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Climbing Nightshade
Climbing Nightshade
MaryO


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Collection: 2007-07 30 Days of Flowers
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jul 3, 2007
Aperture: f/2.84
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 3, 2007

Viewed: 556
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

 Day 3 of 30 Flowers

Noticed this lovely weed in my backyard. Turns out it's poisonous when eaten! So I may need to rip it out before too many more berries appear, or try to teach the dogs not to eat them till they're ripe, and not to eat the leaves (HA). Dang. I really like the flowers.

PP - converted from RAW, flipped it upside down (I was holding the vine in the air to take the picture), cropped, levels, reduced noise, increased saturation, USM, added border, resized, sharpened.

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 07/11/2007 06:15:50 PM
Nightshade is such a beautiful and wicked weed at the same time, isn't it? Like your composition it really works wonderfully.
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 07/11/2007 12:35:31 PM
Nice composition, and DOF. Detail in the flowers is great. Nice work.
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 07/11/2007 12:22:53 PM
Great focus and composition. This is nice. How about just relocating it to somewhere the dogs can't get to it? Front yard?
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 07/05/2007 09:24:37 PM
lovely image!

there was a medicine puzzler in the NYTimes a few months ago, turns out the woman had been working in her garden, then made a salad, I don't recall all the details, but she inadvertantly ingested some of this plant, and nearly died...it took some time before they were able to figure it out. yikes~get rid of it!! Save this picture it's much safer :)
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 07/05/2007 09:00:51 PM
Wonderful color combination. I like how the branch of flowers seems to be reaching, perfect crop.
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 07/04/2007 09:52:20 AM
So that's what Nightshade actually looks like. Nice colour combo and composition in this one.
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 07/04/2007 09:26:39 AM
Very pretty colors and composition!
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 07/04/2007 01:29:18 AM
Lovely colors and composition.
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 07/04/2007 12:52:19 AM
So that's what they're called! Do these get bright red berries in the Fall? I've been trying to figure out what these are. Love this take, it's very clear.
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 07/04/2007 12:33:31 AM
Well done...I like the vivid colors.
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 07/03/2007 11:07:28 PM
I wonder if this plant is using the Golden Mean, it looks mathematical, & the purple & yellow is lovely. Nice shot!
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 07/03/2007 07:56:04 PM
great POV and detailing with blossoms and the vine!
~Anni
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 07/03/2007 07:48:57 PM
That hexagonal limb structure sure is interesting. Lovely colorful image.
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 07/03/2007 07:33:10 PM
beware beautiful things are usually poisonous LOL.. nice shot well done
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 07/03/2007 07:14:13 PM
Beautiful colors. I love the angular patterns of the branchings
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 07/03/2007 07:03:45 PM
Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade. Called belladonna because ladies used to place drops into their eyes in order to dilate their pupils, thereby looking sad-eyed and lovely. The active ingredient is atropine and it is in large doses poisonous if swallowed.
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