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Little happy dancer



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cameraDMC-TZ100

settings Aperture f/2.8 ISO 200 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 91/10 

locationPortugal

upload_dateDec, 2017

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35 Comments |
KristinaOers PRO+
 
KristinaOers December 26, 2017
Amazingly beautiful Eelco! Well spotted in the first place, well composed and what incredible colours!! Gorgeous!!
Irys
 
Irys January 01, 2018
Beautiful! Great composition, contrast
Pjerry
 
Pjerry January 04, 2018
Je hebt er echt niet even ingeplant na een verfbadje :))))
Wat is dit uitzonderlijk grappig.
Belochka
 
Belochka January 06, 2018
Eelco, you are the best! Great photo!
Bruz Platinum
 
Bruz January 27, 2018
Love how you got selective coloring without editing for it.
Pjerry
 
Pjerry February 07, 2018
Gefeliciteerd met je challenge 2018 winst..... Je moet een extra kamer bij gaan bouwen om je rpijzen in te zetten.... ;)
Bazz PRO+
 
Bazz February 08, 2018
Beautiful!
Bazz PRO+
 
Bazz February 08, 2018
Congratulations on being the winner in Happy 2018 Photo Challenge for February, 2018 ! Well deserved.
KevinGPhotography
 
KevinGPhotography April 28, 2018
Congrats on your award Eelco for the challenge, Nothing is born from diamonds
lindathomasBAhons
 
lindathomasBAhons April 29, 2018
Very worthy winner
MichelleAnnHarrison
 
MichelleAnnHarrison May 07, 2018
Thanks so much for adding to my contest nicely done
KevinGPhotography
 
KevinGPhotography May 09, 2018
Congratulations Eelco on your Awesome Flowers photo challenge award
reh037
 
reh037 May 18, 2018
Fantastic!
aliasadi109
 
aliasadi109 June 27, 2018
Thanks for join to my challenge, It's wonderful shot
tmtburke PRO+
 
tmtburke July 03, 2018
Congratulations Eelco, beautiful definition.
JM18Photography PRO+
 
JM18Photography July 12, 2018
Congratulations!
Aeri
 
Aeri July 12, 2018
Congratulations on your challenge win.... :)
aliasadi109
 
aliasadi109 August 11, 2018
Beautiful....
aliasadi109
 
aliasadi109 August 11, 2018
congratulation
JayneBug Platinum
 
JayneBug August 11, 2018
Such a striking contrast. Love it!
tmtburke PRO+
 
tmtburke August 11, 2018
A great composition & subject, congratulations Eelco
KimTR
 
KimTR March 17, 2019
Stunning photo, Eelco! Love the contrast
PhillipJGordonPhotography
 
PhillipJGordonPhotography April 03, 2019
Superb!
SJennings PRO
 
SJennings April 12, 2019
Love it!
1TinyTurtle Premium
 
1TinyTurtle April 16, 2019
Congrats on winning my challenge "miniature trees" very unique shot
tmtburke PRO+
 
tmtburke June 22, 2019
Great image
NatureCoast Ultimate
 
NatureCoast February 22, 2020
Congratulations on your Sizewise challenge win! Nice picture.
JayneBug Platinum
 
JayneBug May 03, 2020
Simple and sweet. A beautiful image and capture. Congratulations!
enriquekapie Platinum
 
enriquekapie May 03, 2020
Gefeliciteerd Eelco
NatureCoast Ultimate
 
NatureCoast May 03, 2020
Congratulations again! Very striking!
sallyG11
 
sallyG11 May 04, 2020
Congratulations Eelco, well deserved as this is such a beautiful capture :)
NatureCoast Ultimate
 
NatureCoast June 30, 2020
Congratulations on your win, Eelco Great capture!
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel November 30, 2020
Spot on minimalism!
kclofty
 
kclofty June 13, 2021
Brilliant! A favorite in my "I Love Color" Challenge.
JayneBug Platinum
 
JayneBug Mar 08
Happy indeed. Congratulations on your award win!

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#Yiruma piano music...8... #colors #flower
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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in Sintra, Portugal.

Time

It was about 2 pm.

Lighting

The light in Portugal is very strong in summer but I took this photo on a wonderful sunny winters day. Light is great for photography at that time of year!

Equipment

I have a Lumix DMC-TZ100, all my photos are taken with this little miracle of a camera...The best thing about this camera is that it has a good Leica lens and it is very easy to carry with you because it practically fits in your back pocket. I didn't use any extra equipment, I took the photo spontaniously free out of hand.

Inspiration

I don't like to party so much... so I went for a walk at the last day of december to take some photos and reflect on the past year when I saw this little firework flower struggling to come out of a dead tree... I thought it was perfect to represent New Years Eve. The flower was about 7 mm. tall, very small but very powerful! I tried to make the flower stand out from the background, only showing the wood it grew from within the whole frame.

Editing

I did very little post-processing in Lightroom, only to enhance some details but the photo is allmost as it originally was when I took it. The colors of the flower aren't edited, they were realy this wonderful!

In my camera bag

I don't have any equipment in my bag (yet) I am a beginning photographer and I am learning to use a camera, to look for the good light, composition and point of view. One day when I know how to use and set the camera well enough, I will start to think about a bag filled with technical things instead of the need to understand how it works first...

Feedback

The only advice I can give you is look around you for all the wonders the world has to offer, enjoy the beauty of the world we live in... For me capturing nice shots is a matter of trying to isolate nice subjects without forgetting the whole picture... The choice of a background is very important to put the subject in a context or to make it stand out better. In this case I tried to show the struggle of this little beauty growing out of a dead tree. I choose to show only dead wood in te frame because I wanted to focus all attention on the colorfull flower. Take more shots with slightly different settings so you can choose the best one later. Once you open your laptop, the magic of today's world begins... I always crop it later into the size and composition I like best. Crop and edit the photo in different ways, so you can choose the best one the next day when you can have a fresh look at them!

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