Blue Flower:

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Pentax Spotmatic, f-1.4 lens + many extension tubes with a large aperture opening. Kodachrome 64 from a backlit blue leaf/flower.

-- Bahman Farzad (bahman_farzad@spotmetering.com), February 11, 1999

Answers

Although this is similar to some of your red series close-ups that show just one pedal, for instance, I can relate to this better because it has a little more detail. The "Y" shapes formed by the stems and the little bit of contrast formed by the small outer pedals of the main flower. Very nice image.

-- Micheal F. Kelly (Kellys@Alaska.net), February 12, 1999.

I'm partial to blue. I like this one a lot, with its various related hues.

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), February 12, 1999.

I like this better than the more minimalist examples you have submitted. More relationships to think about here; blues balanced by greens, backlight, translucent petals, negative space versus positive, etc. In a nutshell, it holds my interest longer and I enjoy coming back to it.

-- Mike Green (mgprod@mindspring.com), February 13, 1999.

Bahman, Meant to comment on this earlier when I first saw it. I love it! Your series of shots like this has opened my eyes to a very different and creative way of seeing. Thanks for the inspiration! I love the soft shades of blue in this and the amorphous shapes of the petals contrasted with the strong lines of the stems.

-- Barbara Kelly (kellys@alaska.net), February 24, 1999.