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Tender Alsike Clover


Tender Alsike Clover
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Copyright: Claude Ouellet (tiklod) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 300 W: 74 N: 883] (3367)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-09
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-10-19 5:36
Viewed: 441
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
ALSIKE CLOVER

Clover (Trifolium) is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics.
They are small annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial herbaceous plants. The leaves are trifoliate (rarely 5- or 7-foliate), with stipules adnate to the leaf-stalk, and heads or dense spikes of small red, purple, white, or yellow flowers; the small, few-seeded pods are enclosed in the calyx.
Other closely related genera often called clovers include Melilotus (sweet clover) and Medicago (alfalfa or 'calvary clover'). The "shamrock" of popular iconography is sometimes considered to be young clover.
The scientific name derives from the Latin tres, "three", and folium, "leaf", so called from the characteristic form of the leaf, which has three leaflets (trifoliate); hence the popular name trefoil. Clovers are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species; see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Clovers.

Alsike clover is a many-stemmed herb 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 feet high, much like the common red and white clovers, of which it is a hybrid. Its stems and leaves are not hairy. Its leaves, like those of all other clovers, are made up of 3 leaflets grouped at the ends of the long leafstalks.There are no crescents in the leaflets. Its flowers, borne in rather compact, stalked heads, are usually pink but range from red to white. Its seeds are smaller than those of red clover and are dark yellow-green.

ISO 80
F5.6
1/250

Thanks,

Claude
nglen, eqshannon, nirmalroberts, gracious, XOTAELE, Silke, CeltickRanger, haraprasan, pierrefonds, peter_stoeckl has marked this note useful
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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2089 W: 9 N: 5861] (22206)
  • [2007-10-19 5:56]

Hi Claude. This is an excellent close up of the Clover. Your sharp focusing gives fine detail with very good natural colours. a nice POV/DOF. well done TFS. good notes to go with it.
Nick..
Have a good weekend.

You gain in your knowledge of your camera work. Each day I can see better and better. This is a work I would live to have done. It is very well colored. This is also an herb.Parfois nous les utilisons pour notre santé. Bonne image.
Bob

Salut Claude ! C'est une superbe fleur que tu nous montres là, la pdc est vraiment très bonne et l'expositon irréprochable. Il y a un peu de bruit dans le background, j'ai fait un workshop afin de l'atténuer. Merci !

Mario

Hi Claude,
Beautiful flower with soft colours.
Good composition and sharpness.
Very informative note.
Thanks for sharing.
- Nirmal

My friend Claude,
This is a beautiful and perfect composition!
great DOF with perfect exposure and focus
the sharpness, colouration and details are awesome
well done
have a great weekend, Claude!
cheers
Tony

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1865 W: 8 N: 4848] (15703)
  • [2007-10-19 15:12]

Hi Claude,

This Clover is lovely with beautiful colors. Excellent details of the petals. I love the composition with the blurred flower in the background.

Jane

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 753 W: 108 N: 1729] (5398)
  • [2007-10-19 16:22]

the details in this are truly breathtaking, Claude!
This is a stunning posting with perfect colours and composition. I want to shout to all the other TN members to say: "COme and see this! It is amazing!"
TFs
silke

salut Claude

belle présentations de ce fleur, les couleurs sont belles
avec d'excellente netteté et détails des pétales,
un peu de bruit numérique mais j'ai vu et aimé le workshop de Mario,

de ta photo j'aime beaucoup la prise de vue en contre-plongé
et le cadrage vertical apporté à l'image, TFS

Asbed

  • Great 
  • RP1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 167 W: 1 N: 124] (2078)
  • [2007-10-19 17:53]

Salut Claude,
Très belle réussite cette photo! Ce qui m'impressionne c'est la richesse des détails et la profondeur de champs. J'aime bien aussi la composition.
Merci, Roger

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-10-19 20:02]

Hello Claude

A beautiful image of this clover.the POV and DOF are excellent.The colours are rich and well saturated.The composition is very good.TFS

Rob

Hi Claude,
A beautiful flower and you have captured it very fine. Nice details and a very good composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hola Claude.
Una fenomenal macro de bellos colores.
Buen encuadre y original PoV.
Saludos, JL.

Bonjour Claude,

Une belle image rapprochée de cette fleur de trèfle, la photo a une bonne composition, netteté et de jolies couleurs. Bonne journée.

Pierre

Les détails SONT fantastiques on voit les veineures des feuilles, peut-eêtre que cela porte un nom scientifique que j'ignore, la Lumière est très belle la composition aussi.
Bravo
MARIE

Hello Claude,
brilliantly clear presentation of clover in delightfully intense colours of summer, and Mario's workshop has given its background a good final treatment.
Thank you! With best regards,
Peter

Hello Claude,
Very pretty photo of a simple flower! Nice close up shot with beautiful sharp detail and good color TFS
Donna:o)

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