Seedhead--with apology

Gallery: FloraPosted July 19, 201143 views11 comments

Nine-leaved Desert Parsley (Lomatium triternatum)

I thought the nearly leafless stem and the large, flat umbrell made an interesting subject. I cloned out some of the more distracting blurs from the bg. Thanks for looking. Suggestions appreciated.

Canon T1i
1/125sec f/5.6 55mm

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 19, 2011 at 9:49 PM

Nancy, A plant I have not seen before. I like the manner in which the stem comes into the frame in a curved fashion and star bursts within the star burst. You can also make an alternate composition using a square frame.

Nice photo

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 19, 2011 at 9:59 PM

It does make an interesting subject. It stands out well from the dark BG. As an alt comp, you could obviously rotate this 90 degrees ccw and then crop some off the top (now right side).

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on July 19, 2011 at 11:58 PM

Another interesting seed head. Thanks Nancy.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 20, 2011 at 12:19 AM

Nancy:
This looks similar to a fatsia which I recently scanned - starburst giving rise to more starbursts. Intriguing pattern.

You may want to darken the main stem and add a little canvas along the bottom edge.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on July 20, 2011 at 1:32 AM

Inter sting looking plant Nancy

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 20, 2011 at 7:57 AM

Interesting subject Nancy and I like the bg. I think the suggestions you've already received are good. Of those I'd add a little space to the bottom, darken the stem and probably crop to 5:7 or 5:4. I like the image as posted however.

pat

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 20, 2011 at 5:31 PM

Very nice. I agree with the crop suggestion.

Peter

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on July 20, 2011 at 8:03 PM

Very nice treatment of this subject. The background really helps it work well. I see lots of croppng suggestions, so I throw in one more. Instead of crowding the frame, I think I'd like to see a bit more space around the plant. Great job getting it all in focus at f/5.6

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 21, 2011 at 11:16 AM

My apologies. I went back to implement some of you excellent suggestions for improvement and have somehow lost this file. If I find it, I will try again to post what you suggested. Just didn't want you all to think I just ignored your advice. thanks again for your comments

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 21, 2011 at 4:25 PM

Nancy: Well seen and nicely captured. I can go along with the square crop suggestion but this does work for me as is. I especially like the light. Nicely done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 22, 2011 at 8:20 PM

A very interesting shot with quite a bit for my eye to explore. Nicely done.

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