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lily by _loupe, on Flickr

dp2s

WOW!! Wonderful lighting!!

Here's one i did for my iMac background wallpaper.

Paul, that is one of your most beautiful and best ever - wow! The depth of color and the quality of the image with that lighting is exemplary - but more than those things...is the image itself. I think that you and the Dp2 may well have been made for each other.

Andy, wonderful simplicity with a pop art flavor - graphic art in the form of a photograph! A beauty!

Thanks Hun!! Still learning how to deal with lighting but was lucky with the flash for this little session. I bounced the flash off the ceiling and had a black background. It seems to have worked quite well. Just need some nice exotic flowers to photograph now!!

This is either a Smooth, Rough or Corn Sow-thistle, this shot doesn't include the small clinching detail required to identify which one precisely.


Panasonic G1 with 150mm Kern Paillard Yvar lens on 40mm extension tube, f/8

Barrie

The ubiquitous thistle surprises me again! I suppose this shows my ignorance but I always think of them as being a purple color. A very pretty seeing close up moment, Barrie.

Originally Posted by BBW

The ubiquitous thistle surprises me again! I suppose this shows my ignorance but I always think of them as being a purple color. A very pretty seeing close up moment, Barrie.

Hi BB, Sow-thistles are not actually thistles, they are part of the Hawkweed family, so think Dandelions and the like, though their leaves resemble thistles. All part of the reason why I really don't do botany, all too confusing.

Barrie

Botany is too confusing for you .... I bet you can untwist the complexities of Motacilla flava though, Barrie ...

Originally Posted by pdh

Botany is too confusing for you .... I bet you can untwist the complexities of Motacilla flava though, Barrie ...

Paul,

I saw a great many forms of Yellow Wagtail during the 1970's when I worked in the Middle East, however these days I think I would struggle with some of them, wouldn't want to be responsible for starting a twitch when I had it wrong, and wouldn't want to be anywhere near the twitch either.

Barrie

[IMG] Poppies by heather_t_vet, on Flickr[/IMG]