Old Lady

Gallery: FloraPosted January 11, 201279 views13 comments

Pasqueflower (Anemone patens)

I love these little flowers in all stages of growth. This seed head for some reason reminded me of an old lady, bent to her gardening. More of a documentary shot than an artistic one but most of my flora images lean that way. Thanks for stopping by.

Rebel T1i
1/125sec f/5.6 55mm

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on January 11, 2012 at 12:52 PM

Interesting image of an interesting flower. I like the dof and pof.

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Comment posted by Chris Grabski on January 11, 2012 at 2:47 PM

Once I attempted a similar shot, but looked nothing like yours. Very good job and a good lesson for me, too.

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on January 11, 2012 at 3:39 PM

I like the seed heads of the pasqueflower better that the actual bloom actually. Very interesting POV.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on January 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM

The spent Pasque flower has always interested me, specially after a light shower. It collects some great water drops too. I love this frame, Nancy - very graphical with good front to back DOF. Very fine details have also been reproduced.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 11, 2012 at 4:57 PM

I tried a shot of one of these yesterday but it was too windy here . I have a soft spot for these ,I love all the hairy little tendrils . Lovely shot Nancy !

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 11, 2012 at 8:50 PM

Documentary but interesting and artistic as well.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 12, 2012 at 2:07 AM

Nancy:
Documentary with artistic twist. Good control of exposure of the white.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 12, 2012 at 5:53 AM

I love the lines and the detail and the curves. It seems like I can touch the flower.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 12, 2012 at 12:03 PM

Nancy: Not sure I've seen one of these captured in this stage and I have a long memory. The subject itself is artistic and I like your DOF choice especially. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 12, 2012 at 9:32 PM

Hi Nancy

An unusual and interesting subject ....... Well composed with fine detail and light

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on January 14, 2012 at 1:02 PM

This is quite an interesting flower and looks like it would be fun to photograph. I like this close-up shot, Nancy. We get to see the details of the curving tendrils how they emerge from the center. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on January 14, 2012 at 9:06 PM

Well seen composed and photographed!
I'll echo what others have said about being very interesting as w.ell as dramatic

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Comment posted by Cristina Strudthof on January 15, 2012 at 4:06 PM

I do think this is artistic. It is a unique flower, one that I've never seen before.

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