Luminous Jewels (Heliconia) by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch
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Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch

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Overnight light rain showers have refreshed the garden and first sunlight illuminates this water-kissed orange black tipped flower, Heliconia Psittacorum ‘Choconiana’ or commonly known as the Parrot’s Beak or Parakeet Flower.
Photo Location: Home garden, near Innisfail, Far North Queensland, Australia.
Best viewed LARGE.

Camera/Shoot Details > Handheld Pentax K10D 18-55mm F3.5-5.6
1/45sec @F5.6 ISO 200 FL.55mm Raw file processed CS2
Taken 31Jan.2012 Time 6:41:32 AM

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About Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch

My creative art practice may be be succinctly summed up in the following fantastic metaphorical quote by Kandinsky:

“Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key then another to cause vibration of the soul.”
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heliconia, orange, yellow, black tips, garden, tropical, innisfail, far north queensland, australia, spider web lines, luminous, flower, bloom, pentax, rain droplets, radiating, reflecting, sunlight, perennial

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  • Karen Checca
    Karen Checca3 months ago

  • Oh WOW! Awesome! Thanks so much Karen for choosing this work (26.02.2012) for the ‘weekly image’ honour in Pentax Ladies. I really really appreciate it. 8 ))))

    – Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch

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