Florets From a Single Flower [Photography Contest Details & Macro Photos]
Uploaded: June 05, 2009 06:55:38
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
Jessica Jenney June 05, 2009
I just love your floral macros, Melissa! Another gorgeous capture! #1137357Julianna J. Collett June 05, 2009
Beautiful soft floral - LOVE the colors in this! #7599971Mary Beth Aiello June 05, 2009
Just gorgeous, Melissa. Love the DOF. #7600013Kim Kleinschmidt June 05, 2009
A lovely macro, Melissa! Gorgeous soft colors with wonderful DOF and marvelous detail! #7600031Melissa G. Meiselman June 05, 2009
Thanks so much Jessica, Julianna, Mary Beth and Kim for taking a look and leaving these wonderful comments!! #7600279Tiia Vissak June 05, 2009
a wonderful floral! #7600442Tarun Bose June 05, 2009
Excellent selective focus. Lovely dof. Well done Melissa. #7600806Melissa G. Meiselman June 05, 2009
Thanks so much Tila and Tarun for your wonderful comments!! #7600843Carol Sawyer June 05, 2009
Beautiful floral image, DOF and colors, Melissa!! #7600937Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna June 05, 2009
Wonderfully lovely image, Melissa!!! :-) k #7600986Karen Engelbreth June 05, 2009
Wonderful image, Melissa.... #7601104Nancyj E. Hovey June 05, 2009
Awesome image, Melissa. Love the composition, DOF, lighting, colors...and the softness! 8o) #7601461Tammy Espino June 05, 2009
Beautiful capture!! You can tell they are tiny :) #7601562Melissa G. Meiselman June 05, 2009
Thanks so much for all of your terrific comments!! They are very much appreciated!! #7601641Melissa G. Meiselman June 05, 2009
Thanks Walter!! #7601816Stefania Barbier June 06, 2009
wonderful capture Melissa! #7602137Patrick Rouzes 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!!!!Melissa G. Meiselman June 06, 2009
Thanks so much Stefania, Patrick and Eugenio for your wonderful comments!! #7603037Nancy L. Green June 07, 2009
OUTSTANDING macro Melissa, I love the wonderful soft colors and the great lighting, WTG!! <>< #7606550Nancyj E. Hovey June 08, 2009
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SDianna Murphy June 12, 2009
Boy you've been rolling in the EPs. Well done. Love the Selective focus on this one. #7622994Melissa G. Meiselman June 12, 2009
Thanks so much Nancy G., Nancy J. and Dianna!! #7623712Ruth Grimm July 21, 2009
Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist, Melissa!!! Best of luck in the next round! #7764039Val Feldman July 21, 2009
Marvelous! Congrats, again, Melissa on this beautiful Finalist! #7764180Tammy Espino July 21, 2009
Congrats on a great finalist!! :))))) #7764363Nancyj E. Hovey July 21, 2009
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SROLAN NARMAN July 21, 2009
Huge Congrats on this gorgeous finalist Melissa! #7765106Janet Daniel July 21, 2009
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Melissa! #7765228Colleen Farrell July 21, 2009
Gorgeous floral, Melissa! Big congrats on your finalist! #7765306Sam Britt July 21, 2009
Congratulations again, Melissa! #7765844Melissa G. Meiselman July 21, 2009
Thanks so much everyone for your great remarks!!! #7765955Freddy Bland July 21, 2009
Beautiful finalist, Melissa!! Much congratulations to you! #7766036Marcel J. Fernandez July 21, 2009
Congratulations Melissa on your very outstanding Finalist. #7766167Jessica Jenney July 21, 2009
Congratulations, Melissa on your beautiful finalist! #7766199Teresa Burnett July 21, 2009
And another huge congratulations on this gorgeous finalist, Melissa! Best of luck in the next round!! #7766297Julianna J. Collett July 21, 2009
Congratulations!!! #7766316Debra R. Harder July 21, 2009
Ohhhh...WOW!! This is GORGEOUS, Melissa! Congratulations on another BEAUTIFUL finalist! Deb #7766435Betsy Labuschagne July 22, 2009
Congratulations again on this outstanding finalist Melissa!! #7766988Ujjwal Mukherjee July 22, 2009
Another beautiful finalist,Melissa! Congratulations!!! #7767061Leslie McLain July 22, 2009
Congrats on your beautiful finalist, Melissa. #7767536Erica Murphy July 22, 2009
Congratulations on another beautiful finalist Melissa!! #7768169Margaret R. Barry July 22, 2009
Congratulations on another gorgeous finalist, Melissa! #7768323Eugenio Diaz July 22, 2009
AMAZING piece of work!Melissa G. Meiselman July 22, 2009
Thanks so much everybody for these wonderful remarks. I appreciate them all so much!!! #7768485Nadya Johnson July 22, 2009
Looks like this is one I missed! Absolutely gorgeous, Melissa! Congratulations on your outstanding finalist! #7769473Patricia Ronan July 22, 2009
Congratulations on your finalist Melissa! Beautiful macro:)) #7770757Melissa G. Meiselman July 22, 2009
Thanks Nadya and Patricia for your appreciation of this image!! #7770818Alex T. Mizuno July 22, 2009
Beautiful work Melissa! Congratulations on your Finalist!!! #7770975Linda Blair July 22, 2009
Congratulations!!!!!! #7771078Max Aureli July 22, 2009
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Melissa!!!! :-)) #7771102Alexis Yobbagy July 22, 2009
Woo Hoo! I love this one!!! Congrats Melissa!!! #7772417Usman M. Bajwa 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. #7773860ALLEN O. HOWARD July 23, 2009
Beautiful, Melissa! Congratulations! #7774459Julianne Bradford July 23, 2009
WAY TO GO MELISSA!! Big congrats! #7774910Melissa G. Meiselman July 23, 2009
Thanks everyone for these wonderful comments!! I appreciate each and every one!!! #7774957Dianna Murphy July 23, 2009
Lovely finalist. Congratulations #7775276Michael Khoury July 23, 2009
Congratulations Melissa...and our Editors forgot to 'pick it' first!!! ...go figure!!!! :)))))Patrick Rouzes July 23, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS on this incredible finalist, Melissa!!! #7776255Melissa G. Meiselman July 23, 2009
Thanks so much Dianna, Michael and Patrick for your great remarks!! #7776345Mary K. Robison July 26, 2009
So dainty, with such pretty pastel colors, Melissa ~Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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