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Secrets of the Dark
Secrets of the Dark
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Challenge: Darkness (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: My house
Date: Jun 14, 2005
Aperture: f 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3 sec
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2005

 A beautiful flower of a Cactus that only blooms during the night and lasts just for a few minutes after daybreak.

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Place: 148 out of 373
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 06/29/2005 10:15:44 AM
Great picture Gurry, never heard of this cactus before;-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/21/2005 11:15:23 PM
Nice work on the lighting. Would have been good if you could have also accentuated the fact that it is a cactus. This seems to be an afterthought in the shot
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 06/21/2005 05:44:36 PM
Wow I love this flower!
It only blossoms at night. Definately what darkness could have mean to me!
The light you are using is a little bit too harsh IMO, but I love the details and the focus and the colors of this beautiful shot.
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 06/21/2005 12:07:26 PM
Nice lighting.
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 06/19/2005 01:07:49 AM
All works brilliantly to me, except the hot spot below the cactus. I would have screened that out just a bit. But all in all a very nice shot.
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 06/17/2005 12:47:51 PM
The lighting perspective and composition (except for inclusion of the top of the pot at the bottom) is the strength of this image.

On the technical side the lighting is too strong for the exposure so the petals of the blossoms are overexposed in several places. That is to bad, this is really a nice shot. It might be improved with a shorter exposure time that would not only cure the overexposed petals but provide a darker and less distracting background that would better fit the challenge theme.

On an interesting side note many cactus open their blossoms at night to be pollinated by bats and other night creatures and then close again forever within 18 to 48 hours. This is true of the Saguaro Cactus in Arizona. I've spend a agood deal of time photographing those blossoms over the last month or so but never photographed it after dark. Maybe I should have. :) My blossom shots are here:
//www.pbase.com/azleader/saguaroblossom
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 06/16/2005 06:05:20 PM
GREAT shot ,are they real ?
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 06/15/2005 11:45:47 AM
simply beautiful, 10
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 06/15/2005 02:44:43 AM
flowers
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 06/15/2005 12:48:51 AM
Love the light from beneath. That's a cool take on the challenge.
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