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Copyright: Grzegorz Wieczorek (red45) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-07
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon Powershot S2-IS
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): 40-49 Points (Chapter 6) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-11-02 3:34
Viewed: 752
Points: 44
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Return of Echinacea :-) My [and all flying insects] favourite flower. Picture was taken during hot days in July. Now we've got sub zero temperatures during nights... Winter is closer and closer.

Synonyms - Black Sampson. Coneflower. Niggerhead. Rudbeckia. Brauneria pallida (Nutt.).

Parts Used - Root, dried; also rhizome.

Habitat - America, west of Ohio, and cultivated in Britain.

Description - Named Echinacea by Linnaeus, and Rudbeckia, after Rudbeck, father and son, who were his predecessors at Upsala.
The flowers are a rich purple and the florets are seated round a high cone; seeds, four-sided achenes. Root tapering, cylindrical, entire, slightly spiral, longitudinally furrowed; fracture short, fibrous; bark thin; wood, thick, in alternate porous, yellowish and black transverse wedges, and the rhizome has a circular pith. It has a faint aromatic smell, with a sweetish taste, leaving a tingling sensation in the mouth not unlike Aconitum napellus, but without its lasting numbing effect.

Constituents - Oil and resin both in wood and bark and masses of inulin, inuloid, sucrose, vulose, betaine, two phytosterols and fatty acids, oleic, cerotic, linolic and palmatic.

Medicinal Action and Uses - Echinacea increases bodily resistance to infection and is used for boils, erysipelas, septicaemia, cancer, syphilis and other impurities of the blood, its action being antiseptic. It has also useful properties as a strong alterative and aphrodisiac. As an injection, the extract has been used for haemorrhoids and a tincture of the fresh root has been found beneficial in diphtheria and putrid fevers.

Other Species - Echinacea purpurea has similar properties to E. angustifolia; the fresh root of this is the part used.

Info from my favourite site - http://www.botanical.com

phlr, coasties, cedryk, TAZ, dew77, LordPotty, Janice, sandpiper2, scottevers7, thistle, carper, liquidsunshine, hummingbird24, livios, Luc has marked this note useful
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Hi Greg,
It's a beautiful picture of the butterfly and the Echinacea.
But I'm sorry my friend I have to correct you of the popularity of this flower, I had alot of Echinacea in the park this summer but no butterflies;-))
Well composed, good POV and details.
Great work, my friend.

The days will shorter and shorter. :-(

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1241 W: 129 N: 881] (2814)
  • [2005-11-02 3:54]
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Simply beautiful!
Very good photo of this beautiful butterfly on a beautiful flower!
The specie is a Nymphalidae. Its an Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758). Known as Small Tortoiseshell in english.
Rare in Portugal.
Wonderful colors!
Excelent sharpness!
Very good BG!

Hi Greg

This is sensational! The vibrant colours are captured very well. The butterfly stands out well atop the beautiful flower and the sharpness and detail are spot on. The OOF BG enhances this hot and the grey tones are perfect. Congrats!

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-11-02 4:18]
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Hello Greg!
Wonderful capture.POV,vivid colors,DOF,BG,framing,details and composition are excellent.TFS...:-)

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2005-11-02 4:22]
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I appreciate this beautiful and interesting shot ! Congratulations Greg and thanks for sharing.

" the Life is so rare in the universe and the Nature so precious, take care of them ! " Christian...

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  • Nico Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 209 W: 1 N: 332] (1313)
  • [2005-11-02 4:33]
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One of the better photos I have seen of a butterfly n a flower. Excellent colour and sharpness. Well done.

Hello Greg.
Nice to see you're still here too.
Beautiful clours and clarity.
Nice DOF,the butterfly is very clear too.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2005-11-02 4:49]
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Hi there Greg! Yes, another stunning beautiful shot of this beauty on the beautiful flower. I love the b'fly and the echanacea - This reminds me, I must plant my seeds too. I've got some white ones as well.
And how are you coming along? Still resting up at home?
Take care, Janice

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  • cedryk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 966 W: 52 N: 1694] (5184)
  • [2005-11-02 5:28]
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Hello, it's a razor sharp picture with striking colours - quite opposite to your yesterday's All Saint's shot :-)

Great exposition, well controlled DOF. I like very much such extensive notes. It's great not only to see pictures but the have a chance to learn what's captured. And your shots always offer a great chance for that :-)
Greetings,
Michal

Nice combination of flower and butterflly, but you haven't included the speed and apature details, are you getting lazy?
Anyway good DOF and composition.

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 23 N: 942] (5111)
  • [2005-11-02 6:48]
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Greg bonjour, very nice close up, stunning capture, razor sharp, composition wonderful, TFS didier.

Hi Greg,
Beautiful shot! The colors, and detail are perfect. Composition and framing, superb. Great Job!
Scott

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  • moemf Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 116 W: 0 N: 160] (701)
  • [2005-11-02 8:00]
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Lovely shot! The composition and POV is beautiful. Wonderful colours. Thanks for the informative note.

Hi Greg,
that's also my favourite flower, this marvelous colours and always so nice insects on it. Yours with the wonderful butterfly is a pretty arrangement, I love it, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • thistle Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1317 W: 77 N: 3012] (9272)
  • [2005-11-02 12:34]
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Superb shot Greg!
You've posted so many of them already, but I hope you've left some Echinacea photos for long winter months.
Nothing much to say: perfect shot, maybe BG a bit not-to-colourfull, but on the other hand it emphasize nice colours of main subjects.
I like it very much.
VERY WELL DONE & TFS

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
  • [2005-11-02 13:07]
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it's a fantastic shot greg,
realy good composing shot, fantastic colours and the pof and the dof are great, very good work, my compliments for it.
gr. jaap

Nicely captured Greg,
Good detail, colour, sharpness and composition.
The BG is a touch noisy, but not too bad.
Thanks for posting, enjoy the rest of the week.

Hello Greg!

Both subjects are very beautiful, and well shown in this great photo.

Never, in all my life before TN, would I have known or be able to see, that there are so many varieties of different species, each one often unique and as lovely as this one.

Thank you for another look at nature's offerings, with your touch added.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-11-02 15:57]
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Grzegorz, this is extremely pleasing.

Great pov, composition, dof, sharpness and bright colors.

I like bg too. And, once more, a difficult decision - which is more beautiful: the butterfly or the flower?

Hi Grzegorz,
Great shot. I like composition, POV, perfect colours...
TFS,

Ferran

Excellent capture Greg. Running late :-(
Thank You.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1873 W: 304 N: 4300] (14729)
  • [2005-11-05 21:51]

Personal assessment of the photo: excellent.
Capacity of evocation in me: strong.
Very strong visual impact.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: complete.
Thank you mf Greg... for this one and for your night shots too!

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