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Lesser celandine


Lesser celandine
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Copyright: Jose Rodriguez (jmp) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1836 W: 94 N: 2340] (8406)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-03
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Fuji Finepix S9500, Digital ISO 80
Exposure: f/8, 1/450 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-03-16 16:32
Viewed: 720
Points: 78
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Ranunculus ficaria
Full view of plant

Lesser celandine is a low-growing, hairless perennial plant, with fleshy dark green, heart-shaped leaves. Usually it flowers from March until May, and is sometimes called the "spring messenger".

The poet William Wordsworth was very fond of the flower and it inspired him to write three poems
including the following from his ode to the celandine:

I have seen thee, high and low,
Thirty years or more, and yet
T'was a face I did not know.


I find William Wordsworth described very well what you can feel when seeing this flower.
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Have an excellent weekend
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Time: 17:18
References.
English: Lesser celandine
Spanish: Celidonia Menor
German: Scharbockskraut

EXIF data:
Aperture priority, Metering Mode=Spot, Flash=Off,Focal Length in 35mm Film=145 mm

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To Argus: Thank you very muchjmp 1 03-17 08:55
To jignasi: Sombrasjmp 1 03-17 02:47
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Fantásticos colores. Una macro de lujo con unos detallazos estupendos.
Un saludo, JL.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2129 W: 9 N: 5957] (22516)
  • [2007-03-16 16:37]

Hello Jose, a very nice pictire of the celandine, bright colours, and sharp, i like the dark background good notes, well done

Nick

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2577 W: 170 N: 7864] (24859)
  • [2007-03-16 16:41]

Hello Jose,
Beautiful maro of this Celandine in great sharpness. I like the shadow of the stamens and the dark background. Lovely colour too!
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

Hello Jose,

I love the colours in this picture. I also love the shadow. Great pic. :)

Hola Jose .

Que bien le queda atu foto esa sombra que se proyecta en un lado de la flor.

Salu2
Jose Luis.

Hi Jose, splendid flower with lovely details, great colors, very well done, have a great week end, ciao Silvio

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  • delic Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 530 W: 6 N: 340] (936)
  • [2007-03-16 17:41]

Hola Jose,
Interesting light with deliberate underexposure that works well here. Yellows stand out nicely against the darkness. Well done. Regards,
Hakan

Hola amigo mio Jose,
The same plant with my lost R. ficaria :) I like your used vertical evening light and shadows. You are doing the best everytime. Congratulations.
Buenas noche y saludos sinceros amigo.
Fevzi

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2102 W: 6 N: 2113] (13565)
  • [2007-03-16 17:49]

Hola José,
bonita flor y bello color,
original el dibujo en el extremo inferior de los pétalos, me agrada la sombra que cae sobre la flor.
un buen trabajo, saludos
que tengas un fin de semana genial

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  • nimou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 153 W: 1 N: 678] (3157)
  • [2007-03-16 17:58]

Clona el golpito de flash Jose, es el unico fallo de esta foto. Bella compo y luz. Un saludo

Hola José Miguel,
De nuevo, una sutil fotografía, donde las sombras tienen un importante protagonismo.
Me gusta mucho como utilizaste los pétalos traseros para recibir las sombras proyectadas, obteniendo así una información adicional sobre la estructura de la flor dentro de la misma flor.
La misma calidad de siempre, de suavidad y sobre todo mucho respeto hacia el sujeto a fotografiar.
Enhorabuena por la foto, gracias por ella, y un muy feliz fin de semana también para tí.
Un gran saludo,
JM


JM

Hi Jose,
Some unique and beautiful lighting on this beauty. Rich color saturation ns sharp detail. Looks excellent.
Scott

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-03-16 21:52]

Hello Jose

A lovely ,artistic shot of this beautiful flower.Very well focused with sharp clear details.The lighting is very warm and natural.The yellow is well saturated and vibrant.Very good DOF,the contrast between light and dark is well done.TFS

Rob

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1026 W: 5 N: 2887] (10445)
  • [2007-03-16 22:25]

Hola Jose.- Que hermosos los colores de esta bella flor. Muy nitida y con luz muy natural. Luis52.

Olá José

Maravilha de foto.. cores e detalhes fantásticos.
Uma foto de muito bom gosto. Parabéns!

Abraços,
Vera.

Good macro! I like the cast shadow - it adds a dramatic element.
Cheers
Otto

Bonita fotografía donde se aprecia arriba y a la derecha la textura de los pétalos y a la izquierda lo satinados que son. Buen enfoque en toda la corola por las sombras se supone que el sol estaba bajo ya... o era temprano. Muy bonita.

Hello Jose,
Beautiful warm colours and an attractive composition!
Close- up work is well done, and the side light adds some m ystery to the capture...
Greetings,
Pablo -

Dear José,
a wonderful painting of light. I love the rich colours on the petals that are perfectly well exposed. I love the way they emerge from the darkness. And the long shadows of the pollen on the petals add to an enormous expression of dramatic vitality very rarely seen in portraits of flowers.
Thank you! With best regards,
Peter

Hello Jose, a good shot of the flower interesting light with the low angle creating long shadows which also helps highlight the textures of the petals tfs rgds Necip.

Hola José,
Veo que te vas haciendo con una buena colección de florecillas, excelete nitidez con mucho detalle, la luz y el contraste con el fondo, genial. Saludos

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3160 W: 148 N: 4787] (15449)
  • [2007-03-17 8:12]

Hi Jose. Thank you for your poetic note and so poetic picture. I like its damped up colour tones and lighting. This is very expressive. Delicate yellow colours of this beautiful flower on deep darkened BG look very nice. Art sharpness and perfect details, shadows form stamens and pistils are simply amazing too. My best regards and TFS. Superb done.
Alexei.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2007-03-17 8:21]

Hola Jose,
Excellent close up.Lighting is pperfect.I liked clear details,exposure,contrast,BG,framing and composition a lot.Artistic work!
TFS..:-)

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2754 W: 147 N: 7948] (24747)
  • [2007-03-17 8:28]
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Hello Jose,
I like your Wordsworth quotation. I think in the same poem he continues:
'There's a flower that shall be mine
T'is the little Celandine.'
Nice sharp and well-composed shot taken as if the flower is emerging from the darkness of winter into the Spring sunshine.
Such sights give us a boost and make us see life in a more positive way.
TFS and best wishes, Ivan

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  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 863 W: 73 N: 1348] (5265)
  • [2007-03-17 11:04]

Hi Jose.
I like him very much your beautiful lyrical capture along with lyrical note too."Play" lights and shadow is splendid.Colours and details very be fine.Great work,TFS.
Best greetings Milos.

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2007-03-17 11:10]

Hello Jose,
gorgeous lighting, the shadow does add nice interest to the overall composition. Colors, POV and sharpness are great.
Very well done.
Sky

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  • methos Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 215 W: 56 N: 287] (1161)
  • [2007-03-17 13:26]

Hi Jose,
the light is amazing. I like the differently lit parts of the flower.
Nice details and great colors.
I like it a lot!
TFS!

Wordsworth would not waste his gifts on anything trivial, Jose.
This flower is truly beautiful.
What I like about the picture in particular are the shadows of the inner petals falling on the wider outer petals.
What a subtle touch of creativity here!
TFS.
Ram

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  • Isu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 313 W: 0 N: 21] (1663)
  • [2007-03-17 19:41]

Saludos jmp,esplendidos colores y muy bien marcada la silueta de la flor. Sira

hi jose,
nice shot,well composed, i liked the colour tones & the shades on the petals, well saturated tones, nice point of view,
tfs & regards
pankaj

Hello Jose,
This is another beautiful flower that you present us with nice exposure, details and lightning. I like this shadow and lightning and this dark BG. I enjoyed reading those notes too. This is a nice and interesting post. Well done again :-) Thanks,
Claudine

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  • tomcezar Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 175 W: 0 N: 235] (1327)
  • [2007-03-19 12:52]

Very interesting lights and shadows. Nice composition, and details, too. Good macro, maybe too much dark. Best regards. Cezar.

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  • juanjo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 169 W: 8 N: 27] (1142)
  • [2007-03-19 15:20]

hola Jose

la foto es bonita y el ángulo de toma está bien, los detalles de los pétalos se pueden apreciar bastante bien, pero la luz lateral es fuerte y puntual y crea zonas muy oscuras en las sombras

saludos

jjo

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1111 W: 1 N: 4518] (15128)
  • [2007-03-19 19:42]

Hola Jose,
This excellent capture has amazing lighting and color, thanks for sharing.
Rick

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  • ciccio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 235 W: 52 N: 345] (2715)
  • [2007-03-20 19:03]

Buenas Jose, uan preciosidad, me encanta el juego de luces y sombras conseguidas, junto la suavidad de las tonalidades y formas. Un saludo.

Jose Luis

bonjour josé
c'est bien fait,j'aime les ombres créees par la lumiere basse,couleur douce et bonne netteté.
laurent

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1318 W: 52 N: 1782] (5276)
  • [2007-03-22 17:04]

Hola Jose !
I like the contrast between the yellow, luminous flower and the dark BG, very beautiful visual impact. I love the details and the textures on the flower, beautiful DOF, excellent exposure, nice composition. Very well done !
Valerie.

Hello Jose,
Light and shadow work well here. You handle this yellow color nicely. POV and DOF are great. Very well done picture.
JC

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2007-04-11 19:40]

Volviendo a visitar los portfolios de los viejos amigos de TN me encuentro con esta "dramática" captura Jose con gran efecto visual a partir del impactante punto de vista captado que brinda nitidez y gran enfoque, realzados por el efecto de sombra tan estético en este caso.
El gran contraste con el fondo de la escena resalta aun más la belleza del ejemplar y nos muestra sus detalles en todo su esplendor.
Un gran abrazo... Ricardo

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1800 W: 29 N: 5223] (17114)
  • [2007-09-21 0:31]

Hi Jose,
A very beautiful flower and considering that it was Wordsworth's favourite it looks even charming. immaculate sharpness and rich yellow colours. Superb lighting and exposure and the DOF is great. I like the yellow on yellow and the shadow effect. Excellent POV to portray it and very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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