Agave Palmeri

Gallery: FloraPosted September 2, 2010123 views18 comments

One of the Succulentae from our garden. Its diameter is about 1.5 meters and the flower can reach 4-5 meters (this is what is written in our books). It is near a little pond and its long terminal thorns are frequently used by dragonflies to rest near water.

Hope you like this. Comments and suggestions appreciated as usual.

D&L

Canon 40D, Sigma 150macro, 1/80sec, f/13, ISO100, tripod, natural light

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on September 2, 2010 at 6:02 PM

I like it very much. Unusual post well composed and presented. The only place I get to see agave is in a conservatory. Keep them coming!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 2, 2010 at 6:09 PM

That is an exellent detail image. Nice use of lines, color, and light. Well done!

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Comment posted by Buck Ward on September 2, 2010 at 6:16 PM

I thought the same thing as Morris, but I couldn't think of good words.
Strong shapes.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 2, 2010 at 9:00 PM

Love the composition and the graphic quality in this. Also the shadow of the main thorn and then the echoes in the rest of the image. I like this very much. Beautiful painterly work.

Pat

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 2, 2010 at 9:05 PM

Hi Daniele& Loana

Beautifully seen and crafted. The color and form is excellent

Albert Darmo. Canada

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 2, 2010 at 9:15 PM

I like how the reds break the suave green color here. Geometry is excellent as well. Good Work

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on September 2, 2010 at 10:25 PM

This is really neat--great design here and interesting comp. I think you could raise the overall brightness very slightly.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on September 2, 2010 at 11:47 PM

I like this abstract-like composition...great crop. I might brighten parts here and there. Sweet shot!

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 3, 2010 at 12:28 AM

A&R:
I would like to see a 5m flower!!!

Like this image a lot. Unusual geometric shapes, monochromatic but broken by orange and the shadows. Well seen and captured.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on September 3, 2010 at 2:01 AM

Neat shot! I like very much your choice of DOF!
Mauro

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on September 3, 2010 at 6:48 AM

very interesting...I like the composition and your choice of dof

Brigitte

Registered on January 10, 2009, 187 Posts, 1507 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on September 3, 2010 at 8:56 AM

I like the pov here a lot. Would also like to see a larger version because the texture in the lower portion of the thorn looks very interesting.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on September 3, 2010 at 11:17 AM

Thank you all for the kind comments, we appreciate a lot.
Well, the 5m flower is not really a flower, technically it is an inflorescence, composed by many many little flowers. And it means death of the plant, as for all agave.
We don't know how to add the larger version at this stage (trying to upload a file in this reply but it doesn't accept files larger than 200kb).
Thanks again

D&L

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Comment posted by Keith A Anderson on September 3, 2010 at 12:54 PM

Love the subtle colors and simple, graphic nature of this image.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 3, 2010 at 8:16 PM

A beautiful abstract Daniele and Loana. No suggestions. I really like it as in.

Cheers,

Carol

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Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on September 3, 2010 at 10:33 PM

Really well composed, great work.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 4, 2010 at 12:10 PM

D&L: Brilliant comp and great subject. I would certainly bring up the brightness significantly. Since there is a shadow of the tip and this is natural light and not flash you could get a lot more pop with either a curves or levels adjustment to bring up the highlights. I've included a suggestion for your consideration.

With regard to the larger version, it must be posted with the original image and cannot be added later, even in a comment on your own post. Well seen.>=))>

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 6, 2010 at 10:24 AM

Ciao D&L,
beautiful composition with interesting lines. I like the colors too.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments