Flower Power by Canon DSLR Challenge


27-JAN-2008	Michael Shealy

Amaryllis hippeastrum

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
1/200s f/11.0 at 85.0mm iso800
Kenko 12mm Auto Extension Tube DG hide exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Canon DSLR Challenge		05-Feb-2008 02:39
Thanks Melanie, Tom & Tommy. Melanie, they do look like little beings, don't they? I almost titled this shot "Flower Sex" cuz its so obvious something like that is going on here. I didn't cut or change the flower at all, just did a portrait shot and cropped for the direction the "organs" were standing to make them the obvious subject. Cheers and thanks again, -mikey

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Feb-2008 04:17
Nice work composing the flower into this format. I'm bored of flowers but this shows is doesn't have to be so. Did you cut away some of the pedals to come up with this view Mikey? It looks like an intimate gathering of sexual organs under a volumptuous canopy. -tv

Guest		04-Feb-2008 01:54
Nice entry Mikey. This challenge doesn't lend itself to vertical, but here we are. i especially like the clarity of the edges & green of the inner petals.

Canon DSLR Challenge		31-Jan-2008 01:39
It's like looking into a different world and seeing a bunch of odd looking aliens worshipping another odd looking alien :). --mlynn