Posted by Dornbrau (Colorado Springs, United States) on 8 April 2007 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.
I love flowers. Unfortunately my gardening skills leave a lot to be desired. I do not have a green thumb. If anything, I have a gangrene thumb. Every plant I touch dies. My whole lawn died. Not just the front, but the back yard as well. I call it 'zero-scaping'.
Sadly I must depend on parks and public gardens to satisfy my hunger for botanicals. This particular bed of flowers caught my eye with its simplistic beauty. I softened the focus and increased the saturation to create my dream wildflower garden.
* Colorado Springs, Colorado
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I love the surreal effect the post-processing gave it. There's something almost ominous about the flowers.
8 Apr 2007 12:48am
Lovely capture and technique Dornbrau. It does feel surreal, larger than life...almost as if the hard armor of the center of the flower is protecting its delicate petals.
8 Apr 2007 1:01am
Nice lightning here, beatifull image.
8 Apr 2007 10:32am
Lovely photo. I like the softness, gives it a dream-like quality.
8 Apr 2007 3:31pm
Stunning colours!
8 Apr 2007 4:01pm
Beautiful photo and effect... I just hope you didn't touch them... Smile!!!
8 Apr 2007 4:31pm
Belle photo! effet de lumière superbe, bravo
8 Apr 2007 6:20pm
The backlighting gives it a glow and creates an different-world feeling. Nice, warm and soft. Did you use any softening filter/post processing?
9 Apr 2007 1:22am
Dont touch the green with ur thumb buddy, touch only with ur camera...
Beautiful work in deed!!
9 Apr 2007 3:47am
Beautiful work. Looks like coming out of a dream.
9 Apr 2007 4:49am
I think you made up for the lack of gardening skills with the flower photography. This is really lovely.
I am also not a good gardener. It's a lot of work and I just don't do it very well. Although I continue to try. If there was a law about plant abuse or neglect, I'd probably be in jail by now.
9 Apr 2007 12:20pm
Beautiful.. each petal looks like having its own lighting.
9 Apr 2007 8:18pm
Beutiful shot and wonderful effect, it does look dreamy!
9 Apr 2007 8:21pm
nice colors!!!!
10 Apr 2007 2:28am
very nice! love the colour very warm good shot!
10 Apr 2007 4:57am
LOVE the glow
11 Apr 2007 7:51pm
Haha, I have the same problem too when it comes to gardening. Get hardy plants that will take great effort to kill but needed only low maintenance. COne flower will keep on flowering for a couple of years with minimal attention. :-) And yes, great shot. Very dreamy .... :-)
13 Apr 2007 9:12am
Nice work, wonderful details!
13 Apr 2007 10:14am
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