Agave

Gallery: FloraPosted September 7, 201074 views10 comments

Another shot from a small series of succulentae (two more coming). These are the central leaves of a different agave (again from our garden). This one is a natual hybrid of Agave Victoriae Reginae and Agave Asperrima. The plant is about 40-50 cm of diameter and it has an extremely slow growth.

Comments and suggestions more than appreciated.

Larger version available.

D&L

Canon 40D, Sigma 150macro, 1/100sec, f/4.0, ISO100, tripod, natural light

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 7, 2010 at 8:00 PM

Hi Daniel & Loana,

Lovely details and interesting composition. I like the separation between the Agave and the BG.

I think you might add even more interest to this composition if the yellow OOF area extended even further to the right until it was behind the tip of the Agave.

Nicely seen.

Carol

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 7, 2010 at 9:24 PM

Beautiful image you guys. Love the detail, composition and bg. I've been shooting an agave for the last two weeks and have nothing to show for it, so I'm particularly impressed with this series.

Pat

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 7, 2010 at 9:32 PM

D&L
Lovely lines, colors and texture here. Good work.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 7, 2010 at 9:52 PM

This looks very nice to me as is. The brownish cap and outline on green is interesting. Don't recall having seen anything in that kind of combination before.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on September 7, 2010 at 9:55 PM

The simplicity of this is very striking. Excellent image.

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Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on September 8, 2010 at 8:29 AM

Very sharp, love the texture in the pale green. Bokeh is great also.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on September 8, 2010 at 12:47 PM

Lovely colors, the larger view is outstanding and reveals wonderful detail.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 8, 2010 at 3:54 PM

D&L,
the entire image works for me as presented. Great series!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 8, 2010 at 11:10 PM

D&L: I really like the color palette on this one and the overall comp. Excellent DOF and plane of focus control. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 11, 2010 at 10:47 AM

Another marvelous shot with this agave. I really like the color and lighting. Exquisite detail, too.

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