Bird of Paradise

[drg]

I probably should put this in the Nature and Wildlife. These came in a box of flowers from Hawaii late this afternoon courtesy of a dear friend.

I didn't have really the right lights at home, plus really did not want to 'cook' the flowers, but kept misting them. Let me know how you think they came out.

[jar_e]

The colors do seem a tad washed (possibly because of the flash), but also beacuse it's on an excellent black background. Love it. Great purpler flowers on the stem, and a nice orange too.

Well done,

Jared

[gahspidy]

The crop is a little tight, but ok. The purple flowers look too saturated, but the Bird of Paradise looks fine. The lighting does seem to look like a flash, so i would say it needs some improvement there. Overall a nice flower shot, and the black background makes it stand out strong

[LeeIs]

I like the composition a lot. There's a concentration of colour in the middle right and everything seems thin out very nicely as it moves to the top and left. I wish the black was a bit richer though. Also the three bits of yell to the far right distract my attention. They wouldn't be hard to clone out. Other than that you've got yourself a very lovely image.