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This is a Tillandsia Stricta bloom from the backyard. It's an inch so in length.
As usual, Olympus body, ZD 50 macro lens, and Oly ringflash.
Steve
As usual, Olympus body, ZD 50 macro lens, and Oly ringflash.
Steve
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Re: Small plant: Tillandsia bloom
That is beautiful
Had to google for Tillandsia Stricta to have a good look at the whole thing. Shame its not suited for us in the UK unless kept in a heated greenhouse of cours.------------------------- -
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I agree with Pops - very pleasing.
Regards. Barr1eComment
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Actually they do well indoors, in normal household conditions. Just glue them to a bit of wood or rock, and give them a bit of sun (well that might be hard) and water every now and then. They're very good about being ignored. They're epiphytic, not parasitic. They don't need to be on a living thing.They pull water and nutrients straight from the air. And they will bloom indoors everywhere. I noticed a UK site, keyessentials.com, that has till. strictaOriginally posted by Pops View PostComment
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Re: Small plant: Tillandsia bloom
Hi FluffyOriginally posted by fluffy View PostThis is a Tillandsia Stricta bloom from the backyard. It's an inch so in length.
As usual, Olympus body, ZD 50 macro lens, and Oly ringflash.
Steve
A beautiful picture lovely textures and colours, just one very small criticism. That dark brown area bottom right corner is to me out of place with the rest of the delicate soft tones of the image.
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Hi Steve, you have certainly done well to get so close and produce such a large view of this beautiful small flower, and the use of the ring flash has paid off.
From a more technical point of view, I'm wondering if I'm right in thinking this is a crop from the original and you have been a bit heavy on the sharpening of the file. My eyes are drawn to the halo round the petals and the speckled nature of the green leavesComment
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I do recall having one similar that sat on our kitchen windowsill for years. Can't find the flower photo but this is what it rested on.
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Patrick,
That is part of the plant base. It troubles me too. It's a bit too square. The plant is on a nice bit of grapewood that's very figured and curvy, but you's never know it from this. I tried cropping it out and picture started confusing viewers of a paper print. They had no idea which way was up and just kept turning it. I also think that bit of stem is needed for orientation. I could try to paint out that base. It'd be easy to do without much difficultly. Thanks for looking commenting.
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Re: Small plant: Tillandsia bloom
Stephen, yes this a small crop from the original. In the original image the tip is pointing more towards 11 o'clock or so. I was planning to enter it in a competition and wanted a more horizontal aspect. As for sharpening, my bad. I sort of automatically sharpen images I'm planning on uploading and obviously got carried away here. This is way too much sharpening. The original is nice and smooth and unspeckled on the petals. The speckle-like white stuff on the thin green leaves are the trichomes where the plant takes in water and nutrients. They essentially function as the roots do for most plants.
I appreciate your comments, and promise to actually look at things after I sharpen them, but before I upload them.
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Great base for a tilly, and that is a tilly just visible at the top. I hope you still have the base and can find another tilly for it. If a tilly was on a base like that near to a sink in a kitchen, you could pretty well ignore it. It'd be happy.
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wow...its great that it snap shot it an inch flower very clearly....very nice...looking impressive buddyComment
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