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Bee on Purple Toadflax

Bee on Purple Toadflax
Taken in Southsea last Monday in the gardens near Canoe Lake.

Best viewed large if you like :-)

©UdoSm, Gisela Gepraegs, , William Sutherland and 26 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Luc Reiniche
Luc Reiniche club
Linaria … sans doute
4 years ago.
Keith Burton club has replied to Luc Reiniche club
Thanks Luc......between you and neira-Dan (below) you've nailed the ID for me :-)
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 Thérèse
Thérèse club
Une merveille d’image !
4 years ago.
Thérèse club has added
En la cadrant un peu moins au centre, elle serait parfaite..
4 years ago.
 Berny
Berny club
super with the white background!
4 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Wonderful presentation on this white background, Keith !
4 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Amazingly beautiful.
4 years ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
Een Klasse A Plaat Keith!
4 years ago.
 Janet Brien
Janet Brien club
GORGEOUS!!! What wonderful isolation and an artistic masterpiece, Keith. How beautiful. Bravo on your masking skills! It's so important to be able to do this so we can fiddle with the important details without bothering everything else. I just love this. Now, consider doing 49 more to create a lovely little nature book for one of your grandchildren to enjoy! :D Or...the world! :D

Thanks so much for your visit and wonderful comments, I just love seeing what you have to say about my latest! :)

In regards to a trailer being perfect for social distancing, that's what I had thought myself. But unfortunately the parks all shut down, private RV campgrounds were spotty at best, and on top of that, if we'd needed to go to stores for things--it would have been a problem as well, esp if we needed utility things, not grocery. Yeah--I thought originally, we could just go hang out somewhere and wouldn't that be super! But wow...then all the parks shut down--with big fines if you were caught trying to stay illegally--and combined with our head-shaking reports of folks gathering in campgrounds for big parties and such...Steve and I didn't want to get involved in this craziness. Sadly, it seemed wisest to just stay home until things began smoothing out. We are keeping our eyes open to reports of resurgences all over the place but we're going to ignore it all and just go about our business with the hope that we can get by without incident. :)
4 years ago.
Keith Burton club has replied to Janet Brien club
Thank you so much Janet. No masking skills involved..........I overexposed to get the sky as light as I could at the same time as keeping the detail in the flower and bee. In post processing I just played with the sliders until I got the effect I wanted.

Thanks for bringing me up to date on the situation in the USA. Sadly we have the same idiots here who ignore all the rules and only think of themselves.............add all the BLM protests to the mix and it's very worrying. I'm sure you and Steve will be fine though, providing you're sensible! Take care and have a great time......don't forget to pop in now and then :-)
4 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Wow. That’s beautiful and beautifully displayed too.
4 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne
When viewed large it looks 3D Keith. Such clarity and detail. Very clever putting it on a white background. Reading Janet's comment, I wish I knew how to use making skills! I must sit still one day and learn all these techniques.

It's a beautiful picture Keith.
4 years ago.
Keith Burton club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne
My masking skills are almost none existent Rosa - I simply overexposed to get the sky as light as possible without losing the detail in the flower and bee. In post processing I just played with the sliders until I got the effect I wanted. Glad you like it and thanks for dropping in.
4 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne has replied to Keith Burton club
I'm amazed Keith! I'll have to remember that tip!
4 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
excellent work Keith!
4 years ago.
 Jean-louis Thiaudiere
Jean-louis Thiaudier… club
Fabuleux Keith*************
4 years ago.
 trester88
trester88 club
Wunderbar freigestellt! Eine großartige Arbeit, Keith!
4 years ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
Beautiful minimalism! The bea makes it perfect.
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
superbe prise sur fond blanc !! Une belle Linaire pourpre
4 years ago.
Keith Burton club has replied to neira-Dan club
Thanks for the ID Dan between you and Luc (above) you nailed it for me...........it's a Purple Toadflax.
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Well, this one went down well! Thank you all so much for your lovely comments and stars. I'm please you like it and very grateful to you all.
4 years ago.
 Jean Paul Capdeville
Jean Paul Capdeville club
On pourrait imaginer que ce soit le 1er matin du monde. Tout, autour de cette abeille et de cette fleur serait à inventer. Peut être que c'était comme ça, peu aprés le big bang. Keith, aurais tu des capactés à voir a travers le temps ? A bientôt. Jean Paul
4 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
I see what you mean Jean Paul..........I never really thought of it like that. Glad you like it and thank you very much for stopping by.
4 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Excellent work! Stay well! Thank you for sharing your exceptional creation with us,
here in ✴ Digital Dreams ✴
4 years ago.
Keith Burton club has replied to William Sutherland club
Your welcome William. Glad you like it and thank you.
4 years ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Very well done...
4 years ago.
Keith Burton club has replied to ©UdoSm club
Thank you Udo...........you're very kind.
4 years ago.

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