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Thistle
Thistle
DennisF


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Challenge: Flora (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Arbor Hills Park, Plano, Texas
Date: Apr 18, 2003
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400 sec
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2003

This is a shot of the beautiful, but very sharp thistle.

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 139
Avg (all users): 6.4891
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.4184
Avg (non-participants): 6.6667
Views since voting: 1401
Votes: 137
Comments: 23
Favorites: 3 (view)


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04/29/2003 11:48:28 PM
Wow!! great shot. It is really moving when I look at it. "Is that normal?"
I love the colors.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/27/2003 11:49:58 AM
Dramatic! Central composition works here. The explosion of petals and leaves is spactacular enough not to need added compositional help to steal the show.
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04/25/2003 08:30:35 PM
Beautiful
04/25/2003 04:53:07 PM
Lots of great eye catching color (and feels like action, even though it's not moving).
Very cool view of this plant, great detail. Reminds me of the "worms of dune", except wrong color. upgrade from 9 to 10. Rob the Swash
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04/25/2003 09:11:43 AM
What an amazing effect! This pic is very appealing, I like it. You have cropped it very tightly but it it works here. If you look at the center of it for a long time your eyes start playing tricks on you :-)
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04/25/2003 07:50:24 AM
love the colors and shape of this. great exposure.
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04/23/2003 10:21:10 PM
what a cool 3D effect this gives! great textures, compositon, colors, focus.. makes my head spin a bit, but I like that it makes me stop and look.
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04/23/2003 05:34:08 AM
Great subject, great detail. The colors are also great and I realy like the tight framing of this flower. Nice work
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04/22/2003 11:54:50 PM
its hard to belive something so pretty hurts so bad. kind of like love, you know......
04/22/2003 11:28:12 PM
Great Shape. I wish a little more of the bg was in focus though
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04/22/2003 08:28:12 PM
beautiful color :) This photo has a 'touch me' quality to it... the texture is excellent :) - setzler
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04/22/2003 11:51:24 AM
good colors and crop, thistle clarity good
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04/22/2003 11:27:08 AM
Thistle< I just love it. You really captured one here. The colors are good and the composition. I'm not crazy about the light and focus. All in all this is good and made for an interesting shot.
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04/22/2003 03:12:02 AM
I love all the lines drawing me in and out of the main part of the flower. Your focal depth is wonderfully done, too. Exposure is right on and the highlights just "snap". I think you did a nice job with this one.
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04/22/2003 01:09:30 AM
Great use of DOF! Dunno about the cropping though.. some tips are chopped off, some arent. 7
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04/22/2003 12:14:03 AM
You've taken a humble flower and made it majestic...
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04/21/2003 10:09:38 PM
simply beautiful!
04/21/2003 09:28:05 PM
I love to look at thistle, but not to touch. Great photo fits the challenge well. The dof adds lots of depth to this shot.
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04/21/2003 08:41:03 PM
Feeling Scottish today are we? Good. This is a bold photo. Just right to have the flower right inthe center with those dramatic lines radiating outward. Super work.
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04/21/2003 11:36:52 AM
Strong, powerful shot! I like the tones of red against the green. Well done, in my top 10 this week. -danny
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04/21/2003 11:19:54 AM
Nice symmetry
04/21/2003 01:34:25 AM
Not a member so I can't vote but this is a really cool shot. If anything, it's a tad bit offcenter to the left, but I like the dof and the shot is stunning.
04/21/2003 12:57:47 AM
clever focus, good stong contrast in colours but somehow this lacks interest.
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