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Cowslips


Cowslips
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Copyright: Robert Brown (Robbrown) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1303 W: 96 N: 2158] (6054)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-04-08
Categories: Flowers
Camera: SONY DSC F-707, Carl Zeiss 9.7-48.5, Digital ISO 100
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Flower(Yellow) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-04-08 15:29
Viewed: 1038
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The not so common these days Cowslip (Primula veris), these I spotted on the way home on the edge of a traffic Island where the main A606 Nottingham to Melton Mowbary crosses over the top of the old roman road, these days called the A46 on its way between Leicester and Newark-upon-Trent.So I stopped in the laybe and walked back and took a few shots.
You may think it looks a bright and pristen flower but if you look at the close up of the flower in the WS you will see it is covered in fine soot particles from the passing cars and lorries, its a hard life being a wild flower.

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hope you like the look of spring.
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To hummingbird24: What is a laybyeRobbrown 3 04-11 12:29
To TAZ: we too had surprise snowRobbrown 1 04-09 03:19
To Jancie: I have no idea if they have been imported to NZRobbrown 1 04-08 19:31
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Hi Rob, I like the look of spring very much.
Have not seen any of these so far this year even in places I normally see them.
Good detail and colour in these, a slightly lower perspective I feel would have given a stronger composition IMHO.

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 542 W: 0 N: 678] (4051)
  • [2005-04-08 15:51]

Nice and lovely photo. Very nice composition and sharpness too. I love the plant as Spring delegate :-) In my country the species starts flowering slowly too.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3464 W: 145 N: 5942] (17790)
  • [2005-04-08 15:59]
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Hi Rob. I've heard of Cowslips, but never known what they were. (Do we have them in NZ?) They do look like primrose/primula leaves. Nice for you all up there to be seeing the spring flowers appear. I'm getting some lovely spring growth on my roses and I even saw a Pohutukawa tree flowering this week - and it is autumn here now! Still hot and dry here in Auckland. But I'm not complaining apart from having to water the garden daily.

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-04-08 16:35]

Hey, Rob, well done with this capture. Excelent view. Well done.

Mike

Very good I like all them greens with the yellow flowers. good POV.

Very nice picture of "gullvivor", Ropert.
They are lovely, they will come here in about 1 month, and the are common in Sweden.
Very nice POV, composition. colours and details.
Very well done.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3186] (10922)
  • [2005-04-10 3:00]
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Jolie composition champêtre avec ces petits Coucous qui donne un air de printemps. Ce matin, surprise, la neige vient de retomber à Annecy...
Well done !

I very much enjoy these flowers in my garden (or similar ones), and they are just beginning to poke out through the ground. Thank you for the fast forward version, Robert. Good composition and detail. Interesting note also. What is a laybe please?
Thank you

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