WILD Columbine

Gallery: FloraPosted May 23, 2010134 views9 comments

Great theme this week. Most horticultural creations start with wild plants, and end up with with brighter colors. In the case of columbines, there are lots of domestic varieties, but I have never seen one with better colors of the wild rocky mountain columbine, or this one, the wild columbine, found in eastern North America.

For another view of the showy colors, see my previous post here.

Canon 50D
Sigma 150 mm. f/2.8 Macro
1/8 sec. @ f/16; ISO 400
Tripod; mirror up; release

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 24, 2010 at 12:04 AM

Wayne: Beautiful flowers and I like your POV and the light. The OOF bright leaf(?) coming up from the bottom in front of the bud is the only thing that bugs me. I might consider cloning it away. You must be more conscientious in the field than I am. If no one is looking I'll often do a little surgery on the scene to make extraneous elements disappear. Great find and a superb capture. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on May 24, 2010 at 3:49 AM

Wayne, excellent color, light and detail, I can see little hairs sticking out on the Colunbine, I like this very much, and can't wait to get back up, looks like everything is in bloom, one more week, Beautifully done. Take care.
John & Patty

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on May 24, 2010 at 11:46 AM

I always enjoy shots of columbines, and this is no exception. Details look great, as do the colors and the background. I wish these grew around where I live . . . the only time I recall seeing one was during a trip on the very northern coast of CA a couple of years back.

Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM

Wayne, Considering that this was shot in the wild and consistent with the principle most shooters who shoot in the wild adopt, I'll live with the OOF stem in the frame. Other than that one small thing, this looks awesome to me. Having two blooms (or more) is not often easy to pull off, but you just did that here

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Southard on May 24, 2010 at 12:21 PM

Very, very nice Wayne. Great color and detail. I like the diagonal placement of the two flowers. I might prefer that the OOF FG element wasn't there, but not a problem. The basic principle I follow is to never cut anything, but I may push or bend something out of the way, as long as doing so causes no harm.

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on May 24, 2010 at 5:56 PM

I like the bloom stages Wayne, with one open and one closed, beautiful colors and details

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 24, 2010 at 8:35 PM

Great comp and I agree with you about the color. As rich as any I recall seeing.

Pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on May 25, 2010 at 3:38 PM

Wayne:
I agree, marvelous color in these wild columbines. The image evokes a feeling that these are fragile beauties.

Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments

Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on September 23, 2010 at 3:46 PM

SWEET shot, Wayne! The detail is amazing.

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