Tip of the dart

Gallery: FloraPosted September 5, 201186 views11 comments

Hello everybody,
I chose this title because this is one of the possible derivations of the name Carduus, and it seems very pertinent to this plant.
Taken last May early in the morning in the Ligurian Apennines.

40D 60mm
f10 1/125
ISO 400
-0,33

Thanks for viewing.
C&C are very welcome.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on September 5, 2011 at 2:20 PM

Color and detail excellent. Tough light to work with and I think you did very well holding down highlights.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 5, 2011 at 3:47 PM

Excellent detail Monica. You've done a really fine job of showing the plant's structure. No suggestions.

pat

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 5, 2011 at 4:08 PM

Ditto on the detail being excellent. And that you handled the brighter light well. I also like the colors in this and the background.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 5, 2011 at 9:02 PM

Monica, I agree with the handling of the light comments from others

- this flower resembles a Thistle though it might not be one. All I ask for is a 1 pixel white border to separate the photo from the black background.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on September 6, 2011 at 1:40 PM

Ciao Monica,
welcome back to this gallery with a very nice shot ! I do like it very much. Great light and detail

Mauro

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 6, 2011 at 10:19 PM

Beautiful flower and amazing detail. This is spectacular.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 7, 2011 at 8:40 PM

MOnica:
You handled the strong directional light well here. The strong shadow brings out the form of this flower very nicely.

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on September 7, 2011 at 10:09 PM

This seems like a very difficult display to compose and I think you have done a good job here. My attention is really wrapped up in the color and detail you captured at the top!

Registered on October 10, 2010, 65 Posts, 904 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on September 9, 2011 at 4:48 PM

The comp is what most strikes me about this image, Monica. The flower almost completely fills the canvas but it does not look crowded. About half of the canvas is filled with shades of green while the other half is mainly occupied with shades of magenta. Along with the black bg and frame the whole thing certainly seizes our attention. Very fine work.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 11, 2011 at 9:08 AM

Excellent use of the strong directional light here Monica, impressive details and a strong comp..
I like it of course

Well done

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 11, 2011 at 10:45 AM

Hi Monica

Wonderful capture of structure and lines! The light works well on this type of plant.. agree with Ram about a white border

Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments