These Passion Fruit flowers grow all over Southern California. Just in case you haven't seen one of these before, here is the Wikipedia entry so you can read about them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_Flower

Hello Endre,
What an interesting flower, almost looks alien. The colors are lovely and the lighting is very dramatic, the dark background leads the eye right to the flower. A great take on the WA.
-Nick

Outstanding photo. I have seen this and they are bizarre yet happy flower.

Did you take this outside? If so the light is splendiferous.

Yep, these are bizarre yet beautiful for sure. Great capture. The thing I find most odd about this flower is the five-symmetry in the middle, vs. the outside with a different number of petals.

Thanks, Nick, my friend! I always appreciate your kind comments on my shots and am really glad you like this.

Fond regards,

Endre


nlamendo wrote:
Hello Endre,
What an interesting flower, almost looks alien. The colors are lovely and the lighting is very dramatic, the dark background leads the eye right to the flower. A great take on the WA.
-Nick

Thanks so much! I'm delighted that you like it. I shot this with natural light but indoors with the light coming from a large open door.

All the best,

Endre

zcaley wrote:
Outstanding photo. I have seen this and they are bizarre yet happy flower.

Did you take this outside? If so the light is splendiferous.

Thanks for the kind comment. I'm glad you like it. Yes, it is a remarkable type of flower.

You have a good Hungarian name.

All the best,

Endre

jvarszegi wrote:
Yep, these are bizarre yet beautiful for sure. Great capture. The thing I find most odd about this flower is the five-symmetry in the middle, vs. the outside with a different number of petals.

A very interesting flower. Great shot as usual

Wow, great shot! This is exactally the type of shot I was waiting for! Perfect color, nice depth, outstanding crop! Well done, thanks for posting!

-Deke

wow, what an amazing flower, I have never seen anything like that. Very impressive, and you captured it perfectly. Congrats, and good luck this week, but with shots like that, you don't need any luck at all.

Excellent lighting, color, and detail. Well done as usual.
I've never seen one of these flowers; what a great design!

ps - It's been quite some time since I've posted. It's nice to see a few familiar "faces" here.
Take care!
~ Carrol

Hello Endre!
These 'passion flowers' also grew near a lake cabin we had when I was a child, and I've always loved them....not just for their unique appearance, but their intense fragrance. This is a gorgeous capture....I can almost smell the sweetness!

Thanks for the kind comment, Dan! I appreciate it.

All the best,

Endre

dancam wrote:
A very interesting flower. Great shot as usual

Thanks so much, Deke! I'm so glad you like it.

All the best,

Endre

jdieken wrote:
Wow, great shot! This is exactally the type of shot I was waiting for! Perfect color, nice depth, outstanding crop! Well done, thanks for posting!

-Deke

Thanks so much. You are very kind. I appreciate your taking time to comment.

All the best,

Endre

artflake wrote:
wow, what an amazing flower, I have never seen anything like that. Very impressive, and you captured it perfectly. Congrats, and good luck this week, but with shots like that, you don't need any luck at all.

Great shot. I took some pics of one of these at a butterfly farm a couple of years ago (nowhere near as good as this). Been wondering what it was ever since. Thanks for the heads-up.

Welcome back, Carrol. You've been missed!

Thanks for the very kind comments. I'm so glad you like it.

All best wishes,

Endre

Carrol wrote:
Excellent lighting, color, and detail. Well done as usual.
I've never seen one of these flowers; what a great design!

ps - It's been quite some time since I've posted. It's nice to see a few familiar "faces" here.
Take care!
~ Carrol

Thanks so much, Philly! I'm so glad you like it and that it brought back some pleasant memories for you.

All best wishes,

Endre

Philly Rains wrote:
Hello Endre!
These 'passion flowers' also grew near a lake cabin we had when I was a child, and I've always loved them....not just for their unique appearance, but their intense fragrance. This is a gorgeous capture....I can almost smell the sweetness!

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you like it and also that I was able to provide some useful information.

All the best,

Endre


15Bit wrote:
Great shot. I took some pics of one of these at a butterfly farm a couple of years ago (nowhere near as good as this). Been wondering what it was ever since. Thanks for the heads-up.

What a great shot Endre, very colorful and presentation very nicely done. Out of all the flowers I have shot I doubt over the years I have shot this flower more than twice, I'm impressed.

Norm