Lobellia siphilitica.jpg
by drydoc

Comment by tnun:
Nicely lit, stands out well against the background. (Might want to correct the spelling: Lobelia; and the 'second name' is not capitalized, except of course in DPC titles. - Do I get to be pedant for the day? Oh, and if you do correct the spelling the eyepiece might come back).

4 & 20. . .jpg
by drydoc

Comment by undieyatch:
Beautiful specimen, superior edit, marvelous light & excellent colour. A perfect crop.
Some other ways to slice the pie:
Abandonment of pixels, the tight crop, works to some extent to reveal detail for an advertisement or newspaper story - for other images, one may consider - reasons to crop. Where does it live, why an environ shut off; is the subject suffocating at the edges; unnaturally isolated; too tight; no air; no context.
Denial & elimination of the context of space in the frame may seem efficient, focused, consequential or important, and a crop can be an easy fix for careless viewing through the viewfinder, but inclusion & affirmation also may also contribute to a way to see.

Message edited by author 2008-08-28 02:00:22.

4 & 20. . .jpg
by drydoc

Comment by MaryO:
Dang, now I'm hungry! What a great shot :-)

4 & 20. . .jpg
by drydoc

Comment by Molly:
Very interesting drydoc! I too have never seen one of these! Looks to me like a pie.. I think maybe I saw another one of these in the purple challenge. Nicely done!

Sparing use
by drydoc

Comment by BrianR:
The road of Gratification -

4 & 20. . .jpg
by drydoc

Comment by inamo:
Wow! Never seen anything like that before!

IMG-Cleome.jpg
by drydoc

Comment by inamo:
Fantastic, a really unusual flower, beautifully captured

Hibiscus-Triptych.jpg
by drydoc

Comment by tnun:
I like 'em all, but the big one is the best. Really really love seeing the buds. Maybe too much cream at the edge, but like the effect of a very very slight fade out/in at the border.

Balloon-Flower.jpg
by drydoc

Comment by tnun:
Very nice definition. Platycodon something or other.

Hue & Cry.jpg
by drydoc

Comment by tnun:
I like the angle of view on this Cleome.