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A lovely weed in an Australian national park
A lovely weed in an Australian national park
Abra


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Challenge: Square Crop II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Bonnie Vale, Australia
Date: Apr 28, 2011
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125 sec
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 28, 2011

 I went to one of my favourite waterholes to try and get some bird shots for this challenge. I did get a few on the water, in flight and this portrait that I almost entered instead.



None of the other bird shots I felt benefitted from a square shot. I did see this flower on the waterhole bank and when the wind and rain died down enough I took a couple of shots. The first was at an aperture of f/4 that had a nicer bokeh result of the background but the eye struggled to find a focus point on the flower. This shot with the smaller aperture had a better result for the flower but I hope doesn’t suffer too much with the deeper DoF. Anyway, with about 50 bird shots taken it was the flower shot that I felt (as well as some DPCers who helped with the decision – thanks) benefitted from a square crop.

I thought this may have been some sort of native lily but not being much of a horticulturist I tried to find it on the web. The closest I could find was a Arum Lily which is a weed in Australia hence my title. If someone reads this and knows for sure what flower it is please share.

I don’t really take flower shots but I quite like the way this turned out and I’m hoping for a mid 5’s finish. However, this is almost like a free study which may result in many truly spectacular entries and I may have also missed the point on what constitutes an image worthy of a square crop and may end up with a very low score.

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05/05/2011 11:54:09 AM
If this is a weed, I cannot imagine the flowers with a pedigree Down Under!
Could compete for the image of an alternate flag of the country!
I always look for pictures with flowers with a story and an intention.
Needs a better title IMO.
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 05/02/2011 12:29:50 PM
Wish our weeds looked like that!!
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 05/02/2011 10:42:25 AM
good use of the crop a bit dark
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 05/02/2011 12:22:47 AM
That ain't no weed, it's a calla lily!!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite flower!
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