One more for Rik.

[DaveW]

Parodia (Notocactus) again.



DaveW

[rjlittlefield]

It's a lovely flower -- I really like those rich purple stigmas. (At least, I assume those are stigmas. )

Now that Nikola called my attention to it, I'm picking up the petal texture as a distraction too. Maybe it's especially obvious at upper left because that's where my eye starts? And while I'm thinking "Art print, art print!", I'm noticing where the foreground petals partially obscure the right-hand stamens. Makes me want to haul out a shift/tilt lens (which I don't actually have!), and move the viewpoint a bit to the right, while keeping the overall framing and focus just the way they are now...

I think I need to get back to technical stacking. All this aesthetic stuff is starting to affect my vision.

--Rik

[DaveW]

I'm starting to see things that were not obvious in the first place Rik also. A lady on another forum pointed out that if you take that sticking out petal on the lower right as a nose and the stigma's as eyes you have a face!

Yes the red things are stigma's.

DaveW

[rjlittlefield]

if you take that sticking out petal on the lower right as a nose and the stigma's as eyes you have a face!

You do indeed! And a most amusing theatrical face it is! I am having visions of Sesame Street's Big Bird in a high class Broadway production.

Thanks!

--Rik

[Ken Ramos]

Big Bird! A beautiful photograph until you all brought up the "sunny day" stuff. Yeah it does look like a face but it would have taken me sometime to notice it and the intruding petals also. Why would petal textures be distracting? I always try to key in on texutres like that. Must have missed that conversation somewhere along the way.

[DaveW]

Somebody on another site claims it's Lisa Simpson!

DaveW

[Ken Ramos]

Quite right Dave, it is more befitting of her.

[cactuspic]

Another fine closeup, Dave. It's good to see some of the plants in your collection. I don't find the texture in the petals a distraction at all. Kepp up the good work.

Irwin