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Monday, 26 January 2009

Pusteblume

GRD, f4.5, 1/250, ISO 64, JPG - Taken on 26/10/2006

Today's picture is my most popular picture on both Flickr and JPG Mag. It is also one of my own favorite pictures although I am not a big fan of flower macros. I tried to copy this picture a few times but never got anywhere close to the original.

11 comments:

  1. Anonymous27 January, 2009 08:28

    Some times its very difficult to reproduce a picture.
    If you analyse this picture you soon see there are a number of complex elements that contribute to making this a great picture, not least: the position of the sun, the shape of the hedge partially masking the sun, the shape and texture of the flower, the position of the camera and last but not least the photographer.
    Great shot

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  2. Nevin27 January, 2009 08:52

    Nice one, Cristi. But, honestly, it reminds me of my friend just back from France. His head has become scantly grown with hairs :)

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  3. Anonymous27 January, 2009 16:25

    This is a great shot indeed. As I think I got my ethernet cable fixed at last I hopefully will be able to comment again on your blog, so although kinda late congrats to the first birthday of yur blog and keep up the good work (that includes, but also transcends, great macro flower shots! ;)

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  4. Cristian27 January, 2009 22:43

    Thanks for the comments!

    Yesbuts, you are right, there are different elements that all need to be right to get a special picture. Also, as I found out, sometimes it's best not to reproduce a picture but to take a new one, using a fresh perspective.

    Nevin, wonder what hairdresser your friend went to in France ;).

    DLC, thank you for your comment and continued visits.
    Glad you got the ethernet cable sorted now.
    Tried to post on your blog a few times before but kept getting a page not found after pressing ok. Wonder what it was, need to try again.

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  5. Anonymous27 January, 2009 22:54

    Cristi, we are experiencing continuous spam problems on La Presidencia - the situation right now is that, whilst most spam gets banned, some spammer comments still go through, whilst other, serious comments sometimes get blocked. I hope a Pixelpost update will fix these problems soon...

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  6. Cristian27 January, 2009 22:58

    Thanks for leting me know, sorry to hear about your problems with spam. Hope you can sort it through the update. Is it possible enable a word verification or similar like on Blogger or Wordpress? This could at least take care of most of the spam.

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  7. mike28 January, 2009 03:39

    Great shot! It's my favourite too.

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  8. Anonymous28 January, 2009 05:13

    It is a powerful photograph that gives me a very dreamy feeling.

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  9. Cristian28 January, 2009 08:32

    Thanks Mike and Wouter for your comments. This is one of the pictures I want to try and print out big to see how it comes out.

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  10. Anonymous29 January, 2009 18:48

    Cristi, my comments are completely off-topic, but anyway, Kemai managed to put-up a Captcha-protection on the Presidencia as you proposed and it seems to be working at the moment, so I hope the problems won´t occur anymore. :)

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  11. Cristian30 January, 2009 09:12

    DLC, this is good news, glad you got the spam problem resolved.
    I like the protection with the questions, works well.

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