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Rich rosy bells!


Rich rosy bells!
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Copyright: Beverley Robinson (Royaldevon) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 505 W: 62 N: 1235] (4225)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-03
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Casio ex100
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-12 1:00
Viewed: 858
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Good Morning Everyone,

At last, the sun is shining; the first time for a week!
With that in mind, I am posting a cheery, suncatching, foxglove. I just love the wonderful, speckly-patterned bells - obviously an attraction to visiting bees.

Digitalis purpurea: the only British native; it is the biggest and best, capable of reaching 1.8m (6ft) high. It has soft, felt-like leaves and a strong stem that can carry hundreds of tubular flowers. The buds are white; the flowers a rich, rosy purple with lovely speckles and clusters of short hairs in the throat. A biennial or short-lived perennial, it's best grown annually.
(From the BBC Gardening site.)


It loves to grow against the dry stone walls where it bathes in the sunshine but is also protected from most winds. Winds can be a problem when you grow as tall as this beautiful flower!

I captured this, hand held at about a metre.

Many thanks for your visit.
Please feel free to offer feedback on any aspect of the photograph.
Bev :-)

Pitoncle, Heaven, uleko, haraprasan, ramthakur, marhowie, Ken52, gracious, joepan has marked this note useful
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Hi Beverley!

I like this delicate and at the same time so colourful picture very much. It's a beautiful close up, rich with details and with a perfect lighting. Now, I just have to close the eyes and let the bells play their melody...

Kind regards

Markus

Beautiful shot. Good composition and the colours are very attractive. The pink soft flowers in front of the hard stone wall look great.

Hi Bev, excellent well focused and perfectly coloured digitalis... the spots are good, colouration, very good, excellent control of the light. It's amazing how good this is with your camera and hand held....regards h

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2986 W: 162 N: 929] (2735)
  • [2008-07-12 4:52]

Hello Bev,
These beautiful pink Foxgloves by the stone wall remind me of Dorset! Nice light and colours and I like the sharp details of the individual flowers. Great capture and well framed too.
TFS and have a nice weekend, Ulla

Hi Beverley,
A lovely capture of this beautiful bunch of flowers. Lovely colors, very good composition and sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

The colour of these lovely flowers is essentially feminine, Beverley.
I keep on telling all girls on TN that they are better than boys when it comes to taking pictures of flowers and your beautifully composed picture further strengthens my assertion :).
The image is technically superb and extremely beautiful to look at.
Well done and thanks for sharing this image.
Regards,
Ram

Hi Bev, splendid flower with fantastic colors, perfect focus and great sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Intense colors Beverley, great DOF, POV, and details.
Interesting comp including the clearly seen garden wall, and flowers intruding my space ;}
Well done,
Howard

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  • sayat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 290 W: 0 N: 258] (1457)
  • [2008-07-12 7:41]

Very beautiful shot of these Digitalis! Full of life and color. The sharpness is amazing.

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  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 640 W: 98 N: 1241] (4189)
  • [2008-07-12 8:24]

Hi Bev. A very cheery presentation of the beautiful foxglove with excellent color saturation and detail. The DOF is really good. The stones make a complimentary background for the more delicate flowers and the flowers almost look 3D. Clever framing with the lip of one blossom extending outside the frame. Very nice touch!

Hello Bev,
Excellent composition of the beautiful Bell in perfect framing for the presentation!
You got the best exposure and focus in the shot in perfect sharpness, wonderful colour and details
my compliment and I loved it
take good care and sincere regards
Tony

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5578] (18516)
  • [2008-07-15 15:33]

Hi Beverley,
Wonderful shot of this so beautiful and so delicate Foxglove flowers with such lovely pink colours and fine details. Very neat and sharp image with bright sunny lighting giving perfect illumination. Looks so majestic. Excellent DOF, POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-07-15 22:11]

Hello Beverley

Just marking the post for now

Rob

Bonjour Bev,
C'est magnifique et superbement présenté ; le sujet est admirablement mis en valeur tant par la finesse des détails que par la délicatesse des couleurs.
A bientôt sur TN pour de nouvelles aventures.
Gérard

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