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Harlan Heald
{K:15732} 6/29/2003
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Inspiring!!! It is all I can do to resist running to the florist's shop. Excellent composition/capture and amazing toning! Masterful work here!!!
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Brian Bednarek
{K:1656} 6/28/2003
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Wonderful lighting and detail.
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Marion Luijten
{K:6141} 6/28/2003
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@Mary: yes....I think you're right about the shadow, Mary. :-)
@Fabio: be my guest... ;-)
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Marion Luijten
{K:6141} 6/28/2003
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@Masha: in the first place: not all Calla's are white, Masha....this one never was. it was yellow with red stripes.
second: I had no intention of imitating Mapplethorpe's Callas...I leave that to others.
third: my intention was to show the beauty of a wilting flower (see f.i.also my "Growing older" Calla).
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Fabio Keiner
{K:81109} 6/28/2003
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perhaps it's ripe to be consumed
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MaryBell
{K:32791} 6/27/2003
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whoosh - the whole point went flying by....hit the wall - kersplatt...
sorry for the aside...
Marion,
the texture suits the decay - the meatiness of all things that die - carnal nature blah, blah, blah...
However, I would argue that in this shot (given the weight and tone of the image) the shadow is a distraction - the shadows work in your lighter images but I am not sure they work here.
Perhaps it should emerge from darkness.
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Masha Dikosavljevic
{K:1117} 6/27/2003
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The main characteristic of the calla flower is lost with this low key lighting. The texture looks like a peace of meet, ruther than a flower. Maybe that was the intention? Of course it's subjective, but this approach didn't work for me.
Have you had a chance to study Robert Malperthorpe's callas? Those are the best photos of callas I've seen. They show the gentile whiteness and sculpturness of this beautiful flower.
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Magnus Wahlgren
{K:268} 6/27/2003
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One of my favourite flowers to shoot. And you really did it very well.
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Luke Luther
{K:14693} 6/27/2003
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nice image. interesting toning effect. it kept me looking at the image though so i must have enjoyed the experience.
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Reynaldo Guimaraes
{K:2422} 6/27/2003
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Wonderful photograph, Marion.
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