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Description taken right outside my house yesterday when i had a hunting-for-interesting-flowers-for-macro-session.

Personally i find it damn hard to take photos of flowers and plants without it getting boring and more of a documentation.
I achieved what i was after here, so im very pleased

I like the little white dots on the "thorns", i have no idea what they are for, or even what plant this is.

It is fun to take photos when you know you want a 1:1/square photo, it takes more planning with the composition.
As always with shots like this i shoot hand held without flash using daylight.

Trying to keep the iso as low as possible, i like to have around 1/150 sec to 1/200 sec shutter speed, to avoid any movement blur.

B/W with raw in lightroom and mild duo tone.
Grain removal, crop for square , strengthen duo-tone and added some more mild colors, blur background more, selective sharpen in Photoshop.

welcome to use it as wallpaper if you want to, or for reference for a drawing, but not for stock or re-use.
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Comments: 93

adrianagalbani [2012-07-29 18:53:18 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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electrobloom [2010-11-18 12:58:46 +0000 UTC]

Amazing, like a modern Blossfeldt!

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RanD0m-aRT [2009-04-18 15:18:28 +0000 UTC]

those little things look like small brains I love the layers of focus. really nice

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kutuubocah [2009-04-02 08:18:20 +0000 UTC]

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zielono [2009-02-24 15:23:37 +0000 UTC]

simply beautiful.

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Initio [2009-02-03 01:46:34 +0000 UTC]



January feature for you

[link]

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Sortvind In reply to Initio [2009-02-03 05:35:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the feature

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JNoOoN [2009-01-06 20:21:47 +0000 UTC]


Featured [link]

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Sortvind In reply to JNoOoN [2009-01-07 05:09:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the feature

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JNoOoN In reply to Sortvind [2009-01-07 14:47:38 +0000 UTC]



  • u r welcome


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    eiran04 [2009-01-06 16:57:41 +0000 UTC]

    Vet ikke om jeg har sagt det fΓΈr, men jeg digger dette bilde
    Syns fokusen og fargene passer perfekt!
    Skikkelig bra

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    Sortvind In reply to eiran04 [2009-01-07 11:48:09 +0000 UTC]

    Tusen takk kjære

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    eiran04 In reply to Sortvind [2009-01-07 15:07:27 +0000 UTC]

    bare hyggelig

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    Stumm47 [2008-09-13 22:28:03 +0000 UTC]

    Nice pic! Makes me think of the work of two of my heroes,Edward Weston and Karl Blossfeldt! I like the tone used too!

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    JohnnyCadillac [2008-08-17 08:00:19 +0000 UTC]



    hey...
    just wanted to notify you that your artwork had been featured in my news article...

    the beauty of nature

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    if you do not want me to use it, then just tell me and i can remove it again...but it would be really
    nice if you allowed it...


    well...also wanted to thank you very much for your inspiration...

    Would be great to get some support and if you want to leave a comment, that would be really appreciated...
    i hope you like it...

    thx

    wish you a beautiful day



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    baba49 [2008-08-13 23:42:48 +0000 UTC]

    I love this image and feature it in my new journal [link] if you don't mind

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    Sortvind In reply to baba49 [2008-08-14 13:23:24 +0000 UTC]

    Thank you for the feature

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    baba49 In reply to Sortvind [2008-08-14 20:04:40 +0000 UTC]

    My pleasure

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    McKenzie-James [2008-07-24 12:52:15 +0000 UTC]

    Featured here [link]

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    Sortvind In reply to McKenzie-James [2008-07-24 13:45:47 +0000 UTC]

    Thanks for the feature mate

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    McKenzie-James In reply to Sortvind [2008-07-24 23:28:50 +0000 UTC]

    welcome!

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    tuberosum [2008-07-22 22:04:43 +0000 UTC]

    Featured here: [link]

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    Sortvind In reply to tuberosum [2008-07-22 22:14:19 +0000 UTC]

    Thank you

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    JohnnyCadillac [2008-07-21 21:36:57 +0000 UTC]


    hey...
    just wanted to notify you that your artwork had been featured in my news article...

    favorite squares

    ---
    if you do not want me to use it, then just tell me and i can remove it again...but it would be really
    nice if you allowed it...

    well...also wanted to thank you very much for your inspiration...

    Would be great to get some support and if you want to leave a comment, that would be really appreciated...
    i hope you like it...

    thx

    wish you a beautiful day

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    Sortvind In reply to JohnnyCadillac [2008-07-21 22:17:15 +0000 UTC]

    Thank you for including my work

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    JohnnyCadillac In reply to Sortvind [2008-07-21 22:28:27 +0000 UTC]


    you're welcome my friend

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    FidoPhoto [2008-06-16 15:32:38 +0000 UTC]

    im using it as my desktop bg.its so nice.i cant resist.haha.

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    dionn-k [2008-05-27 19:37:08 +0000 UTC]

    it looks awsome

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    Sortvind In reply to dionn-k [2008-05-27 20:28:25 +0000 UTC]

    Thank you

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    ahmedwkhan [2008-04-11 19:18:45 +0000 UTC]

    love it!
    amazing details ~

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    Sortvind In reply to ahmedwkhan [2008-04-12 09:07:01 +0000 UTC]

    Thanks Mate

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    ahmedwkhan In reply to Sortvind [2008-04-12 10:56:07 +0000 UTC]

    u welcome

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    Stewdog [2008-04-07 05:24:16 +0000 UTC]

    Stunning work.

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    Sortvind In reply to Stewdog [2008-04-07 11:28:06 +0000 UTC]

    Thank you

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    micdt [2008-04-05 16:39:40 +0000 UTC]

    well done

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    rubberman542 [2008-04-05 12:51:21 +0000 UTC]

    Simply beautiful

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    lpowell [2008-03-29 21:40:15 +0000 UTC]

    Excellent. This photo captures great detail and displays the subject in a very interesting manner. Well done.

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    xrandomstuff [2008-03-25 01:18:39 +0000 UTC]

    That is SOOOO amazing.

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    In-the-picture [2008-03-23 09:43:22 +0000 UTC]

    Glad caught this at [link] and a fave of course

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    Sortvind In reply to In-the-picture [2008-03-23 13:57:09 +0000 UTC]

    Thank you

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    seitu [2008-03-19 10:01:34 +0000 UTC]

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    Irena-N-Photography [2008-03-17 12:45:47 +0000 UTC]

    Featured in my latest Journal .

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    Sortvind In reply to Irena-N-Photography [2008-03-18 01:38:57 +0000 UTC]

    Thank you for the feature

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    Irena-N-Photography In reply to Sortvind [2008-03-18 14:20:49 +0000 UTC]

    My pleasure.

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    butterfly36rs [2008-03-16 01:36:44 +0000 UTC]

    I think you and I work in similar ways sometimes! Very nice one here.

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    DorotejaC [2008-03-13 20:14:59 +0000 UTC]

    nice macro

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    wvandyk [2008-03-13 14:43:54 +0000 UTC]

    Awesome photo !

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    Kobhen [2008-03-13 13:54:28 +0000 UTC]

    sharp, and nice color, good shot dude

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    kimpi [2008-03-13 12:38:27 +0000 UTC]

    what is that?? beautiful!

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    Sortvind In reply to kimpi [2008-03-13 13:05:28 +0000 UTC]

    Thank you No idea what plant/flower it is

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