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Asclepias curassavica


Asclepias curassavica
Photo Information
Copyright: Carmem Busko (carmem_busko) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 79 W: 36 N: 66] (337)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-02-13
Categories: Insects, Flowers
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Travelogue: Ibiuna
Date Submitted: 2005-03-06 21:14
Viewed: 2062
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Asclepias curassavica is without a doubt the best milkweed species for greenhouse culture or the home garden. It attracts Monarch Butterflies and is tolerant to occasional over-watering. It is native to tropical America.
This herbaceous plant, is native to tropical South America and is a very common perennial roadside weed in Suriname. It has white milky poisonous sap and grows up to a height of about 4'.
It has oblanceolate leaves and beautiful scarlet/orange/yellow flowers.
Silkweed blooms year around in the tropics and sub-tropics.
Sunset flower is a favorite among butterflies, hummingbirds, wasps and beetles as a nectar source.
They are a food source for Monarch butterfly larvae.
The plant is used medicinally in the tropics for the anodyne properties of its roots. It has also been used in scrofula with great succes.
The seeds, in spindle shaped pods, have a crown of silky hairs and blow into the wind like miniature parachutes.
The information above can be found here and here .

I´ve started a travelogue of my trip to ibiuna in trekearth .
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To coasties: Thank youcarmem_busko 2 03-08 07:55
To nofer: Quanto à câmeracarmem_busko 3 03-07 23:03
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Nice rich colours against a good dark OOF BG. There is too much background above the flower. I would cropped some from the top. The frame doesn't enhance the image at all, therefore I would have not used it. Have uploaded a workshop to show you my personal preference. The image itself is very nice to view. TFS.

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Great composition, I just find the big leaf in BG a bit distracting.
Well done.
TFS.

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  • nofer Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1219 W: 367 N: 805] (2225)
  • [2005-03-07 20:19]
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Olá!
Sua câmera, aparentemente, não é muito boa para macros... Eh... Eh... Olha aqui o entendido... (Ih lá vem ele.) Sua máquina permite macro de até 3 cm!!! Será que uma close-up ajudaria?!?! O fundo está um pouco escuro o que obrigou você a saturar um pouco! Se tudo isso foi intencional...ÓTIMO...não está aqui mais quem falou Eh... Eh...
Em compensação a mestra esmerou na composição!!! Aí é questão de conhecimento! São outros 500!
Obrigado!
Reynaldo

legal Carmem, gostei do fundo desfocado e das cores intensas e com nitides. Parabens

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
  • [2005-03-19 2:52]
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Carmem, gosto muito desta foto.

Cores vívidas, excelente composição.

Certa vez, você escreveu que não leva ou jeito ou mesmo que não gosta de macros. Curioso, isso. Você já tentou? Caso sim, não gostou? Pergunto isso por ter a impressão de que você se sairia bem em fotos macros. É a impressão que tenho, no que posso estar errado.

Abraço.

Lívio

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