White Flower

Gallery: FloraPosted August 26, 201031 views7 comments

Need help to ID this one.
Taken just before sunset
D200, 70-200mm , Tripod
Thanks, Dave
Giant Evening Star (Mentzelia decapetala)

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 26, 2010 at 3:41 PM

David: This is a new one on me but what a fantastic bloom! Great details and comp. The only thing I would do with this is make the ants go away and then print it large. Most excellent.>=))>

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on August 26, 2010 at 5:04 PM

Hi, David. I have never seen this flower, so it's a treat, but can't help with ID. Love the lighting and the detail in the fg bloom. For me those factors become stronger with a tighter crop- down from the top to just above the tips of the fg flower. Also great to have the oof flower echo the shape of the subject.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 26, 2010 at 6:27 PM

I can't help with the ID Dave, but I can tell you this is really well done. Super!

Bob

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 26, 2010 at 8:07 PM

David:
We have this in HK as well. I have seen these before but did not know how to approach this. You have done a superb job here and the soft warm lighting is great.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 26, 2010 at 9:40 PM

David,

I really like the light in this. For my tastes the bg, especially on the viewer's left, is distracting but that's certainly subjective. Neat subject.

Pat

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 26, 2010 at 11:22 PM

Looks much like a variety of Clematis (but I do see the correct ID). Great details and some nice light there

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 26, 2010 at 11:43 PM

That is a very striking plant, and your capture renders it beautifully! Yeah, lose the ants, I guess, but this is superb.

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