Ixora coccinea, a photo from Antioquia, North

Photographer's Note

Ixora coccinea is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is a common flowering shrub native to Southern India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Although there are around 500 species in the genus Ixora, only a handful are commonly cultivated. I. coccinea is used in warm climates for hedges and screens, foundation plantings, massed in flowering beds, or grown as a specimen shrub or small tree.

In the WS and WS2 two more photos of this plant.

ChrisJ, ikeharel, pajaran, PaulVDV, Royaldevon, papagolf21, alvaraalto, macjake, cornejo, COSTANTINO, adramad, mcmtanyel, maloutim ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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ChrisJ (171818) 2019-08-06 5:21

Hola Sergio

Marvellous warm cold colour contrasts between the spiky red flowers / blu grey sky, and superb that one is fully open to break up the repetitive pattern, Tfs!

ikeharel (113273) 2019-08-06 5:24

Hola Sergio,
A fantastic close-up and two WS's with a wider view of this magnificent flower.
Never saw such a flower, needless to say, beautiful different red tones and nicely presented on the picture.
Buen tardes,
Ike

Tue (92312) 2019-08-06 5:26

Hello Sergio,
An excellent photo of these red and orange flowers against the blue background. Superb sharpness too as well as a good depth of field. Great job.
Lars

pajaran (115805) 2019-08-06 5:27

Pozdrav.
Lepi pogledi, dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici, lepo pokaznao, dobar kontrast, lepe boje.
Lep cvet.
Zelim vam sve najbolje.
Paja.

Greeting.
Nice views, good text ...
Good work with nice photos in the workshop, nice showing, good contrast, nice colors.
Beautiful flower.
I wish you all the best.

Silvio1953 (221493) 2019-08-06 5:32

Ciao Sergio, great view of lovely specie, wonderful natural colors, splendid sharpness and fine details, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

Fis2 (170669) 2019-08-06 5:36

Witaj Sergio!
A very nice flower.
Excellent framoing colors and depth.
Well done.
Nice afternoon.
Krzysztof

holmertz (102636) 2019-08-06 5:42

Hello Sergio,
This is a stunning composition and possibly the most eye-catching photo of the day. The one fully blossoming flower in front of all these buds looks amazing. The wider view in WS2 is interesting for showing us what the whole plant looks like. It makes a very different impression. The main photo is very well composed and carefully taken.
Best regards,
Gert

Nicou (193806) 2019-08-06 7:13

Hello

Quelle fleur et vue quelle image superbe ce rouge quelle forme la touffe superbe et ces couleurs ce rendu sur les fleurs quelle compo et image fantastique macro
Bravo et amitié
Nciou

jean113 (27819) 2019-08-06 8:24

Hello Sergio, this is my kind of close up; I like the emphasis on one detail of the flower.
Looking at this flower, one doesn't appreciate the size, it is only when we view the bush that we see how it is.
A beautiful well thought out composition.
Regards Jean.

lousat (139198) 2019-08-06 8:59

Hi Sergio,a species that i seen many times during my trips! Yellow butterflies like this kinf of flowers. And the pic is a great macro showing the small flower in a perfect way,i like the 2 full view in the WS too! Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

gervaso (28177) 2019-08-06 9:02

Hola, Sergio!

Excelente toma de esta planta con colores fuertes que se ve muy bonita! Me gusta esta profundidad de campo más pequeña con el foco en la única flor abierta, que gana un bellísimo destaque en la imagen! Excelente trabajo!

PaulVDV (62846) 2019-08-06 9:58

Hello Sergio,
Your main photo and the first one in the WS are beautiful compositions wherein one and three flowers are open, respectively and the others are not yet fully grown.
In your note I read that this flower is used for a hedge. Very unusual I thought but your second picture in the WS makes it clear to me.
I love the vivid red colour of the flower and the stems.
Best regards, Paul

jmdias (115072) 2019-08-06 12:18

sergio

precioso esa vista tan aproximada de la planta con sus flores en evidencia. la composicion tiene un hermoso aspecto y és muy bien hecha. GPC.

saludos

jorge

Miguel82 (47110) 2019-08-06 12:21

Sergio, esta planta ornamental se introduce en muchas regiones tropicales. Se utiliza para crear setos en los jardines. Sus flores son minúsculas, como lo demuestra este excelente primer plano muy neto. Hermosos colores

Royaldevon (85862) 2019-08-06 14:52

Hello Sergio,

I really like your close-ups of the flowering heads of this shrub.
They are beautiful studies, showing the exquisite forms of the individual flowers as they open whilst others, in a mixture of degrees of sharpness, are still in bud form, like projecting spearheads!
An excellent composition!

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

emka (158058) 2019-08-06 17:32

hello Sergio, nice view of this interesting red plant. I didn't know that it has so many uses. I think I have seen it somewhere in Poland but not so big to make hedges. Fantastic sharpness and colours. Eyecatching composition.

Kind regards MAlgo

ifege (47993) 2019-08-06 20:37

Hi Sergio
An excellent macro with good sharp subject and increasingly out of focus background.
Cheers
Ian

jemaflor (147046) 2019-08-06 23:14

Hi Sergio,
So lovely your photo, original and beautiful plant for me, Nice red color, sharpness is perfectly managed, nice flowers like focal point of your shot, tfs.

papagolf21 (152607) 2019-08-06 23:59

Bonjour, cher Sergio,
J'aime cette fleur qui forme une gerbe d'un feu d'artifice.
Les couleurs sont belles et la mise en image très réussie;
Très bonne journée.
Amitiés.
Philippe

rychem (72187) 2019-08-07 8:31

A study in red of the original flower structure, I like these arrow shaped buds, the final flower is beautiful too regards Ryszard

abmdsudi (95869) 2019-08-07 22:04

Hi Sergio
Love the colour, sharpness where it counts and use of shallow dof, Excellent shot.
Best regards

alvaraalto (42804) 2019-08-08 9:37

Hello Sergio
Three beautiful pictures of these "Pauwenkers" as the English translation of the Dutch name is. I read in google that this is the national plant of Suriname that until 1975 was part of the kingdom of the Netherlands.
Your photos show the plant excellent from different sides.
Well done!
Have a nice day. Groet Rob

macjake (98408) 2019-08-08 9:38

Hi Sergio
Looking at this one and the WS photos, this is most certainly the most dramatic and eye catching. Its funny to see the usual shot where its quite boring haha, but it gives us the understanding of the entire flower. fine result here, it makes a strong visual impact for sure. cheers
Craig

cornejo (61504) 2019-08-09 11:10

Hola Sergio, excelente foto de esta bella flor, muy bien compuesta y captada en esta bonita imagen, buena nitidez, luz, color y calidad. Estupendo y bonito trabajo perfectamente realizado, mis felicitaciones amigo mio. Gracias por compartir este interesante trabajo.

Buena noche y feliz fin de semana.
Todo lo mejor desde el sur de España.
Angel.

COSTANTINO (116405) 2019-08-11 8:01

Hello dear sergio and have a nice evening
I generally love the flowers an the vivid colors
here this plant if really original and impressive
used in warm climates for hedges and screens
welldone
regards
Costantino

mkamionka (74329) 2019-08-14 8:42

Hola Sergio,
beautiful presentation of this unique plant. The other two photos help us to better imagine the whole of it.
I like the main upload the most, with the focus on the flower and with the other flowers making a pattern but subtly blurred.
Fantastic final effect,
M

adramad (72940) 2019-08-27 8:45

Hola Sergio.
Fantástica nota y magníficas las tres imágenes sobre esta planta que no conocía, es fantástica como arbusto y sus flores en ramificación es espectacular, ademas individualmente la flor es sencilla y bella.
Muy buena gestion de la iluminación y muy buena nitidez.
Bien hecho. Me gusta.
Que tengas un feliz dia.
Saludos muy cordiales.
Luis.

mcmtanyel (68421) 2019-09-24 20:48

Hello Sergio,
This is a beautiful photo. I like the colors and the shallow DOF. 👍🏻👍🏻
Regards,
MT

maloutim (13617) 2020-01-23 23:47

¡Tú (nosotros) somos afortunados de que te hayas dejado llevar con esta hermosa macro de una flor!
Pero nos hiciste aprender sobre la naturaleza con tu nota útil y WS. Me resultó difícil creer que fuera la misma planta en las 3 fotos. Tuve que mirar dos veces. Es sorprendente cómo una macro puede marcar la diferencia, y la compusiste de manera muy elegante en la esquina izquierda, con los tallos extendiéndose hacia la esquina superior derecha.
¡Felicidades por la captura!
Marie-Louise