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Thistles in a Meadow
Thistles in a Meadow
MaryO


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Collection: 2008-08 30 Days of Flowers
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm F/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Patuxent, MD
Date: Aug 14, 2008
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Rural, Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 16, 2008

Viewed: 349
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

 Day 17 of 30 Flowers

Oh, look: MORE purple :-) But just a little. This was taken ridiculously early in the morning after I dropped my daughter off at the farthest airport from the house and needed to wait out rush hour. So I went to a wildlife reservation and for awhile had the place to myself, except for some bunnies having breakfast and a few egrets and herons, mostly out of camera range. The light was truly golden which gave a wonderful tint to the grasses in the meadow. Gentle breeze. Peaceful scene worth remembering when life gets hectic.

PP - converted from RAW, cropped slightly, cloned out a couple of odd grass pieces, saturated the purples, added border, resized, sharpened.

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 08/17/2008 02:30:49 PM
Lovely, I like the colors, composition and use of lighting
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 08/17/2008 09:59:35 AM
Nice composition and I like the tones in this.
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 08/17/2008 08:23:25 AM
A side trip for a side challenge! it was worth it. Like the earth tone background.
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 08/17/2008 05:25:42 AM
Oh, wonderful lighting. A very rural scene.
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 08/17/2008 12:03:17 AM
Sweet shot! it makes me think maybe a "weeds" side challenge would be...a challenge. They are more difficult to find & much more difficult to get a good shot of. This one is an excellent expression of thistle energy.
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 08/16/2008 09:48:09 PM
Oh, great depth of field and delightful isolation of those flwers and stems.
Really, well done.
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 08/16/2008 05:36:16 PM
It is a peaceful scene- I can hear the crickets !
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 08/16/2008 03:03:17 PM
I'll thee your thistles and raise you a few more thistles.

(now that I'm done thpittin' all over my monitor saying that)

I like the bg texture in yours!

Message edited by author 2008-08-16 15:03:57.
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 08/16/2008 02:48:43 PM
Unfortunately I can tell where you cloned your bits of grass out, but that's only because I was sitting close to my monitor admiring your background textures. That tight DOF sure made for a pretty background!

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 08/16/2008 09:55:26 AM
Beautifully captured! The colours and focus are great.
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 08/16/2008 09:41:08 AM
This is so pretty and almost like a botanical collective image. Wonderful detail, soft colors, and pleasing DOF.....
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