Curves of Green

Beautiful image David. I'm thinking it would be really tough to pull this much structure out of this plant. Veratrum? So, exceptional composition and beautiful light and color. I bet this will be gorgeous printed.

Pat

Wonderful comp and lines here. Very well seen and captured.

Great composition and dynamic range in this one

David: I love shots like this that are all about line, color and texture. Just an excellent capture. BTW, risking the potential wrath of certain overzealous naturalists, I've been known to carry a small can of flying insect killer in my vest for forays into skeeter dense environments. My conscience bothers me for about a nanosecond until the sound of the buzzing goes away and then I'm OK. >=))>

Excellent composition. I love the curves of the leaves. The touch of silver grey of the underside of the leaves, contrasting with the green of the upper surface of the leaves, is also very pleasing.

Wonderful image, David ! The lighting, the sharpness and the overall sense of pattern are a joy.

Wow David. I love this shot. Great lines (curves). Excellent texture and detail. Is this false hellibore or skunk cabbage? Do you know?

Awesome no matter what it is. I have been dying for a shot of my own like this, and you have set the bar VERY high.

Nathan

Thanks for the comments so far. Nathan and Pat: this is a young and thick cluster of False Hellebore.

David

Beautiful composition and lighting.

Michel.

False Hellebore it is - and poisonous. Plenty of food for the eyes, here David. Gently flowing curves, a few leaves showing the underside and the texture on the leaves all provide for a great photo

One of my all time favorite photos of yours!

Beautiful! I love the way the highlights weave throughout.

What I have heard at competitions rings in my ear "I would love to have that hanging in my..." I can enjoy looking at this without scratching! Until I think about the skeeters and then.... Great presentation.

I wish I could compose like this. The main subject drapes gracefully and the edge details soften the rectangle of the frame. I hope there is more sharpness available than you can show here at a few mere pixels wide.

Pete D.

Fantastic!

One of the better compositions of these I've seen David, well done!

Great shot David. Very well done!

David,
This is a gorgeous compostion and exposure, with light that gently shows off the pleated leaves of the false hellebore. (By the way, Pat's comment on the ID is also correct. The scientific name Veratrum is the genus of a couple of plants often called false hellebore, white hellebore or Indian poke. Don't worry about it's toxicity unless you eat the roots. )

Gorgeous image David. Love the lines and your color is wonderful.

Love the flow of lines and the contrasting colors with the play of light and shadow. Terrific comp and 2 thumbs up from me.

Nothing more I can add, David. Superb comp, detail, lighting, texture...wish it was mine.

Love the graceful, flowing curves in this. Can't think of one thing that would make this better except that I wish it were mine

Wonderful, David. The light and composition are beautiful.

congrats on the EP , the pattern really makes the image for me

You found nice control of all those swirls! I bet it is even more impressive viewed "big." Congrats.

Congrats on your EP David. Well deserved.

Congratulations on this David. I'm glad it will be out here to see whenever I want. Beautiful work.

Pat

Congrats, David. A photo and effort which richly deserved the Weekly Pick Honour

congrats on the EP!
Sandy r

David, this is one of the best of the shots of this plant I've ever seen. Way to go and get the EP!

Love the strong comp here- well deserved EP

Love it!

Too good. The lines really define the image so well here.