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528 - Wooly Lousewort

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted April 6, 2012243 views12 comments

Summer on Thompson Pass, Alaska is very short so the flowers start blooming while the snow is still melting. This Wooly Lousewort flower was only about 2 inches tall. I had to bury the camera in the alpine tundra to get this perspective. Taken in June of 2003.

Sony DSC-F707, ISO-100, f8.0, 1/1000

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12 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on April 6, 2012 at 7:52 AM

Gary, this IMHO is a very impressive photograph. I like the way you have the lousewort placed with the patches of snow in the BG playing a suporting role, so to speak. Certainly looks like the end of winter. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on April 6, 2012 at 7:55 AM

Refreshing photo with good dof control. Very nice rendition of this plant [who wants a name of 'lousewort'? grins.
The angle of the vegetation leads to the colorful flower which is richly contrasted with the background whites, browns and blues.
Perhaps a slight blurring in the lower left??
Nice shot!!

the fisch

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on April 6, 2012 at 10:38 AM

I like your comp in this with the flower in the left third and the snowy area to the right. Good DOF choice to sharpen flower with the background blurred and the color of the flower contrasts so nicely with the snow and sky. Only minor suggestion would be a slight crop up from the bottom and/or slightly darkening the bright bottom foreground grasses. Nice find for the theme, Gary!

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on April 6, 2012 at 2:34 PM

Your composition gives a great perpsective of the environment this plant lives in. Good job showing that and also from keeping the landscape from dominating the scene. Good exposure and colors look very nice. Too bad this plant has such a lousy (pun intended) name as it is quite pretty.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 6, 2012 at 3:30 PM

Beautiful, Gary. What makes it fun for me is I've stood about where you stood. There wasn't any Lousewort, though

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on April 6, 2012 at 9:26 PM

Oh yeah, I think this is the perfect way to display the beautiful details of this plant in its environment. Your comp and DOF tells the story of the flower blooming in the snow, and shows us the environment without letting the background detract from the flower.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 6, 2012 at 10:55 PM

Hi Gary

Beautifully composed ..... Love the colors and the perspective

good enough to be a winner

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on April 7, 2012 at 6:44 AM

IMO best entry for this week. I like the well focused flower in combination with OOF BG. Well done Gary.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on April 7, 2012 at 12:02 PM

Wow! I love this! Very cool to see the mountains, snow, etc in the background! Top notch!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 8, 2012 at 11:02 AM

Beautiful picture! You show off the details of the flower so well while including all of the environment.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 11, 2012 at 11:58 AM

Nice techs to get this unusual perspective.
Congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 11, 2012 at 8:53 PM

TWO INCHES tall??! What a phenomenon of perspective is this image. Great selection of dof, too. Definitely an image with a lot of impact. Congrats on the Pick!

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