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Linneaus favourite


Linneaus favourite
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Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3645 W: 350 N: 8890] (28681)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-23
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 180 Macro Ex H, Digital RAW 200
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-06-25 10:02
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Today’s post is a very small flower but very beautiful. It’s only 5-15 cm high.
Twinflower in English, the Swedish name is Linnea after Carl von Linné (Linneaus), this was his favourite flower. Very often portrayed with these little flower in his hand.
Linnea is quite common where I live.
I hope you like it.


From www.arkive.org, more info here
Classified as Nationally Scarce in the UK
Twinflower is a member of the honeysuckle family and, like some of its relations, it is a creeper. However, twinflower grows much closer to the ground than honeysuckle, creeping beneath other low-growing plants with its thread-like stem. It is an evergreen perennial, with small oval leaves about a centimetre in length, and delicate bell-shaped flowers. As its name suggests, the flowers usually occur in pairs (although, there may only be one), drooping from a long stalk and coloured white or pink, with red stripes inside the bell. The plant’s scientific name Linnaea refers to the fact that it was named in honour of the 18th century Swedish naturalist, Carl Linné, often called ‘the father of modern taxonomy’. Linné, who called himself ‘Linneaus’, developed the system that is still used to identify all species of plant, animal, fungus, single and simple multi-cell organisms and bacteria – the five Kingdoms of life on Earth. Every newly discovered organism (and newly discovered fossil) is identified and classified with two names (or three if it is discovered to be a variation of an existing species), derived from Latin or Greek. The names usually describe one of the species’ characteristics, (such as borealis – meaning ‘of the north’). A full classification of the species will place it in one of the five Kingdoms. From there, its other characteristics determine that species’ place within a number of other sub-categories (such as those shown above). Linneaus was typically self-deprecatory in response to the honour of having twinflower named after him. He wrote; "Linnaea was named by the celebrated Gronovius and is a plant of Lapland, lowly, insignificant and disregarded, flowering but for a brief space - from Linnaeus who resembles it."

Technique:
Sigma 180 Macro EX HSM. Sigma 500 EF Suiper DG for Fill-in
ISO 200, Raw-format, manual focus, manual exposure..
Convert, Levels, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels , USM on the B/W channel in lab-colours. I used Adobe Photoshop CS2 for PP
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Very nice and interesting plant. I would decrease contrast and shaprness. Thanks, Ori

Hi Gert!
Amazing shot. I love simpliciy. Superb!

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  • sela Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 42 W: 0 N: 21] (646)
  • [2005-06-25 11:42]

Very nicely composed and presented.

Nice capture Gert,
Good sharp details, good colours, DOF and nicely exposed and well composed.
Thanks for posting

Hi Gert, good capture with accurate flash control which isolates the flower against dark BG. Details and POV are excellent while composition is good. Very informative note, well done.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2828 W: 75 N: 8009] (26813)
  • [2005-06-25 15:05]

Superb flower Gert. I like its shape, Twinflower is very good name for it. Fragile and perfectly captured.

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-06-25 17:13]

Excellent capture, Gert.
You controlled the focus very well for this one. Excellent exposure with the flash. It works for me. :)

Mike

hello:) beauty photo:) exellent colours:) I love this flower much:D great job

rgs

Malgosia

Thank you for this one Gert it is well seen , the texture of the stem and leaves in such a small flower is superb. the petals on my screen look a little bright though, (just darkened my sreen and they look better but still to me too bright?
The note is a superb one though so informative TFS

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3446 W: 144 N: 5883] (17434)
  • [2005-06-26 3:53]

Gert, so tiny and tender. Wonderful shot of this twin flower. Very good macro showing the tiny hairs on the stem and leaves, and a very good BG too. Well done.

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1654 W: 79 N: 1456] (4742)
  • [2005-06-26 4:50]

This is a very beautiful flower indeed, Gert! Lovely composition, razorsharp details, good POV & DOF and well exposed. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-06-27 1:43]

Hello Gert!
Wonderful shot.Well seen and composed.Excellent work!TFS...:-)

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2058 W: 315 N: 4404] (14713)
  • [2005-06-27 22:16]

Hello MF Gert!
Personal assessment of the photo: great.
Good visual impact.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: complete and very interesting.
Thank you very much for sharing.

What a dainty flower Gert. Very well composed shot. Excellent light. Awesome OOF BG. Very pleasant to view. Nice work. Thanks.

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  • sgo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 136 W: 35 N: 239] (716)
  • [2007-04-01 2:48]

Hi Gert,
I remembered that you had this very deliacte, wonderful picture of the Linnaea borealis far back in your TN archive, and I've been thinking of it since the beginning of this year and wish it could make a new round on TN - and preferably stay in front for a while! - but I don't know how that could be done...? Anyway, I'm glad it's with us on TN thanks to your diligence!
With best regards,
Goran

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2459 W: 168 N: 7421] (23442)
  • [2007-05-25 6:59]

Hej Gert,
Many thanks for posting this brilliant capture of this lovely flower!
Best wishes, Ulla

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