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Posted by Dulcie (Danville, CA, United States) on 4 July 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Agapanthus buds pressing against the wall of the womb.....
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@djedfre: Thanks for commenting.
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
amazing colors and shape ! great macro my dear Dulcie, good focus and DOF ! have a nice week-end !
4 Jul 2009 9:34am
@Anna.C: I appreciate your feedback very much, Anna. Re: weekend...Je vous souhaite le meme. ;-)
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
Perfect title for this image. I life the angle you chose--different and dramatic. Great shot.
4 Jul 2009 10:38am
@Anita: Ah thank you, Anita. ...a pleasure to read your comment!
@Veronelle: Thank you :-)
marianne from Toulouse, France
a very great macro, very good work !!!!
for my post today, it's flower of a salvia, and I found it seems a tortoise whith a yellow hat, here we say a "bob" for a round cotton hat ... excuse me, I don't speak english, I hope you can understand me ...
may thanks for your visit !
have a nice day !
4 Jul 2009 1:43pm
@marianne: Thanks so much, Marianne. How kind of you to translate for me. :-) And I understand your English perfectly. Now I will return to your post for today and enjoy it with double the pleasure!
@Vachel: Thanks so much, Vachel.
ZoomLNZ from Los Angeles Area, United States
What a great macro this is! Most excellent color and detail!
4 Jul 2009 5:50pm
@ZoomLNZ: I sincerely appreciate your feedback!
Nina from Hamburg, Germany
An interesting and very pretty flower, beautifully presents with a fabulous background.
4 Jul 2009 5:55pm
@Nina: Lovely critique from you. Thanks so much, Nina.
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Very nicely done, Dulcie. Forget the cala-lily - this is the plant to photograph.
4 Jul 2009 6:16pm
@Stephen Phillips: Well, I like 'em both, but the Lily of the Nile (Agapanthus) is the one blooming all around me right now...kind of 'fills up my senses' as the song goes. Thanks for your comment.
@john4jack: I appreciate that, Jack.
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
A creative concept, have not seen an agapanthus from this view. best...jerry
4 Jul 2009 9:05pm
@ordinaryimages: Thanks Jerry. There are so many Agapanthus around me now that I have occasion to shoot them from all views. The macro lens certainly opens my eyes. What a joy!
@Aurore: Thanks for stopping by...and I am now enjoying your portfolio as well!
Sarah from Suisse, Switzerland
Lovely title, gorgeous fig-like colour and shape with blue jewels dotting the background... exceptionally well composed, Dulcie.
5 Jul 2009 2:07pm
Ann from United States
This is poem-worthy. Some take-home beyond beauty with this. Letting go of what we recognize as beautiful and worthy seems like uncompensated loss...until we open ourselves to the new. I had no idea the agapanthus bud casing was so gorgeous!
6 Jul 2009 3:57pm
Tammy-Cricket from somewhere out there, United States
Oh, this is just stunning! What beautiful colors.
7 Jul 2009 2:20am
Jannet from Sommelsdijk, Netherlands
Wonderful image! The angle is very well chosen. Great colors too!
7 Jul 2009 10:28am
Betsy Tuel from United States
Amazing photo. Who knew that lilies of the nile could be so beautiful as they open!!! I just looked at your recent postings and enjoyed them all. You are doing fabulous photography Dulcie! We have been on vacation so it was fun to catch up on your postings.
7 Jul 2009 11:33pm
wendy at the shore from United States
We never know from which perspective we see each other: one's beauty, beginnings, best side, protected parts, budding, hopes, challenges to let it all go, falling out of a "cocoon", just being gorgeous when no one even notices us. What a shot...makes the dead heading attitudes we often have about plants and blooms one to rethink. I might not have noticed this at all until its unfolding and wished it would shed the rest. Amazing, my own responses to this. Echoes some of Ann K. Love your growing edges, D.
2 Aug 2009 10:21am
Nikon D90
1/320 second
F/4.5
ISO 400
90 mm (35mm equiv.)