Gilly
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here today, gone tomorrowThis cactus flowers once a year, for a day, and I was lucky enough to catch it with the camera last week...........
Not sure what the variety of plant it is though i'm afraid! 
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creators
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Wow, stunning plant, stunning shot!
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pasvorto
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I second that emotion...
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Evolution104
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Lovely capture, especially for a once a year event 
The flower looks a little grey. When shooting in ambient light, I'd treat it like snow, and over-expose by a couple of stops to ensure the flower comes out pure white (assuming that is the correct colour). Cameras that have auto white balance systems try to balance to mid-grey, so when faced with a pure white subject, they force the white to look grey 
Do you shoot raw mode? You can correct for this by increasing EV by 1.5 to 2 stops in your raw converter application, or it may be possible in photoshop or a similar tool to increase the white balance to make the flower white.
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Venom
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You did well to capture a once in a year event agree with Evo though if the flower is actually white it need over exposing by a stop or more to ensure it comes out white if it's not white then ignore what I just said 
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hil26
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have to admit it looks rather dark - but well captured.
Been trying to get one of a "mother in laws tongue for ages, had a chance a couple of years back, but ......... (oh OK - no flipping film in the camera.
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Gilly
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the flower was an off white, but nowhere near as off white as my picture 
i took it indoors not using RAW, and at roughly 9:30pm, so the artificial light was pretty crappy. I had to make do with a two legged tripod (third leg was bust), and the back of a chair for the third leg.......... 
will ensure i have a better set up for next years event!!!!
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