A Queen Victoria agave

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This kind of agave always draws my eye. This time the leaves seemed to resemble hooded monks sitting in rows.

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ISO 800, 280mm, f/8, 1/250th. I made a curve adjustment in Lightroom to increase the contrast a lot.

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Interesting Image. This is really different and unusual. Very Cool and works great in B&W

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Gorgeous processing, Don. I love just having the outlines.

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Gill, Dennis, thanks. Not many images would work with this much contrast but it seemed the way to go with this one.

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It certainly seems like the way to go. What a striking photo. If you hadn’t said what it is, I’d be stumped. The repetitive pattern is mesmerizing and mysterious. Simple, but also complex. Nicely seen and produced.

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Don: What @Kris_Smith said. Exceptional vision to imagine this and superb craftsmanship to carry it off. Most excellent. >=))>

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Kris, Bill, thanks for the kind words.

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Sheesh – how did I miss this – it is classic wonderful photography! I saw what it was right away but I’m in awe of how you got the lighting and composition! It fills the frame so beautifully, and the B/W is so cool! I love that it isn’t totally high contrast – the midtone detail in some of the light areas gives it a lovely depth.

I would probably be tempted to darken the lighter “lines” that exit at the frame edges but I’m sure you thought of that and decided not to. Deep bows!!

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Diane, I did darken the bright areas at the edges, while trying not to overdo it. Thanks for the comments.