Uploaded: July 23, 2009 07:04:17
This is the ceiling of a gazebo located at the Suncoast Botanical Gardens, in Spring Hill, Florida.
This was taken with my Canon 100mm Macro Lens set with a wide open aperture.
Entered into Elements of Design.
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Exif: F Number: 2.8, Exposure Bias Value: -1.00, ExposureTime: 1/125 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 100.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Jack Ryan July 23, 2009
Great lines...excellent detail and comp...great find! Well done! #1158206Dominick M. Dimacale July 23, 2009
Lovely image and find, Melissa.Dominick #7774125
Jeff Robinson July 23, 2009
Very nice shapes and design! Jeff #7774213Melissa G. Meiselman July 23, 2009
Thanks so much Jack, Dominick and Jeff for your wonderful comments!! #7774395Mary A. Legler July 23, 2009
Love how you can see something so ordinary and capture it like artwork! Beautiful textures and colors, Melissa! #7774406Sam Britt July 23, 2009
Great design & tones, Melissa. I took some photos of the inside of a gazebo at a local botanical garden last year. I really got some funny looks from other visitors! #7774448Robert R. Goodman July 23, 2009
Hi Melissa,Beautiful detail and texture.Wonderful capture!!!!! #7774456Melissa Olsen July 23, 2009
Great tones and pov in this image, Melissa #7774467Cyn Valentine July 23, 2009
Wonderful light and detail..great image Melissa! #7774524Nadya Johnson July 23, 2009
This proves the old saying - it pays to look up! Great shot, Melissa! #7774606Monnie Ryan July 23, 2009
A photo after my own heart, Melissa -- getting something great like this would keep me happy for weeks on end! Great job! #7774616Melissa G. Meiselman July 23, 2009
Thanks so much Mary, Sam, Bobby, Melissa, Cyn, Nadya and Monnie for looking and leaving these great comments!!! #7774741Janet Daniel July 23, 2009
Terrific detail, lines, & design, Melissa! A great image! #7774840Carol Sawyer July 23, 2009
Fantastic POV, lighting and tones, Melissa!! #7774934Tiia Vissak July 23, 2009
a cool EOD shot! #7774983Melissa G. Meiselman July 23, 2009
Thank you so much Janet and Carol for your wonderful comments!! I appreciate them very much!! #7774985Maria Warren July 23, 2009
this is a very cool photo love the light here #7775021Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna July 23, 2009
GREAT EOD image, Melissa!!! Super details, lighting and tones!!! :-) k #7775101Melissa G. Meiselman July 23, 2009
Thanks so much Maria and Kitty for your wonderful comments!! #7775335Patricia Ronan July 23, 2009
Lovely composition, great EOD image Melissa:) #7775668Carol L. Fowler July 23, 2009
My hat off to you and to the architect for this beautiful capture #7775700Eugenio Diaz July 23, 2009
Nicely done! A wonderful shot...The colours and graphic effect are great....that's some really interesting architecture! amazing geometry. #7775927Tammy Espino July 23, 2009
Fantastic details and composition! #7775999Melissa G. Meiselman July 23, 2009
Thanks so much Patricia, Carol, Eugenio and Tammy for looking and leaving these wonderful comments!! #7776223Patrick Rouzes July 23, 2009
Fantastic tones, detail, EOD, lighting, & comp here!!! Lovely work, as usual, Melissa!!! #7776257Melissa G. Meiselman July 23, 2009
Thanks so much Patrick for your great comment!! #7776342Annie Booth July 23, 2009
Melissa- Wonderful design and capture. I love the fact that its all wood and the color of that is beautiful. Fantastic work.Have a wonderful day my friend. #7776411
Reynaldo D. Reyes July 23, 2009
Love the perspective and geometric shape display! #7776574Evy Johansen July 23, 2009
Great shot, Melissa! Wonderful composition and great details!! #7776609Kirsten Kiki Kjaer July 24, 2009
Fantastic design and capture, Melissa. GREAT job!!! #7776715Joy Rector July 24, 2009
great shot #7777345frank w. degenhardt July 24, 2009
Melissa- What an eye you have girl to see the wonderful photo op for such a fantastic picture. Lov the angle of your shot and how you take us right into the center with outstanding depth. The wood is a wondeful natural color with outstanding textures. I love how you brought out the grain of the wood. Lighting is exceptional and you have a beautiful design here.Debra K. Johnson July 24, 2009
This is really fantastic,Melissa!!! Amazing details. #7777560Melissa G. Meiselman July 24, 2009
Thank you so much Annie, Reynaldo, Evy, Kirsten, Joy and Frank for your wonderful comments!!! #7777981Courtenay Vanderbilt July 24, 2009
Cool EOD Melissa! #7778326Max Aureli July 24, 2009
Original EOD and good eyes, Melissa!!! Fantastic capture, gorgeous textures and wonderful geometrical design my friend!!!! #7778328Melissa G. Meiselman July 25, 2009
Thanks Courtenay and Max for you wonderful comments!! I appreciate them both very much!!! #7781804Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas July 27, 2009
Great geometry, colors and lighting Melissa!,Melissa G. Meiselman July 27, 2009
Thanks so much, Amalia!! I am glad you like this!!! #7786507Mark Dodge July 28, 2009
Excellent eye, Melissa. Wonderful use of thirds. #7791059Nancyj E. Hovey July 28, 2009
WOW, I love how this turned out Melissa... Awesome design, composition, colors, and that lighting...C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your well deserving EFP...8o) #7791620
Melissa G. Meiselman July 29, 2009
Thanks so much Mark and Nancy for commenting on this image!!! #7794325Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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