Painted Sugar

Gallery: FloraPosted June 4, 201198 views14 comments

I caught this Indian Paintbrush this morning. The hairs on the petal's edges seem to be covered with sugar, so that's how I came up with the name.

I've included a large version to show the hairs better.

Comments and critiques always welcome, and thanks for looking,

5d, 50mm macro, 24mm extension tube, 2x tele-extender.

Morris

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Angela Classen on June 4, 2011 at 7:31 PM

Morris, this is awesomely cool! Love the sharp details you got where you wanted, and the overall softness elsewhere. Really cool comp as well. Paintbrush is one of my faves! (Although I think anymore, ALL wildflowers seem to be my faves

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 4, 2011 at 8:01 PM

Beautiful image Morris. Superb comp, fine detail and a very pleasing color palette. Gorgeous.

pat

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on June 4, 2011 at 8:52 PM

Beautiful. Nicely seen and composed.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 4, 2011 at 9:02 PM

Excellent image. I like the comp, DOF, and striking color.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 4, 2011 at 9:35 PM

Morris: Paintbrush rank second only to bluebonnets for this Texas boy so you get bonus points already. For me this is about the colors and fine details so I would be inclined to crop quite a bit of the BG, perhaps to 6:7. Then I think I would hang it on my wall. >=))>

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 4, 2011 at 9:57 PM

Oooh, Iike that too, Bill.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on June 4, 2011 at 11:01 PM

Looks like a fire flame. I like the excellent details in this image. Nicely done Morris.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 5, 2011 at 10:12 AM

Reminds me of Candies with a dusting of sugar. Well seen and another vote for Bill's crop suggestion. Show us some Blue Bonnets/Lupines now.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on June 5, 2011 at 11:14 AM

This is just beyond sweet Morris. Your POF/DOF makes this just pop. Superb.
Bob

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on June 5, 2011 at 1:49 PM

A beauty, Morris!!

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 6, 2011 at 5:04 AM

Lovely, flame-like blooms beautifully caught, Morris, with the sharpness in all the right places. Lip-lickingly good !

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 7, 2011 at 3:42 AM

Morris:
Sweet!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 7, 2011 at 6:40 PM

Hi Morris

This really captures the imagination! love the orange tones and flavours, this is orange candy, isn't it

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on June 8, 2011 at 7:51 AM

Morris, so beautiful! So rich in color and texture and detail, and such beautiful light.

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