Wild Thing #8

Gallery: FloraPosted June 22, 2010521 views6 comments

Prairie rose (or pasture rose)

Actually, I never see these growing IN the pasture - they are always lining the roadway! Go figure.

The bees LOVE these things.

Canon Rebel XTI, handheld
35-80 mm lens
ISO 400 (it was a tad breezy), F6.3 @ 1/3200

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 22, 2010 at 9:30 PM

Simple but effective composition. Love those few big drops of water. You can think of cloning out the black (insect?) thing around the center.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 22, 2010 at 9:47 PM

Beautiful work Angela. The colors are particularly rich and the bg is a great complement to the bloom. I'm ok with the critter and I like the drops.

Pat

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 22, 2010 at 10:14 PM

Nice comp, beautiful light and color. The drops are a great addition.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on June 22, 2010 at 11:11 PM

Excellent shot Angela. Looks very natural, which I like. Nice comp, color, detail, and light.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on June 23, 2010 at 8:54 AM

Love the color, detail and comp.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 25, 2010 at 10:57 AM

Angela: Great find and a fine capture. I especially like the buds peeking out in the BG. When I first came to Texas I wondered why the roadsides were always so verdant. A friend explained the answer is that the roadside gets more water from the runoff off the pavement. Doh! Makes perfect sense. Nicely done.>=))>

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