Tidal Edge Flora
This plant is along the waterfront of the Chinese Cemetery, near to the tidal edge. I don’t know what it is, and I am not sure if it is in flower, or just getting ready to bloom.
It was a lot brighter than this, but I like this de-saturated treatment, it seems to suit the plant, or perhaps it is my mood that it fits.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM, ISO100, 1/250th (top) and 1/100th (bottom) +/- 2.0 E.V.
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Really great details and tones, my friend. Boy, oh boy, has it been rainy around here… and these shots really deliver on that feeling. Fabulous!!
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Hi Toad – it has been raining around here. I am glad you like these shots, they are a bit different from what I usually do.
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My thought was that it might be Sea Holly, it looks very much like a plant of that name we have over here in the UK. Nice treatments of it and the desat treatment does add character to the shots. One very minor critique – I would have removed that strong diagonal stem in the first image. I know it’s a contentious point whether to do a bit of ‘weeding’ for botanical images – but I am generally in favour of it.
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Hi Andy – I looked at the Sea Holly pictures and can see the family resemblance for sure. I don’t think we get Sea Holly here though – perhaps this Sanicula fills a similar niche.
I see what you mean about the diagonal stem – it kept on catching my eye, but only when I was working with the image. I think I too would have “weeded” it in advance if I had looked more carefully at that time. The one thing it has going for it is that it complements the diagonal in the layout of the leaves, but that would still be there without the twig.
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Interesting…I too wonder what it is.
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Hi David, I have done some more digging and am pretty sure I have found it, in the Plants of Coastal British Columbia. It is a sanicle, in the carrot or parsley family. I think it is Sanicula arctopoides also known as “footsteps of spring” and “bear’s foot sanicle”.
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Is this an icicle plant that is so prevalent on the Pacific coast? It looks similar but there seems to be a lot of variety in the plant.
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Hi Ken – I had not heard that name before, but an image search shows up several different plants with that name, none of them like this one. We have a number of local flora identification guides and so far have not found it. I guess we will keep looking.
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