This image of Ruellia simplex (Britton’s wild petunia, Mexican petunia, Mexican bluebell) was taken near a neighborhood park on one cloudy day. I took the image in the early morning. A quick shower had just passed. The flowers were fresh and the sunlight was not that strong. The tone presents the flower well in the image. One can sometimes notice this flower along the roadsides.

SONY ILCE-6000 with E 55-210mm | Exposure 1/250 sec @ f/6.3 | Focal Length 210mm | ISO 200
Ruellia Simplex, by Siew Bee Lim

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | May 16
Award Score: 59 (Value 11, Clarity 11, Composition 15, Style 11, Skill 11)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Close-Up Photography
Photograph Location: Singapore

Photographer: Siew Bee Lim (Singapore) Registered
Born in 1965 in Singapore, photography was one of the old hobbies of Siew Bee Lim. Now she would like to learn it formally via Light & Composition platform as she believes it’s not too late. Since primary school she is not good in drawing; she doesn’t have artistic hand that some of her classmates have. Nonetheless, she likes reading since young, and would try to appreciate Chinese paintings. Few years after she started working as a Programmer, she took up photography as a hobby. She attended a short course which included a session in the darkroom. In those days, good photographs were dependent on good darkroom skills. It was unlikely that she spent much time in the darkroom. Hence the hobby didn’t last long then. She believes that the present learning experience has a longer way to go.

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