Interesting Flower

Gallery: FloraPosted September 21, 201067 views10 comments

We were hiking the trail to the valley of six glaciers above lake louise when I saw this interesting flower. I have now idea what it is, but I think it is neat looking.

Canon 30D
Sigma 17-70
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/90
Aperture f11
ISO 400
f11

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on September 22, 2010 at 12:32 AM

Cool flower Richard; or is it even a flower? I don't know what it is either, I've never seen one before. Very nice details and good dof choice on a difficly subject. It's hard to get sharp focus on this type of a shot without bringing in the bg also. The large version reveals a dust spot about 1/4 up from the btm left side. That's very minor though. Nice job.

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Comment posted by Ernie Marx on September 22, 2010 at 12:39 AM

Nice photo, Richard. I believe it is a willow.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 22, 2010 at 10:30 AM

Beautiful composition and a great capture, Richard.

Cheers,

Carol

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on September 22, 2010 at 2:06 PM

Very interesting plant Richard with the details captured nicely.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on September 22, 2010 at 4:19 PM

Very cool flower indeed. I thought it was some sort of cactus at first, but changed my mind when I read it was taken in Canada. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 22, 2010 at 6:23 PM

Nice environmental portrait. Well done.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 22, 2010 at 6:33 PM

Love the comp and your dof decision Richard. I wouldn't mind if the bg was a little darker but that's entirely subjective. Beautiful image exactly as posted.

Pat

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Comment posted by Jim Salge on September 22, 2010 at 8:30 PM

Agree, it's some kind of willow...alpine variety of some sort. Wonderful shot of it too!