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Alpine Beauty


Alpine Beauty
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Copyright: Steve Reekie (LordPotty) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1449 W: 146 N: 3764] (12035)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-01-21
Categories: Mountain
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8
Exposure: f/4, 1/250 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-05 3:51
Viewed: 556
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
One of the highlights of my recent trek across the Paparoa range was discovering the wonderful diversity of strange plants on the alpine ridges.
Miniature landscapes like this covered the mountaintops,and one could lie down and marvel for ages over just a small patch of these alpine meadows.
Here we see the sticky arms of carnivorous Alpine Sundews (Drosera arcturi) protruding from a bed of mosses,lichens and liverworts.
The whitish lacy looking lichen in the foreground is most likely Cladia retipora.
Even after a few days without rain,the exposed mountain ridges were still damp,being shrouded in cloud or mist for much of the time.

Shooting into the light,to get a nice backlit effect,I got a bit of lens flare,which I have cloned out as best I can.
I hope you like this image from our alpine meadows.

Thanks for looking.
Steve
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Hi Steve,
this is a very nice capture with beautiful natural colors.
Very strange tiny plants.
TFS
Regards
Pierre

Wow, this a microcosm unto itself, Steve!
The image is very natural with the right amount of light to maintain the ambience. Those wild plants and flowers look very beautiful.
Thanks for sharing this picture featuring the rich nature in your part of the world.
Regards.
Ram

A beautiful and unique microhabitat presented quite expertly Steve, the rich colours of the diverse life forms were reproduced in a pleasant way, TFS this fine scene my friend.
Cheers,
Mehmet

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1151 W: 32 N: 1192] (3654)
  • [2009-03-05 11:24]

Hi Steve,
Very nice plant capture from you again.Looks like an underwater scane.Excellent POV,lighting,details and composition.Very well done!
Thanks for posting.

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2915] (8733)
  • [2009-03-05 13:09]

Hello Steve !
You really have some strange plants down there in New Zealand - makes my own little France look so boring ! :-) Really, this thing is amazing, I love its shape, and I also love the green moss all around, and the orange carnivorous plant... It's great to see such miniature landscapes, really ! Thanks for sharing your treasures with us !
Valérie.

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  • tuslaw Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 511 W: 20 N: 1392] (4861)
  • [2009-03-05 18:56]

Beautiful Steve,
Looks like a another world altogether. Great DOF and detail with wonderful colors and textures!! TFS.
Ron

Hi and Good Morning Steve,
An excellent macro capture of these alpine meadows taken from a nice pov with wonderful details and nice composition.
TFS and Have a nice WE!
Cheers,
Bayram

Hi Steve,

A beautiful capture you show us today. Indeed it's a unique microhabitat you presented us. The drops on the Sundew are perfectly highlighting. And the dew on the flowers in front are also splendid.

A nice weekend and TFS BOB

Namastay Steve,
A very nice capture of the micro habitat. Excellent light and sharp details. Very well composed. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Sincerely
Hara

Hy Steve
Small plnts, but an entire biodiversity in this picture! Well done and TFS!
Regards, Oana

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  • Heaven Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 811 W: 108 N: 1736] (6060)
  • [2009-03-08 23:27]

Hi Steve

I like this "micro-world" very much. It evokes the impression of diving into a minature world of a special kind. Moreover, the colours are pleasant and the details, especially of the ornage plant on the left, are superb. Your picture invites for dreaming...

Kind regards

Markus

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