Periwinkles

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:02 am

Periwinkles, shot indoors by window light. Nikon D200 + 70mm-180mm Micro Nikkor,

DaveW

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:41 am

Beautifully simple composition in light and colour. The strongly directional light from the window (at right) works very well. There's plenty of detail in the shadow areas too - did you use any form of reflected light?

Bruce

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:09 am

No just faced them towards the window and that was it. Just like this one which is just dandelion heads brought indoors and stacked up vertically:-

"A weed is simply a flower growing in the wrong place!"

DaveW

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:16 pm

Beautiful flowers Dave. I did not notice that the yellow ones were dandylions until you told me......they look large like mums

The Periwinkles are wonderful floating against the black background.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:46 pm

DaveW wrote:
"A weed is simply a flower growing in the wrong place!"

DaveW

Hey dave,thats what i keep telling everyone,in fact i wrote an essay based on that very premise! Great flower shots BTW

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:18 pm

So thats a Periwinkle.

Funny, I always imagine those little snails that clutter up my trout streams as being Periwinkles too, little algae scavangers

A really nice shot of them though, I will keep an eye out for them around here. The Dandelions are very creative. I was just thinking over doing the same thing yesterday but never did act on it. Wish I had now