna, Mary Beth and Kim for taking a look and leaving these wonderful comments!! #7600279

Tiia Vissak June 05, 2009

a wonderful floral! #7600442

Tarun Bose June 05, 2009

Excellent selective focus. Lovely dof. Well done Melissa. #7600806

Melissa G. Meiselman June 05, 2009

Thanks so much Tila and Tarun for your wonderful comments!! #7600843

Carol Sawyer June 05, 2009

Beautiful floral image, DOF and colors, Melissa!! #7600937

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna June 05, 2009

Wonderfully lovely image, Melissa!!! :-) k #7600986

Karen Engelbreth June 05, 2009

Wonderful image, Melissa.... #7601104

Nancyj E. Hovey level-classic June 05, 2009

Awesome image, Melissa. Love the composition, DOF, lighting, colors...and the softness! 8o) #7601461

Tammy Espino June 05, 2009

Beautiful capture!! You can tell they are tiny :) #7601562

Melissa G. Meiselman June 05, 2009

Thanks so much for all of your terrific comments!! They are very much appreciated!! #7601641

June 05, 2009

Beautiful floral capture,love the color and detail,Melissa! #7601700

Melissa G. Meiselman June 05, 2009

Thanks Walter!! #7601816

Stefania Barbier level-classic June 06, 2009

wonderful capture Melissa! #7602137

Patrick Rouzes level-classic June 06, 2009

Beautiful floral taken with fabulous tones, detail, dof, focus & comp !!! LOVELY work again here, Melissa!!!

Thnaks for sharing how you did this. #7602817

Eugenio Diaz June 06, 2009

What a wonderful wonderful shot, well done Melissa..Just Excellent , Suuperb!!!!
The details and the clarity are just amazing! #7602894

Melissa G. Meiselman June 06, 2009

Thanks so much Stefania, Patrick and Eugenio for your wonderful comments!! #7603037

Nancy L. Green level-classic June 07, 2009

OUTSTANDING macro Melissa, I love the wonderful soft colors and the great lighting, WTG!! <>< #7606550

Nancyj E. Hovey level-classic June 08, 2009

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your well deserving EFP. 8o) #7609273

Dianna Murphy June 12, 2009

Boy you've been rolling in the EPs. Well done. Love the Selective focus on this one. #7622994

Melissa G. Meiselman June 12, 2009

Thanks so much Nancy G., Nancy J. and Dianna!! #7623712

Ruth Grimm July 21, 2009

Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist, Melissa!!! Best of luck in the next round! #7764039

Val Feldman level-deluxe July 21, 2009

Marvelous! Congrats, again, Melissa on this beautiful Finalist! #7764180

Tammy Espino July 21, 2009

Congrats on a great finalist!! :))))) #7764363

Nancyj E. Hovey level-classic July 21, 2009

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your well deserving FINALIST 8o) #7764596

ROLAN NARMAN July 21, 2009

Huge Congrats on this gorgeous finalist Melissa! #7765106

Janet Daniel July 21, 2009

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Melissa! #7765228

Colleen Farrell July 21, 2009

Gorgeous floral, Melissa! Big congrats on your finalist! #7765306

Sam Britt July 21, 2009

Congratulations again, Melissa! #7765844

Melissa G. Meiselman July 21, 2009

Thanks so much everyone for your great remarks!!! #7765955

Freddy Bland July 21, 2009

Beautiful finalist, Melissa!! Much congratulations to you! #7766036

Marcel J. Fernandez July 21, 2009

Congratulations Melissa on your very outstanding Finalist. #7766167

Jessica Jenney July 21, 2009

Congratulations, Melissa on your beautiful finalist! #7766199

Teresa Burnett level-classic July 21, 2009

And another huge congratulations on this gorgeous finalist, Melissa! Best of luck in the next round!! #7766297

Julianna J. Collett July 21, 2009

Congratulations!!! #7766316

Debra R. Harder July 21, 2009

Ohhhh...WOW!! This is GORGEOUS, Melissa! Congratulations on another BEAUTIFUL finalist! Deb #7766435

Betsy Labuschagne July 22, 2009

Congratulations again on this outstanding finalist Melissa!! #7766988

Ujjwal Mukherjee July 22, 2009

Another beautiful finalist,Melissa! Congratulations!!! #7767061

Leslie McLain level-classic July 22, 2009

Congrats on your beautiful finalist, Melissa. #7767536

Erica Murphy level-classic July 22, 2009

Congratulations on another beautiful finalist Melissa!! #7768169

Margaret R. Barry July 22, 2009

Congratulations on another gorgeous finalist, Melissa! #7768323

Eugenio Diaz July 22, 2009

AMAZING piece of work!
WTG!
Congratulations on your Superb Finalist! #7768338

Melissa G. Meiselman July 22, 2009

Thanks so much everybody for these wonderful remarks. I appreciate them all so much!!! #7768485

Nadya Johnson July 22, 2009

Looks like this is one I missed! Absolutely gorgeous, Melissa! Congratulations on your outstanding finalist! #7769473

Patricia Ronan July 22, 2009

Congratulations on your finalist Melissa! Beautiful macro:)) #7770757

Melissa G. Meiselman July 22, 2009

Thanks Nadya and Patricia for your appreciation of this image!! #7770818

Alex T. Mizuno July 22, 2009

Beautiful work Melissa! Congratulations on your Finalist!!! #7770975

Linda Blair July 22, 2009

Congratulations!!!!!! #7771078

Max Aureli July 22, 2009

Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Melissa!!!! :-)) #7771102

Alexis Yobbagy July 22, 2009

Woo Hoo! I love this one!!! Congrats Melissa!!! #7772417

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic July 23, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS Melissa on this beautiful Finalist!

UB. #7772724

frank w. degenhardt July 23, 2009

A most beautiful Finalist for this gorgeous picture. Congratulations from Annie and myself. Way to go. #7773860

ALLEN O. HOWARD July 23, 2009

Beautiful, Melissa! Congratulations! #7774459

Julianne Bradford July 23, 2009

WAY TO GO MELISSA!! Big congrats! #7774910

Melissa G. Meiselman July 23, 2009

Thanks everyone for these wonderful comments!! I appreciate each and every one!!! #7774957

Dianna Murphy July 23, 2009

Lovely finalist. Congratulations #7775276

Michael Khoury July 23, 2009

Congratulations Melissa...and our Editors forgot to 'pick it' first!!! ...go figure!!!! :)))))
mk #7775726

Patrick Rouzes level-classic July 23, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS on this incredible finalist, Melissa!!! #7776255

Melissa G. Meiselman July 23, 2009

Thanks so much Dianna, Michael and Patrick for your great remarks!! #7776345

Mary K. Robison July 26, 2009

So dainty, with such pretty pastel colors, Melissa ~
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist! #7784751

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