Trafalgar Broom
Much of the broom burned out of Trafalgar Park last year, but plenty remains around the edges.
I don’t much like broom, it’s an invasive species that spreads at the expense of indigenous plants. But, I do like to photograph broom seed pods with their hairy edges.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon 100mm/f2.8 macro, ISO100, f2.8
This post prepared in advance of my trip. I will be back in a few days; in the meantime this is a continuation of a series from Trafalgar Park, in Oak Bay near Victoria, BC. I won’t be reviewing the blog, but will reply to comments when I get back.
burnt embers 
Great backlighting – love the detail!
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Thank you Lynn 🙂
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Hello – I wanted to let you know that, because I am a fan of your work, I have nominated your blog for the Kreativ Blogger Award. You can read the particulars on the nomination here: http://melindagreenharvey.com/2012/08/14/one-day-one-image-nominated-for-an-award/.
Thanks for having the kind of blog that makes me want to nominate it for something!
Melinda Harvey
One Day | One Image
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Hi Melinda – thank you so much – it is a real honour to be nominated and certainly your photos are worthy of that award too. Thanks!
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I could spend hours taking all these in fully. Great series once again, my friend!
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Thanks Toad – careful that you don’t waste hours doing that!
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Nicely done…love the backlighting!
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Thanks David – I suspect backlight is the best way to depict these seed pods.
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Lovely delicate details and ethereal lighting.
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Thank you Karen – in that bottom photo I like the faint outline of each seed within.
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They do make interesting subjects, don’t they. Beautiful lighting on these.
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Thank you Ken. I expect I will shoot some more pictures of them, not wanting to celebrate them, but it’s hard to resist that hairy edge to an otherwise hard pod.
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Nice photographs, great lighting, I especially like the color of the light in photo 1
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Hi Joseph – thanks so much! I like that bluish colour too – the sun was still setting, but I was in the shadow of the rock outcrop in the background and I guess that added the blue to the mix.
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Très beau !
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Merci!
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