Beautiful Carnivor

Gallery: FloraPosted June 12, 2011153 views13 comments

This is a variety of an American pitcher plant. Like the Venus fly trap it is a predator. Taken in a conservatory where they had many varieties of pitcher plants. Shot through glass using Canon 40D, using 100-400 IS lens. Much PS work to get effects of the glass to go away.

Comments always welcomed.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 12, 2011 at 7:49 PM

Never seen one like this before. Looks like a wind swept flower. Killer background to go with it. Lovely photo, Patricia

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 12, 2011 at 8:22 PM

I think the word I'm looking for is "fabulous". Wow.

pat

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 12, 2011 at 8:23 PM

Patricia.
Looks like a plant in a wind tunnel. Excellent PP with great color on the petals and love the bg.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 12, 2011 at 8:51 PM

Very impressive particularly considering your limitations. I really like the BG.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 13, 2011 at 7:08 AM

A perfect capture of the flower textures on a delightful bg, Patricia. Caught in a dynamic pose which I like a lot.

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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on June 13, 2011 at 8:33 AM

Beautiful overall color scheme, Patricia! Very well post-processed, you don' t notice any glass reflection anymore.

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on June 13, 2011 at 9:15 AM

I echo Gary's comment about this bloom being stuck in a wind tunnel. Very funky.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM

Hi Patricia

A marvelous capture!! love the color, BG, and curved lines

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on June 13, 2011 at 7:38 PM

Great comp on this Patricia; love the pose of the flower. I really like the BG; it goes sp well with the flower. Worth all the work you went to.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 13, 2011 at 11:50 PM

Pat: Unique subject and a great BG. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on June 14, 2011 at 1:06 AM

Your hard work paid off! This is exceptional. I love everything about it: color, pov, bg, dof.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on June 14, 2011 at 1:20 PM

A beautiful murderer. Insects must be happy to die in its embrace.
Thanks Patricia for sharing so many beautiful images and interesting specimens.
Take care.

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Comment posted by David Bartlett _CO on June 15, 2011 at 12:40 PM

This image has the ultimate "WOW" factor!

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