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Photographer’s Note

A very nostalggic flower I like to have in my garden, a very much medicinal.
I found her with her Hybrid sister side by side...
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Common name: White Butterfly Pea, Aparajita अपराजिता (Hindi), Aparajita angouba (Manipuri), Kannikkodi (Tamil), Sangu pushpam (Malayalam/Tamil)
Botanical name: Clitoria ternata

The flowers are presented upside down - the "keel" petal appears on the top rather than the underside. A native of subtropical America and Asia, the butterfly pea is beautiful. A vine that can climb to 9 feet in a hot summer. The flowers are produced in late summer, and are completely white A member of the pea family, elongated peas are produced and seeds can be collected for sowing the following year.

Source:www.flowersofindia.net

Paolo, lestans, kclai, siolaw, goodwill, postvikram, faganrodney has marked this note useful

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Paolo (40818) 2006-06-07 3:13

Hi Premanad, good shot, with amazing colours and light. the only thing that i don't like so much is the composition.
the blue flower should be better composed on one of the sides and not exactley on the middle. also a little bit more of light should be more interesting to have a strong contrast between the flower on the foreground and the white/green background.
in any case, a wonderful flower and a beautiful shot.
thanks, ciao

mishreyee (0) 2006-06-07 3:16

Very nice photo of "Aparajita"...the contrast is superb between olive green and cobalt blue!
regards,
mishreyee

lestans (15616) 2006-06-07 3:21

Ciao Prem!! Very nice flower, very well captured; I never saw it!
I'll show to you my new mask on my terrace... I'll post as soon as I can
Ciao!!!| Livia

kclai (2267) 2006-06-07 3:45

Hi Prem
Nice to see your post again. And I see there's been improvement in your recent post, huh. Congrats!
Turning into naturalist photographer is one good idea, rather than sticking to the same subjects or mitives. A photographer needs to be diversified in many field of photography. One field is the nature.
It's not the same thing you see everyday, so, photography of nature elements are one meaning of "preserving" it into archives of image.
The sharpness and clarity of this flower is very good and the color, well, likewise all TE members have mentioned, just vivid and strong.
Congrats on your improvement, pal, and hope to see more from you again.
Eric Lai

entrelec (8342) 2006-06-07 4:16

Hi Premanand

The new camera provides a good quality.
If I can allow me to suggest something it is not to center the main subject; except in few situations.
Try to drive the eyes to the main element by your composition, the subject is almost always stronger when it is not centered.
Have a good day

joel

siolaw (26392) 2006-06-08 10:12

Hi Premanand!
A nice close up of that flower,very beautiful colors,and good Dof to create a BG bokeh... Nice contrast too
As paolo says it could be placed elsewhere buti like it that way as well.. i too tend to center my subjects.. sometimes it works
All the best
Laurent

oochappan (22036) 2006-06-08 22:50

Hi Prem
I like the shot as there is a lot of capacity in it for playing around in postprocessing and the centering could become perfect then, I try a WS.
greetings from Henk

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nethrafotos (376) 2006-06-11 0:56

Hi Premanand:

I think the flower's botanical name is Clitoria purpurea. The color of the flowers is deep blue or purple. The color of the flower you have captured is not natural, it is a digital effect. Digital cameras fail to capture the deep blue or purple color, properly. Looks like there the color got saturated. You can avoid this problem by avoiding flash or taking the photograph with the flowers in the shade or under cloudy conditions.

This flower is also called as Shiva Linga pushpam.

Regards,

Imam

goodwill (4035) 2006-06-19 15:10

Premananda ji, this is a magical shot.
Had the leaves in the backgound been fresh, this could be your masterpiece.
Regards
rajeev

sayan (2609) 2006-06-21 3:01

Hi Prem,
A beautiful aparajita! Well captured. I like the contrast very much!
Best
Sayan

postvikram (1199) 2006-07-05 7:02

Very goodcapture Prem,
I actually have a similar one with me taken at Trichy. Excellent note.Great color saturation on the flower.
I also notice you also left the dries leaves to be in the frame naturally.
Nice one- Vikram

rajhema (1867) 2006-07-18 11:55

Beautiful flower. I remember this one. It gives lots of flowers. Pretty well sharpened. What I don't like is the dry leaves around the flower. that is slightly distracting. I also think you left too much leaves around. But that is my opinion. This brings back my childhood memories. I lived in Tirupur and my parents had several vines of this

TFS
Rajesh
Rajesh

jalilbahar (0) 2006-08-08 14:17 [Comment]