171- Natural Fireworks, a photo from Limon, East

Photographer's Note

While we were staying in Tortuguero Tropical Forest, our lodge in the middle of the forest by the canal, was called "Pachira Lodge".
So, for our first outing on the boat, our lovely guide showed us where the hotel took its name from. She asked the driver to go to the plant "pachira" (WS2), picked the stem that looks like a thin banana, and promised some magic fireworks, which happened to everyone's delight, when she opened the pod !
PACHIRA AQUATICA is native to Central and South America,; where it grows in wetlands.
See the fruit in WS1.
In WS 3, on Gildasjan's advice, I have cropped the right of the image, which definitely makes for a better composition. I am sorry I hadn't thought about it, but I am thankful to Gildas.

danos, geoant68, clic, pajaran, papagolf21, gildasjan, jafadabret, jlbrthnn, Vasa, s_lush, COSTANTINO oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

Critiques | Translate

danos (110407) 2011-08-23 3:55

Hello Marie Louise,
nice this beautiful snapshot with the native woman to keep the upper part of the tropical fruits with the stem to looks so beautiful and fascinationg.I like and the coplemetary WS as complete plesantly the whole scenerio.

Have a good day,Danos

geoant68 (331) 2011-08-23 9:01

Hi Marie Louise,
cute the snapshot with the native woman to show to the visitor this beautiful stem that really looks like a thin banana.The exhibit looks to impress them with the style both of the woman to be so natural.

Peter

ikeharel (112439) 2011-08-23 9:56

Amazing flower, open like a fireworks, well shown and explained, MarieLouise.
Soma stuff I did not know - and that's what TE stands for.
Bonsoir
Ike

clic (76) 2011-08-23 16:44

Merci Marie Louise
Photo reportage trčs instructif... et le sourire de la guide est charmant!
La position de la dame assise compose une contre-balance parfaite ŕ la vue de la porte-flambeau, plus élevée!
Amicalement.
Robert

pajaran (114915) 2011-08-24 6:41

Dobar dan.
Dobar tekst ...
Lep buket cveca i zene sa osmehom na licu, lepa fotografija.
Dobar trenutak snimka, pogled na reku i prikaz lepim bojama.
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici, moje cestitke.
Prijatno popodne sa lepim vremenom, kod nas su velike vrucine, trenutno je 38 C stepeni.
Sve najbolje.
Paja.

Google.

Bonne journée.
Bon article ...
Un magnifique bouquet et une femme avec un sourire, de belles photos.
Un enregistrement bon moment, vue du fleuve et l'écran couleur magnifique.
Bon travail avec de belles photos ŕ l'atelier, mes félicitations.
Agréable aprčs-midi, par un temps magnifique, voici la chaleur, est actuellement de 38 degrés C.
Tous les meilleurs.
Paja.

UlfE (14641) 2011-08-25 3:10

Hi Marie-Louise,

Very nice photo indeed. Both the Costa Rican lady and the tourist have such nice smiles on their faces and I smile myself when I look at your photo. I really like your composition with Costa Rican lady positioned to the right and the tourist in the bottom left corner. Could not be better. TFS and have nice day!

Kind regards,

Ulf

papagolf21 (152605) 2011-08-25 3:13

Bonjour, chčre Marie-Louise,
Il est d'étranges soirs oů les fleurs ont une âme.
Un grand merci pour cette fleur trčs exotique !
Excellent cadrage valorisant le sujet principal.
Merci pour ta note trčs joliment présentée.
Amitiés.
Philippe

gildasjan (43826) 2011-08-25 5:21

Bonjour Marie
Le sujet est étincelant,les regards sont bien dirigés,j'aurais cependant éliminé la partie droite de l'image afin de cadrer cette image dans un format standard.
Bonne aprčs-midi
Amicalement
gildas

jafadabret (56501) 2011-08-25 22:56

Bonjour Marie-Louise,
C'est trčs surprenant cette plante qui semble imiter un feu d'artifice.
Beau souvenir de voyage !
Amicalement
Jacques

Waylim (25436) 2011-08-25 23:20

Hi MarieLouise,

It is a very strang and exotic looking flowers, like fireworks in the sky. and thank for the ws, it really give us a better idea of what it is as a whole plant and the unopen one look very exotic as well :) It makes me happy, LOL.

I like the cropped version, it really bring the person closer to us and less of the negative space.

Very nice portait and nature shot.

Way

jlbrthnn (76043) 2011-08-26 4:41

Bonjour Marie-Louise,
La photo originale est bonne et meilleure avec la version corrigée. J'aime aussi les ws intéressants, dont paticuličrement l'étonnant ws#2. Bonne qualité générale. Bravo.
Bonne journée
Amicalement
Joël

gunbud (34066) 2011-08-26 7:22

Hi MarieLouise,
Very warm scene captured here with such an engaging smile seen as the you lady presents here fireworks.
Clear colors and sharp details to this happy day on the canal.
Warm Regards, Tom

Silvio1953 (220605) 2011-08-26 10:51

Ciao Maria Luisa, deliziosa composizione, bello il gesto della donna che porge il meraviglioso fiore, ottima nitidezza e splendidi colori naturali, brava, ciao Silvio

lousat (138609) 2011-08-28 1:24

Salut MarieLouise,c'est vraiment interessant,j'ai jamais vu des fleurs comme ca dans mes voyages tropical.Tres interessant voir aussi la plant et le fruit,qualite' super des details et couleurs.Un travail parfait pour treknature aussi..ehheehe..mes compliments et belle Dimanche,Luciano

Vasa (515) 2011-09-02 3:32

Ce que tu as voulu nous montrer tu l'as fait clairement et nettement. C'est une decouverte, merci chere Marie Louise. Et, a la prochaine et nouveau plaisir. Amicalement,

Branko

s_lush (16602) 2011-09-10 9:44

Hello Marie-Louise,
With this photo and two others in the Workshop, you have presented a really astonishing plant with such wonderful flowers. There is not much information about it in Internet. Your visual and textual information about Pachira Aquatica bridged this gap. Excellent presentation! Thanks!
Best regards,
Sergiy

COSTANTINO (115539) 2017-08-16 23:43

hello dear friend and have a nice time
and a happy new day
a special moment for everybody
your useful notes helped us to
understand it nice photo with
the woman keeping the upper
part of the tropical fruits
regards
welldone
costantino