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Clematis vitalba


Clematis vitalba
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Copyright: JULIAN BERNAL (JulianJose) Silver Note Writer [C: 2 W: 0 N: 31] (126)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-09-19
Categories: Flowers
Exposure: f/4, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-11-16 14:04
Viewed: 672
Points: 12
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Clematis vitalba (also known as Old man's beard and Traveller's Joy) is a shrub of the Ranunculaceae family.
Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched stems, deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals. The fruits have an overlying silky appendage lengthwise on the plant.
The flowers of this species are eaten by the larvae of moths including The V-Pug and Double-striped Pug and the leaves by Willow Beauty.

La clemátide es un arbusto natural de Europa que crece en los bosques, calveros y linderos donde prefiere los terrenos calcáreos.
Se la denomina popularmente: clemátide, cabello de ángel, hierba ardiente, hierba de pordioseros, muermera, parrilla, salomón, sogaza, vidalba, vidraria, viña blanca o virgaza.
Es una arbusto trepador que alcanza la altura de los árboles, caracterizado por una corteza que se desprende a tiras. Tiene hojas compuestas con peciolo voluble. Las flores son olorosas de color blanco formada por cuatro sépalos (formando falsos pétalos)
Llamada hierba de pordioseros porque en la Edad Media la usaban los mendigos para producirse llagas que excitaran la piedad de los viandantes.

Julian.
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  • ubc64 Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 31 W: 3 N: 86] (292)
  • [2008-11-16 16:39]

Hi Julian,

This is a very simple and charming presentation. The colors and details are great. You have a nice blurred BG, due to the f4. Actually, you might have decreased the opening to f8 or f10, so that you could get the leaf that is in front in focus. It's not a very pretty leaf, but, given that it is in the shot, I would have tried to get it in focus as well. Very nice image. TFS

John

beautiful pic, pity it is so small, TFS Ori

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  • Heaven Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 811 W: 108 N: 1736] (6058)
  • [2008-11-16 23:14]

Hi Julian!

I like this simple, yet very pleasant picture very much. It's delicate and fine, presented in a good composition with the focus on the right place. I also like the colours very much and appreciate the interesting notes.

Kind regards

Markus

Hola Julian.

Si que discurrian estrategias esos pordioseros que dieron el nombre a esta curiosa planta a la que yo llamaria cabello de angel de entre los muchos que tiene.
La toma desde abajo resulta original.

Saludos coruñeses.
Josew Luis.

Hello Julian,
nice composition with the silky hairy structures of fruits standing out in the backlight from a well supporting desaturated blue background. The picture is well describing the plant species and pleasant to look at. Thank you!
With best regards,
Peter

Bonito efecto creado por el contraluz en los blancos. Sacas buen partido a la planta. Nien encuadrada aunque algo cerrado el ángulo a mi gusto.
Saludos Julián: Josep Ignasi.

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