Borage

Gallery: FloraPosted August 8, 201292 views6 comments

Borage in the evening light in my vegetable garden.
comments always welcome!

D300
f/4
1/160s
ISO100
105mm macro

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Mark Windom on August 8, 2012 at 7:25 PM

Gorgeous! What a fascinating plant and a great one for backlighting. My only minor suggestion would be to tone down the bright ULC just a bit.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 176 Posts, 2302 Comments

Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on August 8, 2012 at 8:17 PM

Beautiful. I love the angle and the backlighting. This image says "summer days" to me. We used to have borage in our herb garden (when we had one) and would collect the flowers and make candied borage to be used as decoration on desserts, even when the summer and the bright colors were long gone. Good memories. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on March 6, 2011, 95 Posts, 847 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on August 9, 2012 at 5:18 PM

Elisabeth,
Very nice image, good detail and the back lighting is outstanding.

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 9, 2012 at 8:39 PM

Elisabeth:
Good subject for backlighting - the cilia are well seen. Like the echoing int he bg and the white cilia makes the bg plants look bigger than they are. I think cropping this pana and excluding the bright ULC works better for me.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 10, 2012 at 12:10 AM

When I first saw the thumbnail I thought this was way over sharpened. Boy am I ever glad I opened it. Wonderfully sharp and the back lighting is superb.
Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 10, 2012 at 9:42 PM

Hi Elisabeth

Stunning lines , detail and light

:jump... This spectacular composition reminds me of a Van Gogh painting

Albert Darmo

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