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Blooming Potatos

by Miro Susta

Gallery: FloraPosted October 4, 201231 views7 comments
Potato plants bear white, pink, red, blue, or purple flowers with yellow stamens. In general, the tubers of varieties with white flowers have white skins, while those of varieties with colored flowers tend to have pinkish skins.
This photo originates from small potato field in northern Switzerland.
Photo taken from ground level against blue sky.
Nikon D7000
90mm
1/400sec
F/9
ISO 125

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on October 4, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Great point of view on this Miro, I enjoy the sky as the BG. It looks like some dust spots in the sky which can be easily removed. Well seen, composed and captured.
Bob :wavey:
Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments
Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 4, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Miro - Not a flower that gets posted here often. I like the shapes of the flowers with the pointed center against the backdrop of the blue-ish sky. A 5:4 crop will also suit this in my opinion (cropping from the right).
Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Stahlke on October 4, 2012 at 11:25 PM
These are pretty cool flowers. My first impression was that there is too much empty space on the right. After a little thought, I decided that's the might appeal to and ad agency. It gives them space to place text without obscuring the flowers.

Oh, by the way, you might want to clean your sensor. :biggrin:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 97 Posts, 782 Comments
Comment posted by Miro Susta on October 5, 2012 at 6:40 AM
Hi Guys,
Thanks for your comments. I apologize for overlooking these two dust spots. I tried to clean the photo as much as I could (see the attachment). I'm regularly cleaning the camera sensor, but this time I was extensively traveling and sometimes I was just tired or didn't have time to maintain my camera. Regarding the empty space, I purposely left this space around the flower. The photo was taken in free nature and the flower was high above others and I decided to present it in way as I've seen it. Tighter crop wouldn’t be appropriate IMO. Definitely this photo was not designated to any ad agency. I will try to avoid any dirty spots in the future. :smile:
Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 5, 2012 at 8:03 PM
Miro:
I actually don't mind the space on the right; like you said it gives the image an airy feel. Like your low down POV.
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 6, 2012 at 11:23 AM
I had no idea they had blooms!! Thanks for bringing this, Miro. I like the upward pov.
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM
Hi Miro :wavey: Thanks for showing how beautiful potato blooms are :jump: in this composition, the open sky works perfectly :cool: i would try to sell this to Macdonalds :smile:
Albert Darmo
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments