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Floating Petal 2

© Fax Sinclair

Floating Petal 2

Uploaded: June 02, 2006

Description

My husband was hammering on the deck which caused the ripples in the water. Petal edges are reflecting torch ginger stalks.
Shot in RAW, close mode, 1/125 sec-F/5, lens 60mm.

Comments

Dale Ann Cubbage June 02, 2006

Just beautiful, Fax! The thumbnail does not do this justice!

da #457038

Nadine A. Lewis June 02, 2006

Very nice. I also enjoyed your gallery. #2844569

Anne Arthur June 02, 2006

Beautiful shot. Beautiful gallery. #2844612

Leanne M.E. Boyd June 02, 2006

I love the colour contrasts, and the simplicity. Excellent shot, Fax! #2844786

Fax Sinclair level-classic June 02, 2006

Aloha Dale, Nadine, Anne, & Leanne - I'm so happy to see your comments! #2844932

Howard A. Wood June 02, 2006

Simple , yet elegant! #2845569

Lorri Shane June 04, 2006

Very pretty indeed. I love the contrast of the pink and the water. Nicely seen, Fax. #2851702

Fax Sinclair level-classic June 04, 2006

Thanks Howard and Lorri for niticing this one and commenting! #2851723

Karen Walzer June 07, 2006

WOW Fax - this is beautiful! K #2864761

Fax Sinclair level-classic June 08, 2006

Very nice to meet you Christine abd see your great gallery!
Aloha Karen -- great new mini-pic! #2869959

Wendy Stevenson June 19, 2006

Gorgeous image Fax! I love the contrasting colour and that ever so interesting water tension. Beautifully done! #2916120

Fax Sinclair level-classic June 20, 2006

Hi there Wendy, thanks! #2920971

Laurence Saliba level-classic July 25, 2006

Beautiful image!!!! Congrats Fax!!!! #3079266

Fax Sinclair level-classic July 26, 2006

Aloha Laurence, It's great to get a comment from you! #3081989

Darryl Wilkinson July 27, 2006

Fax, Congratulations on your 2nd place win! Bravo! #3092452

Howard A. Wood July 27, 2006

Congratulations, Fax! #3092578

Laurence Saliba level-classic July 28, 2006

Congratulations on this superb win Fax!!! #3094609

Phil Sauvey July 28, 2006

Congratulations on your well deserved win, Fax! Keep up the great work. #3094704

Jill Flynn July 28, 2006

Aloha Fax ... and congratulations on your win! #3094825

Carla Metzler July 28, 2006

Congratulations, Fax! :D #3095028

Fax Sinclair level-classic July 28, 2006

Aloha Darryl -- congrats back atcha! And Laurence too!
Hi Howark Phill, Jill and Carla -- thanks so much. This is really exciting! #3095326

Sharon Day July 28, 2006

BIG Congratulations, Fax!!! Awesome image! WTG!!! #3096042

Katie Parks July 28, 2006

that is just a beautiful shot! Awsome moment #3096214

Niels Sandal July 28, 2006

So beautiful! Congratulations on this well deserved win! #3097282

Cyn Valentine July 29, 2006

WTG Fax!! Beautiful image..big congratulations!!! #3098561

Fax Sinclair level-classic July 29, 2006

Aloha Sharon, Katie, Niels (Hi!) and Cyn -- thank you soooo much! What does WTG mean? #3098734

Mary N C. Taitt July 29, 2006

Congratulations, Fax, on this lovely shot, beautifully captured. Mary :-D #3099055

Cyn Valentine July 29, 2006

Way To Go..LOL! #3099691

Fax Sinclair level-classic July 29, 2006

Mahalo M'dears! (Thanks Cyn -- trying to keep up, ya know? #3100189

Janine Russell level-classic July 30, 2006

Fax, congratulations on your Second Place win. #3103678

Nobu Nagase July 31, 2006

Congratulations on your great win, Fax!!! #3106785

Fax Sinclair level-classic August 01, 2006

Aloha Janine! Hi there Nobi! Thanks a bunch. #3110363

Jonna Bergström August 08, 2006

Congratulations!!!! #3137277

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett March 15, 2007

I really love this capture and composition, Fax ... congrats on your 2nd Place win ... steve #4057304

Fax Sinclair level-classic March 15, 2007

Aloha,
Jonna and Hurk, thanks so much for commenting! #4059399

Luigi Di Serio level-classic August 01, 2007

Man oh man your colour work on your photos is fantastic. Inspiring stuff. Love that extra drop over the leaf #4587570

Fax Sinclair level-classic August 02, 2007

Thank you Luigi -- that's my favorite part too! #4591517

Tamera S. Phillips August 18, 2007

Fax this is just beautiful and my favorite color. I would love to see this one hanging on my wall. #4666775

Fax Sinclair level-classic August 18, 2007

Mahalo Tamera for this lovely comment. #4667089

Holly Hitchcock December 21, 2007

Simply lovely. Great colors and comp. I feel I could float away on this delicate image.

Lovely indeed, Fax. #5239374

Fax Sinclair level-classic December 21, 2007

Thank you for the lovely compliment Holly. I'm back at it with these petals. This time in the bath with my new waterproof Olympus 790SE. I will be posting today. Aloha! #5239457

Rod Partington March 27, 2009

This is an incredible photo,Fax! You have an amazing gallery! Cheers! #7341790

Fax Sinclair level-classic March 27, 2009

Thank you so much! #7342023

Songbird Cline level-classic October 10, 2011

that image is absolutely gorgeous.. did you change the color of the background to B&W? or was it created to be B&W?
Beautiful image!! LOve it!
#9727089

Fax Sinclair level-classic October 10, 2011

Aloha Songbird, Mahalo! The water in the fish pond was nicely dark. So no desaturation was needed. Just a bit of cropping. #9727298

Songbird Cline level-classic October 10, 2011

I LOVE the image!! #9727979

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