Orchid - retiring for the night (Flowers)

Absolutley sensational, Tony. Just fantastic. 7/7. Well done, my friend. Regards, Lawrence.

Glad you liked it. The light is what I believe gives this image a certain impact. Warm regards,

This is an excellent image! Great lights and shadows....wonderful work! Best regards and congrats

Thanks - have a great day.

Awesome beauty

Beautiful work, Tony!

Very impressive with excellent lighiting and 3d feeling.

Hi Tony, excellent image, amazing lightning and great capture!!! Regards..

Tony, this is a stunning image. The use of light is extraordinary, and the details and composition are impressive. Wonderful work.

Taken late in the afternoon with a rapidly disappearing light. Your

input would be appreciated. Thanks.

Emma, Ruud, Michael m,Tina, Liz: thanks for all of your very positive comments. As always, I try and get to see what is happening with your images if I have not already done so. This image was taken in Westmount, Quebec with the D70 mounted on my old manfrotto tripod (I have a new one). My old manfrotto tripod gave me very good years of service but after some leg damage when it was packed in my suitcase for airline travel and then part of the head broke when I was securing the camera to the tripod this past Fall.

 

 

Very interesting lighting makes for an eye catching image.

The selective low light enhances the flower's delicateness & softness. Nice work.

Jim and Cherlyn - thanks for stopping by - much appreciated.

Excellent use of light, great colours and comp.

Spot on with the light - it adds a new dimension to the image.

Tony, the lighting here is to die for, not sure about the yellow boarder, it defines the image in one way but in another it is sort of bright and harsh and in contrast to the lovely soft lighting on the orchid. It also takes from the mystery of your wonderful composition. On saying this i realize i am knit picking here, i do that on the really great images and this my friend is one in that catagory. All the best....roger

The King of Flower images: thanks for your kind words and very generous rating. Just wondering if I should remove the yellow border or change it for a darker color.

 

Tony, to me if you remove the boarder and take the image right to the edges it creates a mood and is easy on the eye, the yellow boarder makes it hard for me to concentrate on the image, take it away and see how much easier the image is to look at, your eyes get drawn into those wonderful shadows and that sensuous orange tongue, it is really a nice image..............roger

"sensuous orange tongue" h-m-m-m! Orchids have a sort of erotic form to them. Thanks for the advice - will amend when I get a chance.

Tony, I have not been out to your pics for too long. This is an intriguing shot, while clearly an orchid it has mammalian overtones to me that I find interesting. The natural light is really very solid and my only comment is, suspect there is a more tightly cropped image in here also.

Craig: Thanks for stopping by and your insightful comment.

Roger: I have removed the yellow border.

Love the lighting. Regards.

Thanks for stopping by.

I Love the light effect. Beautiful.