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rosko

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decayed petals.
« on: March 16, 2016, 15:50:44 »
They come, I think, from Hydrangea flowers.

Back lit (incident sunlight).

Dark vertical background, and a slate as support.

Stack of 2 images only. helicon focus.

Df+Leica 60mm micro elmarit @f/16 (don't trust exifs as there is no mechanical connection).
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2016, 16:24:48 »
Francis, gorgeous!
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2016, 17:10:28 »
Thank you Jakov ! :)
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2016, 17:39:56 »
Really beautiful, colour and details.
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2016, 18:57:05 »
Hydrangea it is. Really interesting and tasteful treatment on the subject.
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2016, 19:44:33 »
John, Bjørn, thanks for commenting ! :)
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2016, 11:03:54 »
Perfect abstraction through: light, background and wind control ... textbook quality .. wow!
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2016, 17:17:07 »
Oh, that's very well done. The small bit in the top left corner do annoy my eye slightly though.
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2016, 18:29:53 »
thank you Frank and Jørgen !

@Jørgen : I didn't even notice it ! ;)
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2016, 20:17:49 »
At first I thought it was something on my screen :)
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2016, 21:16:06 »
Francis, I appreciate your keen eyes to spot this beautiful object in the first place!  The lighting is fantastic, too.

Sorry to nitpick, but they are decayed leaves and not the petals...
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2016, 22:34:31 »
Akira, I know it can be confusing, but they are really petals : each one are florets of Hydrangea, and each floret have 4 petals. many florets compose the big spherical flower head.

My picture shows 3 florets.

That said, I agree that they look like Leaves.

Thanks for your kind comments, ;)
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2016, 22:44:02 »
Francis, thanks for the clarification.  I knew that the construction of Hydransea is different from that of usual flowers, but I took it for granted that these were the leaves.  I didn't know that the florets would look like these when they are decayed this far.

Thanks, again, for reminding me of yet another wonder of the nature.
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2016, 22:55:08 »
You both have glimpsed a part of the truth: these are part of the floral structure, but really are sterile leaves that have been enlarged to maximise floral visibility. Thus in botanical terms they are bracts.
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Re: decayed petals.
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2016, 23:05:12 »
Here is a view of the inflorescence of Hydrangea petiolaris and one can easily see the showy bracts and the modest ordinary flowers.

(Rosko: excuse my butting in on your thread)
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