Light in the Dark

Gallery: FloraPosted June 2, 201482 views7 comments

A Phlomis plant, native to Turkey and further East, coming into flower. A shrub with many stems, it belongs to the mint family, and one variety is known as the lampwick plant because the leaves are believed to have been used for lamp wicks in Antiquity.

This was shot in the mid day sun with some very deep shadow as background.

Canon 7D, Tamron 55-200mm lens @ 171mm, 1/640 sec @ f9, - 2.33ev, ISO 400

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on June 2, 2014 at 12:25 PM

Ian,
This BG really works well and sets off the Phlomis nicely.
The colors and detail are excellent and the harsh light adds interest IMO.
Well done . . .

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 2, 2014 at 7:30 PM

Beautifully detailed texture and an unusual and interesting plant. I also like how you have framed it.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on June 2, 2014 at 8:31 PM

Love the detail and texture in the leaves. Very unusual plant and looks like difficult light. You did well Ian. Great shot!

Sanjay
P.S: Thanks for the background info.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 3, 2014 at 7:15 PM

Hi Ian

A fine documentary shot....well composed with excellent detail, showing the interesting form of this unusual plant..

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 3, 2014 at 7:48 PM

Ian - Never seen anything like this before

---> the plant looks cool (leaves resemble Lambs Ear somewhat). The lighting and the diagonal comp also come through nicely for me.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on June 4, 2014 at 8:52 AM

Ian ..the light and shadow works very well...feels like a octopus taking off ..fine detail too ...

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 4, 2014 at 7:12 PM

I am honestly not sure about this one Ian. I am not sure if it is the angle of the stem or the leaves or what. I do like seeing the sparkles on the bloom. I do think my uneasiness has something to do with the leaves.

Nathan

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