Petals Contest - Pink Flower Day - Rhododendrons

gillianpearce (65)in #petals • 6 years ago (edited)

Pink Rhododendrons

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I wasn't sure which rhododendron to choose for my pink flowers competition entry.

I was going to go with this one because I love how you can seen the pollen on the end of the stamens. But then I noticed the pollen is even clearer on the second one.

I'd already resized this one to be bigger at that point so I decided to stick with it. 😁

This one was my second choice.

And here are the buds of the one above.

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Turns out the second post was @qurator's favourite too and it was nominated for the Friday photography competition.

If you like it, please support my entry by going here and upvoting my comment.

It can be a 0 vote because the winner is the one with the most votes in a week's time.

Thank you all! 💙

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6 years ago in #petals by gillianpearce (65)

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oleg326756 (65) 6 years ago

Stunning photos, Gillian! I love the colour saturation of those reds and pinks. Beautiful!

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gillianpearce (65) 6 years ago

Thank you so much @oleg326756. The second photograph has been nominated for Qurator's Friday photography competition.

If you could go and vote for it here I'd be most grateful. It can be a 0 upvote. It's the number of votes that count.

Thanks a bunch! 😍

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oleg326756 (65) 6 years ago

Of course! Done! ;D

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gillianpearce (65) 6 years ago

Thank you @oleg326756.

I appreciate your support, as always. 😊

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steven-patrick (64) 6 years ago

The first is a wonderful photo. The delicate colors on the petals come out so nicely. However, I like the third picture because it is so unique.

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gillianpearce (65) 6 years ago

I have lots of pictures of the buds at various stages @steven-patrick. I found them fascinating in real life. 😊

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glenalbrethsen (68) 6 years ago

I like the top one best. The petals ares softer and look more natural for some reason than the second one. I think it's because there's all kinds of spots on the petals of the flowers in the second image and it does something to it—makes it look too sharp or something. Not sure how to explain it, but it's like the contrast was turned up.

I'll just say that in the first image the flower looks natural, the second one, it appears less so, for whatever reasons.

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gillianpearce (65) 6 years ago

Interesting thoughts @glenbrethsen, especially as these are the flowers natural colours with no filters added.

I have some other photographs on a bush with smaller flowers that looks even more artificial because the natural colours are so vibrant.

It didn't come out very well though as there is not enough contrast between each flower.

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glenalbrethsen (68) 6 years ago

Yeah. I had to look at the photo a couple of times to realize that there wasn't anything else going on, just the colors of the flower itself and the lighting it was in. That's actually a nice natural effect in and of itself, just not what I would expect to see from a flower. I guess what's most interesting is that you basically have the same flower, but due to some coloring differences, it makes one look softer while the other is more vibrant. Things is, if I saw it with my own eyes and not through an image of it on a computer screen, would I notice such a difference?

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gillianpearce (65) 6 years ago

Yeah. You'd definitely notice the difference @glenalbrethsen. The colours on the screen, at least on my screen, are a fairly accurate representation of the colours in real life. 😊