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NODDING ONION


NODDING ONION
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Copyright: Janice Smith (lovenature) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 792 W: 60 N: 1152] (4146)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-14
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Fuji FinePix 3800
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-17 19:58
Viewed: 859
Points: 18
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NODDING ONION
Allium cernuum Roth

Habitat, dry rocky slopes, open woods and thickets from the Peace River in Northern Alberta and south to the U.S. border.

Allium is the Latin name for garlic, from the Celtic all (hot or burning), because it irritates the eyes. Nodding onion gives off an onion odor when crushed and is one of the better-tasting wild onions. The leaves and bulb may be eaten but do not confuse this plant with the highly poisonous Death Camas which has no onion odor and has flowers in racemes, not umbels.

The crushed bulb were used to relieve insect stings. Bears, ground squirrels and marmots also find them a tasty addition to their diet. There are 500 species of Allium in the world, all of them in hte northern hemisphere, 4 occur in Alberta.

Hand held
Evening shot
Contast
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Hi Janice,
New knowledge of this lily family. Nice shot under strong sun. Good composition and pov. TFS
JC

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-07-17 22:17]

Hi Janice

Very nice photo of this Allium. Excellent notes as well.The lighting is soft(looks like evening) and shows the details well.Very nicely composed with a beautiful frame.TFS

Rob

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 643 W: 32 N: 790] (3052)
  • [2006-07-18 6:08]

Hi Janice, nice shot. Good details, colours and lighting. Also good notes. Well done and TFS.
Dean.

Hello Janice, excllent colors, Bg, POV DOF Perfect details, Great work, TFS Kyle

Bonjour Janice
C'est une excellent prise de vue en macro! Composition très belle avec de belles couleurs, et très beaux détails. Merci pour le partage .
Au revoir et merci....JP

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 753 W: 109 N: 1727] (5394)
  • [2006-07-18 18:21]

Hello Janice
This is quite a fascinating plant to me. Superb notes!
Well composed and attractively lit frame-filling shot. Crisp deatils and a nicely OOF BG. A fine specimen and a fine posting. TFS
Silke

Nice lighting on these onions Janice. I might have gone for a bit more of a side view though, but even so what you have here is very good.

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  • mbasil Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 339 W: 146 N: 689] (2993)
  • [2006-07-18 21:19]

Well done, Janice. Great clarity, especially given the big cluster of flowers here. The lighting is excellent, too. Well composed, cropped, and nicely framed, too.
Mike

Janice,
I used to eat them on my hikes; and my hiking buddies said that I would "attract" the bears faster. THEY WERE RIGHT; but that's another story.
This is a great register. Beautiful educative notes.
Thanks for sharing part of our heritage with the world.
Best regards,
Mario. ( J., Great "Chinook" weather.!!!)

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