Seed Head

Gallery: FloraPosted September 7, 2008354 views13 comments

Flora photography is about beauty, contemplation, and shared enjoyment. I've lurked at this site for over a year. The postings here and on your personal web pages are amazing and capture the wonderment of nature.

This is my first post in this gallery. Shot of a seed head after carefully brought home. Used household lights and my LED headlamp with some window light.

Nikon D300, Zeiss 100mm Macro, Tripod, F-22,

Ken S

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 7, 2008 at 4:26 PM

Ken: Welcome to NPN and to the finest Flora forum on the planet. Your lurking certainly paid off with a wonderful introductory post. Wonderful comp and the small bits of blue are powerful elements. I like this a bunch. >=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on September 7, 2008 at 6:30 PM

Very nice shot. It looks like a Goats-beard seed head.

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 7, 2008 at 9:34 PM

Welcome to NPN, excellent first post. I look forward to more of the same.

May

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 7, 2008 at 10:05 PM

Ken, The lighting is fantastic and so is the composition and details. And Oh, Welcome to the Forum

- am sure you'll like it here.

Show us more of your work.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 7, 2008 at 10:46 PM

Beautiful structural image Ken. It's hard to take my eyes away from it. Hope to see a lot more images from you.

Pat

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Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on September 8, 2008 at 5:48 AM

I like the top of the image. The bottom seems distracting to me. I would crop quiet a bit.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on September 8, 2008 at 7:28 AM

One of my favorite subjects. Spent hours finding different focus points and interesting macro shots. You've captured the structure of the whole, all in sharp focus. The lighting is terrific also. Well done!

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Comment posted by beth summer on September 8, 2008 at 11:12 AM

Welcome, Ken, to NPN Flora

Excellent first image. Love your pov, good dof, excellent lighting...a very well thought out image. Looking forward to seeing much more from you.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 8, 2008 at 6:09 PM

Ken, this is a terrific first post. This would also be a terrific 100th post. I like everything about this. Very nicely done!

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on September 10, 2008 at 10:14 AM

Very unusual plant and subject beautifully portrayed with fine detail and color.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on September 16, 2008 at 9:22 PM

Congrats on your WP. Well deserved.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on September 16, 2008 at 10:37 PM

Congratulations Ken. An EP that is well deserved.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on September 17, 2008 at 10:32 PM

I am surprised and delighted to have received EP for this submission.

Ken S

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