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Blue Rose?


Blue Rose?
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Copyright: Janice Dunn (Janice) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-07
Categories: Desert
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Tamron 28-300 XR
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/50 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-06-17 3:51
Viewed: 1509
Points: 54
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Don’t you just love the colours of this succulent – the pale blue leaves with the dark navy blue ends and tips. Also as the plant unfolds I can see a tinge of yellow on the leaves. This agave is quite large - I'd say about 18 inches / 45cms wide. Unfortunately this is another plant wasn’t named in the Wintergarden’s Hothouse at the Domain. So I though I would tell you about the Auckland’s Domain.

The Auckland Domain is the city's oldest park.
The 75 hectare park has been developed around the cone of an extinct volcano. The 'tuff rings' created by volcanic activity can be seen in the land contours and forms a natural amphitheatre with about 10 hectares developed as sports fields.

Auckland Domain as well as being the city’s oldest park it is one of its most popular. The open green area is a pleasant contrast to the bustling city centre, just minutes away. Land for the Domain was set aside in 1840 in the early years of the area’s European settlement, and development continued over the next century. The park has the classic charm of formal gardens, a statuary and green clearings edged by mature trees. And of course, there is the Winter Garden, a Fernery and the Museum.

The Winter Gardens are located in the Auckland Domain, and consist of two large glass houses, a cool one for temperate plants, and a hot house for tropical plants, as well as a formal courtyard garden and fernery. The gardens were opened in 1913 to commemorate the Auckland Industrial, Agricultural and Mining Exhibition in 1913/14. Entry to the winter gardens, including the glass houses and the fernery, is free.

Alongside the Winter Gardens is the FERNZ fernery, an award-winning native garden that displays the many varieties of ferns that are found in New Zealand. And we do have quite a few native ferns in NZ…
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To petrudamsa: AgaveJanice 1 01-11 14:38
To mjdundee: NZJanice 1 09-10 17:25
To cafecrem: Thanks JoannaJanice 10 06-17 06:58
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Hallo Janice!!
What a GREAT colour!!! WONDERFUL photo!!! Just amazing!
I've got 7 cacti on my papapet in the kitchen. Last time I bought for them new, arty flowerpots but your cactus is really wonderful! I would like to have it very, very much!!!

I does look like a blue rose !! Great shot. Never knew that they come in blue as well.

lovely details, good compo and great POV.

TFS
Elize

Realy this looks like a blue rose.
Wonderful plant and anybody would love to take this home.
I would like to see it from the other sides too. Good POV

Nice work Janice. I don't remember it being this beautiful blue. The shape is stunning. The deep blue of the prickles is a good contrast. Isn't nature wonderful!

Great photo, superior colors, clarity and POV.
Thank you for sharing.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-06-17 4:33]

Hello Janice!
Excellent work from you again.Well seen and composed.Colors,DOF and framing are perfect.
TFS...:-)

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-06-17 4:40]

Yeah, colour are quite unusual indeed. I like composition very much, frame and POV are also great. I know these cacti from our Palm House, looks great!

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2005-06-17 7:01]

Hello Janice,

This is a very nice closeup. Details are crystal clear and the colors are great. It indeed looks just like a rose. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

Hello Janice!
Wonderful color,wonderful framing,wonderful composition.Thanks for sharing.

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  • radz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 603 W: 11 N: 616] (3404)
  • [2005-06-17 7:11]

I thought it was rose first seeing thumnail.Amazing shot Jancie!!!Like the close composition&love the colour.

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2005-06-17 11:50]

Hi Janice!
Unusual colour of cacti. Good sharpness and composition. I like it. Well done.
Regards,
Aleksander

hello:) beauty colour:) great cactus:)amaizing I love it so much becoz of this that I am in love in blue:D beauty

tfs:)

Malgosia

Great shot Janice,
Excellent detail, colours, sharpness and exposure.
Great POV and nicely framed.
Thanks for posting, Have a good weekend Janice (enjoy the mighty Lions roar!!!).

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-06-17 15:18]

Indeed, Janice, great colors.

Great colors and sharpness.

A very beautiful and pleasant composition.

Hi Janice,
What a sharpness and what a fantastic color!
The composition is a classic one, but perfectly choosen for this item.
Great picture!!

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-06-17 18:44]

Hi Janice, vey interesting view and the colours are very strange. Good details and use of DOF. Nice work.

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  • CTP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 647 W: 6 N: 1106] (3191)
  • [2005-06-17 21:54]

Great Macro work Janice.I love the sharp edges and great blue:)TFS
CT

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2005-06-18 3:53]

Janice is THE specialist of beautiful colors ! Nice shot, I like it ! TFS.

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  • cigdom (32)
  • [2005-06-18 8:54]

excellent photo!!!colours are perfect!!!!!gret shot!!!!
thx for sharing
regards...

Hello Jancie, very interesting plant.
Colorful photo, good sharpness and details.
Well done.

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  • Ina Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 111 W: 6 N: 101] (767)
  • [2005-06-19 12:01]

Lovely what else can I say... This blue is just fantastic and so is your work... Sharp and crystal-clear... Composition perfect... I love it... TFS...Ina... :)

Excellent, Janice. Lovely color and interesting texture. Great compo. Very well done.

I love all the little "v's" formed with the leaves of this cactus. The color is wonderful, I've never seen one of these in this color. Very nice, sharp, clear macro, well done as usual Janice.

Hello Janice,

true colours? I never saw a plant with such a steel blue colour. Auckland Domain is on my list for the next visit.
Unfortunatelly it will take some time because next year Australia will be first.

TFS.

Thomas

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  • rimas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 155 W: 3 N: 610] (4273)
  • [2005-11-03 13:51]

Great pale blue color, wonderful leaves of this cactus. Lovely details, good composition.
Nice work.

Hi, Janice

As you asked me, I'll try to correct some missidentification. This one is a kind of Agave, which is closer to lillies family, and not a cactus.
Otherwise the picture looks very nice and strange in the same time with that blue.

Regards, Petru

Hello Janice!
This is another very nice picture! Simply but the best! :) It has everything what is needed: good DOF and details, interesting idea for a picture and perfect presentation! I really like this photo!
TFS and I am waiting for your next pictures! :)
Regards,
Radomir

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