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Red Clover


Red Clover
Photo Information
Copyright: howard shirley (gerbilratz) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 362 W: 0 N: 977] (3110)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-11
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 105mm F2.8 DG macro, Tiffen 58mm UV PROTECTOR USA
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/100 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-21 10:23
Viewed: 448
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Red Clover, Trifolium pratense. (member of pea family)

Commonest of the pink/pink purple clovers, erect short to medium perennial. Flowers pink/purple, never red!!

Native form prefers ground not too limey, and natural grassland. (pratense is Latin for "found in meadow")

Cultivated form, taller, more luxuriant and with paler flowers.

It is widely grown as an animal feed or fodder crop, Also valued for its nitrogen fixation which increases soil fertility.

Naturally occurring non steroidal plant compounds from Red Clover (isoflavones and phytoestrogens) have been used to treat the symptoms of menopause. Women who are pregnant and breastfeeding should avoid ingesting Red Clover.

This image was taken last October just before the first
frost of winter. This one was on a South facing bank and sheltered from the wind.

ISO 200
Shutter speed, 1/100
F-stop f/2.8
Image taken in RAW and minor PP work done in RAW ("temperature and hue" adjustments)before sharpening cropping/saving to jpeg for upload.

This image was cropped from an image previously uploaded to TNature, but deleted.
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Hello Howard! Amazing flower. Wonderful colors. Very good light and contrast. Nice sharp. Original capture. Well done!

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  • Ishi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 103 W: 0 N: 499] (1888)
  • [2008-02-21 11:55]

Excellent picture of this clover.

The limited DOF actually gives the picture an interesting air.

TFS!

Ishi

Hello Howard
a lovely macro showing lovely deep colours...perhaps an fstop or more would have taken you down to the centre of the clover but still retains the deep mysterious edges to the petal you have already..
Cracking shot and tfs
Paul

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 527 W: 0 N: 95] (583)
  • [2008-02-21 18:24]

Hello Howard,

A very nice photo of this beautiful plant. TFS. Greetings.
Mehmet

Hello Howard,

An another perfect close-up capture of your excellent photograpy friend! Nice comp, superb details and nice colours as well.
TFS friend!
Cheers,

Bayram

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  • Karin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 418 W: 5 N: 268] (2089)
  • [2008-02-22 9:39]

Hi Howard,
Lovely colors and soft focus works very well here,, nice macro and TFS

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2597 W: 133 N: 7441] (23193)
  • [2008-02-22 10:08]

Hej Howard,
This is a beautiful portrait of a Red Clover flower with good use of the low aperture to get max sharpness and I like the slightly off-centre composition here.
Thanks for sharing this beauty,
Hälsningar,
Ivan

Hello Howard,

Very beautiful picture of this clover flower. I agree with Ishi for the good use of this reduced DOF. Splendid colours.
Cheers,
Mariki

Hello Howard,
Perfect close up shot! great! Excellent details. TFS.
Greetings,
Bahadır

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