St John's Wort

Gallery: FloraPosted August 13, 201180 views10 comments

Hypericum

Thought this turned out a bit like a botanical painting for some reson . Don't know why ! I wanted to get the detail in the staemans etc,
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JohnR

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 13, 2011 at 5:55 PM

John: Very nice presentation that could fit well in an appropriate text. I mean that as a compliment to the clarity and color palette. Well done. >=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 13, 2011 at 6:40 PM

Clear and excellent presentation, John. I would put this in my botany text any time! Just an excellent stack!

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on August 13, 2011 at 8:11 PM

It is a splendid example of this wonderful wildflower. Great detail all around.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 13, 2011 at 8:33 PM

This really does look like an illustration with excellent detail and strong colors. (My guess is that the cut off stem makes it look like a painting.) I do think that I see a subtle clone artifact between the bottom of the stem and the frame.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 13, 2011 at 11:02 PM

I like the colors John and your composition. I also like your choice of bg. Very fine presentation. I agree with Bill that this would work well in a number of contexts ranging from fine art to a botanical.

pat

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on August 14, 2011 at 9:13 AM

This is lovely, John ! As you say, there is a real feel of botanical illustrations, not easy to achieve I think with this flower, which has such wild stamens. Beautifully composed and presented.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 14, 2011 at 10:51 AM

Superb detail, composition, and color John. well done.
Bob

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 14, 2011 at 8:51 PM

John:
A very nice example of botanical illustration. I have try to do these kind of 'botanical' genre but none are as good as this one.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 14, 2011 at 10:15 PM

Hi John

The first thing that came to my mind, when i saw this, was " botanical print..'' the mood that is. the larger version . shows very fine detail color ., that is amazing. superbly crafted

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on August 16, 2011 at 6:45 PM

Wow, you certainly got lots of detail, John. Good job on the stack. I like the comp here, also great color.

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