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Uploaded: 07/26/10 11:58 PM GMT
Night Blooming Cactus Flower partially open
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This was taken at night. I set the camera ISO at 800. The flowers are really bright white and only open during the night. By dawn they are spent and hanging limply on the bush. Taken with the Nikon D3000. Not reworked or Photo Shopped.

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.Eubeen
07/28/10 2:29 AM GMT
A lovely capture of this beautiful bloom. Nicely composed; great details and clarity. Great work!
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.elektronist
07/29/10 8:02 AM GMT
Your final composition is very nice. Since your software erased exif information while cropping it is hard to say anything technically. From soft shades it is understood that either you have not used built-in flash or had made some kind of diffuser. Up to +1 EV would be better and made white petals brighter and seem better instead of somehow 'gray'. Depth of focus is very good.

I have a Nikon D3000 too and interested in your photos very much.

Tanju
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Be free - use Linux
Terribear
07/29/10 3:37 PM GMT
That is a very pretty flower.. Great shot...

thank you for sharing...
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.Tedi
07/29/10 5:21 PM GMT
The flower is wonderful. The picture is very beautiful.
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.Caiden
07/30/10 5:16 AM GMT
If you could do some post work on it to bright the picture, and bring out the contrasts and colors, I would like it even better. My mom had an old pic she took of one of these before I was born. Still remember it. Thanks for the memory. =-]
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::dreamer100
09/19/10 10:19 PM GMT
A friend from Thailand gave me a cutting years ago with a photo she had taken of her bloom the night before. I am trying to show some patience but begging, threatening and playing soft music for it don't seem to be working out. I will not give up on this not very pretty plant, someday I will see a bloom like this.
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