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Cornflower 2
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Copyright: Siegfried Potrykus (neusser0204) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 490 W: 48 N: 1829] (7206)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-16 2:16
Viewed: 106
Points: 31
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower, Bachelor's button, Bluebottle, Boutonniere flower, Hurtsickle) is a small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. "Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory, and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species; to distinguish C. cyanus from these it is sometimes called Common Cornflower. It may also be referred to as "basketflower" but this is highly misleading; the term properly refers to the Plectocephalus group of Centaurea, which is probably a distinct genus.

It is an annual plant growing to 40-90 cm tall, with grey-green branched stems. The leaves are lanceolate, 1-4 cm long. The flowers are most commonly an intense blue colour, produced in flowerheads (capitula) 1.5-3 cm diameter, with a ring of a few large, spreading ray florets surrounding a central cluster of disc florets. The blue pigment is protocyanin, which in roses is red.
In the past it often grew as a weed in crop fields, hence its name (fields growing grains such as wheat, barley, rye, or oats were formerly known as "corn fields" in England). It is now endangered in its native habitat by agricultural intensification, particularly over-use of herbicides, destroying its habitat; in the United Kingdom it has declined from 264 sites to just 3 sites in the last 50 years. In reaction to this, the conservation charity Plantlife named it as one of 101 species it would actively work to bring 'Back from the Brink'. It is also, however, through introduction as an ornamental plant in gardens and a seed contaminant in crop seeds, now naturalised in many other parts of the world, including North America and parts of Australia.
(Wikipedia)
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  • Great 
  • AndroK Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 1489 W: 23 N: 0] (11796)
  • [2009-10-16 2:19]

Hi Siegfried...
Beautiful macro shot with so nice details...
Have a nice weekend...
Regards...
Andro

Hi Siegfried beautiful micro with sharp colors and lovely DOF
well done
Hazara

hello Siegfried the details in the shot are excellent as is the dof this must be one of the best floralshots ive have seen for a while excellent work tfs
bryan

Hallo Siegfried,

Great macro capture of the blue flower with wonderful details!
I ike the sharpness and POV in the shot. The blurry BG gives great contrast to this solo beauty.

Well done, my friend.

Viele Grüße,
Paras

Nice composition,delicate flower.Best regards.Alin.

Siggi
Wonderful capture my friend!
What a great colors, very sharp details, BG is lovely!
Horia

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  • Saba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 580 W: 0 N: 1584] (9125)
  • [2009-10-16 5:22]

Witaj Sigi :)

Bardzo piekny blawatek w kolorze, swietle
i na ciekawym tle...efekt fantastyczny.
Gratuluje wykonania.

Serdecznie pozdrawiam.
Barbara

Hi Siegfried!
Wonderful and fine colours,perfect
lighting and interesting sharp details!
I like how it stands out from the dark bg,
Well seen and presented compo!
Regards and tfs
Kostas

Hi Siegfried,
Another shot of this cornflower with its majestic blue!
Very sharp and gloriously lighted.
Fabulous details abd a superb green blurred BG.
Excellent PP work!
Best regards,

Francis Xavier

Hi Siggi!
another beautiful macro shot! great sharpness as always...nice work with the background...
have a nice weekend;)
Alper

Hello Siegfried,

Another excellent macro shot of this beautiful flower.
Great focus, DOF, clarity, sharp details and lovely colors.
The framing with vignetting effect is excellent choice.

Best regards,
Tatjna

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  • solrac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 229 W: 0 N: 50] (2263)
  • [2009-10-16 10:23]

Buena edicion y composicion de esta bella flor azulada mostrada en todo su detalle
Buen trabajo
un saludo
Good weekend

  • Great 
  • korbee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1385 W: 0 N: 1687] (13637)
  • [2009-10-16 12:28]

Perfectes bild gegen die grune hintergrunt siggi,sehr gut presetiert.

jan

Hi Siegfried

A good capture - and an example of how central placement of subject can work well in a photograph. Here is is quite powerful.

You're going to hate me for this - but in my humble opinion, the sharpening is too much. There are white halos - or "ghosting" - around the dark edges of the stamens inside the flower.

Just my view of course, the majority of people don't seem to mind!

Rew

Witaj Siegfried
Bardzo ladne ujecie tego delikatnego kwiatka,ladne kolory,dobra ostrosc i detale,swietny kontrast z dobrze dobranym tlem.
Pozdrawiam
Andrzej

Very good colored and composed.
Nice colors and details .
Nice weekend Zoran

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 595 W: 0 N: 957] (4612)
  • [2009-10-18 2:25]

Hi Siegfried,
wonderfully composed in superbs details and the effect is so lovely and the colours are well contrasted.
It looks like a floating beauty.
Well done.

regards,
Foozi

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