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Hello since I (and John C) were persuaded to be the moderators for the monthly cactus picture contest (wich is much fun to do indeed), I personally felt that I was missing a place to post some pictures of flowering cacti.
Since I often had much fun looking at this section of the forum- so why not open my own little topic here.-
I hope you will enjoy it too.
This is some of last weeks pictures.
I decided to put them in front of a black cloth (velvet) for a change which is good for the colors to come out more vivid but I found that the aperture had to be dimmed a little (-1,5) to not overexpose the shiny parts of the flower that reflect the bright sunlight.
The down side of it is that the plant body comes out a little darker than with a white background.

Gymnocalycium bruchii (The first gymno to bloom in this season)
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Echinocereus_poselgeri
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Echinocereus_pulchellus
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Echinocereus_scheerii_v_obscuriensis
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Echinocereus_dasyacanthus_v_hildmannii
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Mammillaria_duwei
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Mammillaria_duwei
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Sulcorebutia_cochabambina_RH8332
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Mediolobivia_pseudoritteri_WK340
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Gymnocalycium_uruguayense, the second Gymno to bloom (today)
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Awesome.
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You've done a really good job, Jens.
Your images of this beautiful blossoms are really fantastic. =D>
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@Harriet & Ralf- Thanks a lot.
Here is the same plant last jear and this year.
It shows the difference in lighting.

The standard /tribute to Ralf) method with white paper in the back.

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Blck background and white reflecting board on the left side
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I like it!
A few more of today

Eriosyce_limariensis?_(Horridocactus_nigricans)
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Eriosyce_esmeraldana_FK795
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Eriosyce_krausii_Th_malleolata
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Gymnocalycium_bruchii_v_niveum_WR727
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Echinocereus_papillosus_SB1787
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Both images (M. theresae) have its own beauty. :wink:
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The results are inspiring. I really need to put something like that together for pictures.
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Ralf wrote:Both images (M. theresae) have its own beauty. :wink:
I think so too Ralf.
Maybe the deeper lying plant structures of the plant in front of the black background would improve if an other reflector (which is pointed at the plant body ) or a ring flash like Christer Johanssen uses for his photos is used. - But I don´t think I would have the patience to put up a very complicated setup for each single photo.... :| .
On the other side if you see the same plant flowering over the years you beginn to think of different (and maybe better ) ways to picture it.
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Very high quality pictures! Good work =D>

And very nice plants as well! :)
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Great shots and beautiful plants! 8)
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Thanks Christer and Tony!
@daiv: its easy to build, go for it.
Some more of today - a sunny but windy day.

From the Noto corner of the GH. - The ones I always want to give away - but only untill they flower.
Notocactus_haselbergii (this actually has nice spines too but is said to be a little tender in winter)
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Mammillaria_rioverdensis
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Eriosyce_heinrichiana aff._Cuesta_Buenos_Aires
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Weingartia westii VZ70
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Beautiful! Fantastic plants and pictures. Interesting to see you have G. uruguayense, I picked up a very nice one this spring. 8)
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Thanks Bryan,I do like this uruguyaense very much for it´s flowers that seem to emit the sunlight rather than reflect it.Image
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:shock: your pictures are all stunning!!
the black background really works great for you
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Thank you very much Arjen.
Here are some more of this afternoon.

Echinocereus_poselgeri_SB852 : with a diffrent flower color
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Eriosyce_taltalensis_v_pygmaea_(Nc_intermedia)
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Eriosyce_taltalensis_v_pygmaea_FK45-77, (according to the field number list it should be Pyrrhocactus intermedius /Nc. intermedia too)
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_Eriosyce_senilis_(Np_nidus). With shorter flowers than the typical E. senilis
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