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Shaving Brush!


Shaving Brush!
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Copyright: Janice Dunn (Janice) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3271 W: 267 N: 7745] (33032)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-04-03
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Tamron AF28-300 XR
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flowers in my garden [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-04-13 7:31
Viewed: 557
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is the BLOOD LILY, APRIL FOOL or MARCH LILY, HAEMANTHUS COCCINEU
It’s flowerheads are like bright shaving brushes popping up from underground bulbs. They emerge between February and April in NZ, usually before the leaves appear. The flowerhead comprises 6-9 stiff, red spathe valves surrounding the 25-100 coral to scarlet flowers. The valves are mostly fleshy and may stand erect or sometimes be somewhat lax.

This plant always surprises us late summer. It just seems to pop up from nowhere, but then we realise that 6-9 months earlier, there were 2 ugly tongue-like leaves growing in the same place that seemed to grow and grow, and then rot away and disappear.
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  • fer Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 791 W: 131 N: 909] (8073)
  • [2005-04-13 7:36]

Nice shot...
Wonderful colors!

Very good macro of a really strange flower. I like the frame you created around it. Great colours. Good job!

Amazing... Awesome macro Janice :-)

  • Great 
  • c41 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 99 W: 21 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-04-13 15:19]

Wow, this looks great janice. The red and yellow go very well togeather..I like what you have done with the border, this is a busy shot and the border helps lead the eyes to the center of the shot. well done :)

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  • DAM Gold Star Critiquer [C: 513 W: 67 N: 268] (1110)
  • [2005-04-13 16:04]

Simply a good looking photo. Nice macro.

Very colorfull with a contrsast full of texture!

WOW! Quel couleurs éclatante. Le rouge et le jaune donne un effet extraordinaire. Très belle photo. Clair, nette et bonne luminosité.
Manon.

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1792 W: 128 N: 3006] (16617)
  • [2005-04-14 1:16]

Wooow... nice macro shot Janice... great colours, look like Chinese New year.. :) Well composed.

A very nice picture, good colors.Nice pp work.
gr. Anneke

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  • Tim Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 188 W: 18 N: 241] (1137)
  • [2005-04-15 13:47]

Very cool Janice! Good job...

God's best,

Tim

Beautifull macro, great colours. Interesting PP work. Congratulations Janice
Oh, and the note is great as always :)

Hi Janice, this is a great macro, realy nice colours. Nice composition. Great shot.

btw. thanks for your comments on my pics.

I like that one a lot too!
Wonderful nice colors and work!
Bravo!
Claude

It is flaming and it is so well captured... For a moment I really thought it was a shaving brush looking at the thumbnail - a special one... from Gillette... with some improved formula??? Well it turned out to be a better deal than that... ;-)

Great capture. Colors have come very well.

Hi there!
What a great macro shot! I love the colours and textured look of the shot. It almost has an abstract look, even though its a flower!
Well done!

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