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Snow-on-the-Mountain


Snow-on-the-Mountain
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Copyright: Silke Force (Silke) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-14
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Nikon D70S, Sigma 18-200 mm (F3.5-6.3), Sigma UV 62 mm
Exposure: f/11, 1/640 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flower(white) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-10-22 8:05
Viewed: 720
Points: 46
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
When I was a little girl (a year or two ago :D), I spent a lovely part of several summers in a holiday camp for children. The woods beyond the cabin were full of these lovely knee-high plants I’d never seen before. The almost white leaves made the darkest woods seem full of light and erased any sense of the forest as being a dark and dangerous place (which it did seem at first to this city girl).
I am far more at ease with the woods now as an adult. Even so whenever I see these plants, I am immediately taken back to those early years and the way the woods became friendly simply through their happy light.

Updated ID:

“Snow-on-the-mountain” (the name I first heard those many years ago) grows in shady places and is apparently related to the poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima). The Latin name is Euphorbia marginata and it is also known as ground-elder, herb Gerald, and bishop’s weed. It is used as a food plant by the larvae of several species of butterflies and moths. It appears that this little beauty, which is spreading through woods around the Niagara Escarpment of Southern Ontario is not native but is naturalised (coming from further west between Minnesota and Colorado in the US) and is now considered a nuisance as it spreads rapidly via underground roots, crowding out native plants! Like the poinsetta, it is poisonous and causes skin rashes! So much for my safe woods.

Source: Kansas Sate University - http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/snow.html

Tech: shot in RAW, converted, cropped, resized, and framed, selectively sharpened top leaves and flowers.

Thanks for looking and have a light-filled day and week
gerbilratz, eqshannon, gracious, uleko, nglen, nirmalroberts, Silvio2006, Argus, marhowie, jaycee, cecilia, jeanpaul, pierrefonds, zeca, milas, tiklod has marked this note useful
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To milas: comparisonsSilke 1 10-30 12:19
To marhowie: no kidding?!?Silke 4 10-22 15:08
To Argus: IDSilke 1 10-22 12:58
To nirmalroberts: fragranceSilke 1 10-22 11:16
To eqshannon: Native North American plantSilke 1 10-22 11:12
To arfer: transplant?Silke 1 10-22 11:11
To uleko: Ground ElderSilke 1 10-22 10:22
To eqshannon: funny thingSilke 1 10-22 09:25
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Unusual plant, nice composition and good info Ta!!

Hello Silke
I do like a nice varigated leaf and you have captured an example that is new to me..the focus is lovely and sharp with great framing..perhaps a touch overexposed but that is my opinion only.
Great work
Paul

I have never heard, nor seen. The title is most lovely or as my grandmother said "It is very elegant"...and she would have said that of this. She arraigned flowers for deep pocket friends many years. A lovely picture. An Elegant picture.
Bob

Hello Silke,
Good framing for this beautiful plant!
the exposure and focus is good and clarity with details
well done and well seen
cheers
Tony

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3002 W: 162 N: 991] (2901)
  • [2007-10-22 10:03]
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Hello Silke,
This is a very beautiful capture of this flower with variegated leaves. Great sharpness and lovely colours too. I'm puzzled though as it doesn't look a bit like the common Ground Elder!?
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2924 W: 34 N: 8671] (32310)
  • [2007-10-22 10:21]

Hi Silke . Great picture sorry very short of time.
Nick..

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-10-22 10:26]
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Hello Silke

A lovely capture of this beautiful plant.I can see that the flower is outshone by the wonderful variegated foliage.Excllent focus and detail.The colours are natural.I have seen this plant but it is not indigenous in this area and probably a transplant from elsewhere.TFS

Rob

Hello Silke,
The plant itself is more beautiful, and the flowers are hardly visible. Are these flowers fragrant?
Thanks for sharing.
- Nirmal

Hi Silke, you are too a little girl:), thanks for this nice flower, I never see before and for interesting beautiful note, splendid composition and elegant presentation, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3831 W: 190 N: 11410] (35161)
  • [2007-10-22 12:47]
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Hello Silke,
A fine shot of an amazing plant with what look like variegated leaves that give one the impression that this is cultivated, but that this grows in the wild is to me fascinating. Superb technical qualities and composition. The carrot and parsley family is Umbeliferacae: are you sure that this is the same family?
Whatever, the notes are interesting too.
TFS,
Ivan

Hi Silke,
Very nice macro of this species. I shot this myself with the Olympus C8080 P&S quite a while back.
Excellent capture, I don't think I could've done it better myself ;)
Beautiful work,
Howard
PS - You should consider sending in your photo's to a magazine for consideration/publication. Just a got an email from Better Home's & Gardens on an image I submitted :)

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2007-10-22 15:38]

fantastic pic,it seem a christmas card !!! Luciano

Encore une réussite, quelle composition, les détails et les couleurs sont riche et sobre.
Bravo
Marie

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2007-10-22 19:29]

Hi Silke,

This picture reminds me of a bride's bouquet. Very beautiful and elegant. Excellent details showing off the tiny flowers and the varigated leaves. I have not seen this before.

Jane

Well it has all been said and the photo says the rest. I like the frameworks as well.
Nice camera work...
Cecilia

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16524)
  • [2007-10-22 22:47]

Hi Silke


A very interesting posting - at first I thought it was a new variety of poinsettia, then your note informed me otherewise. A lovely shot with great detail.

TFS

James

Hello Silke,
Fine details in this nice macro shot!
The delicate flower is well depicted, an attractive colour palette with different shades of green...
Nice composition!
Greetings,
Pablo -

:-) OK-

A beauty. We have those here and they are beautiful - nuisance or not. :)

Lovely lighting, great composition. Splendid!!!!

Bonsoir Silke

Une excellente photoen macro de cette belle fleur ,les couleurs sont justes et parfaitements exposées ainsi que les détails.. Félicitations pour la belle composition .

Merci et bravo...JP

Hi Silke,

A nice image of the Snow-on-the-mountain flower, the photo has a good composition, sharpness and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

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  • zeca Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 373 W: 14 N: 538] (2881)
  • [2007-10-24 20:31]

Hello dear Silke!
Beautiful presentation! The flower is very nice and the lights and colours are great! Very good sharpen details.
Regards,
Zeca

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer [C: 191 W: 0 N: 10] (173)
  • [2007-10-30 12:09]
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merhabamyfriend silke...
verynice macro andshot...bravo..selamlar

Hi Silke,
Great light managing... not over-exposed :-)
DOF makes an excellent job in this phto... Beautiful fine colours.
TFS,

Claude

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