Beauty of the insignificant - 1

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Description: I have been working on the images made this summer and the last, mostly about the tiny and barely noticeable flowers, including grass flowers. I am fascinated by such small flowers when I get out on a hike to photograph. This one is the first of the series. This is English Plantain, a non-native flower in the prairie that is naturalized, but I haven’t seen these being invasive. They are usually scattered around the edges, stems about 3-6 inches long, flower heads are about 0.5-2 cm long.

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Pertinent technical details or techniques: Canon 7DII + 180/3.5 + tripod

f/11, 1/60, ISO 800, Canon DPP4 for Raw, PSCC, a small crop all around

Is this a composite? no

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Amazing detail, Ravi, for such a tiny flower. The slightly off center, along with the angle of the flower add curious interest. The OOF background helps make the flower pop even more. Nicely seen and captured.

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Beautiful capture Ravi - very nice detail, including the small threads attached to the stem. The background is nicely blurred too. Well done.

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Hi Ravi,

Outstanding detail with a nice spider web too. The detail in the stem is impressive as well. The smooth BG helps to pull the viewer’s eyes toward the subject. Well; done…Jim

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Ravi: This is simply superb. Wonderful subject, great light, solid comp and a marvelous BG. Many :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1:>=))>

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What Bill said. I’m enjoying your series of the small flowers/plants in our environment.