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Thanks for your time and your thoughts.

Lovely. Perfectly positioned, light and shadow balance.

Beautiful.

Hanna, perfectly captured. . . a beautiful image.

Great shot !! Bravo !

I'm one of your "moaners" about flower shots but, if everyone's were this good I wouldn't complain about it. Nicely lit, stark composition. Great work.

Style and grace. Were you trying to imply taking a bow, or simply impersonating a royal couple?

Beautiful in colour, detail and composition. But the shot also captures an autumn feeling of graceful melancholy.

Thankyou to all of you for your encouraging comments. These seedheads have always reminded me of kings and queens, so David you're certainly on the same wavelength. And their form is so photogenic, I enjoyed doing their 'portrait'.

Nice Hanna! ......... describe the lighting and set-up if you pleaseee ..... sol

You know me Ken, nothing complicated. I don't recall exactly, but as I don't use flash it would have been ambient west window light, where I do most of my indoor shots, and tripod with selftimer of course. Sorry to be so vague... it's a blonde thing.

lol at the blonde thing... so often when folks ask for my "tech details" ... I just have to shake my blonde locks and say... you must be kidding.

 

love the photo Hanna. The title made me think of an elderly couple who are still close, the taller sheltering the smaller.

Ok you two - I'm not buying that 'dumb' thing ... sol

 

Your skill in this area is obvious Hanna -- try black and a white piece of 2'x3' (ish) foam core to reflect and block light from different angles and see what you think ... ?

Thanks Ken. Flattery always works, and the instructions are helpful too.

Thank you so much for your kind comments and congratulations for this beautiful image.

Excelente trabajo.

I like the king and queen analogy (I thought of chess pieces before I read the comments). Regardless, I can't imagine any improvement to this fine image.

Chess pieces....what a good idea. Thanks Radford.

Very elegant. A beautiful capture. I love the hint of color and simple composition. It was fun to read all the comments about what these seed pods were reminiscent of. Cheers. Denise

Denise, thanks for dropping in. I love photographing these poppy seed heads as they provide such interesting character. From the stage of early bud through beautiful blooms to this dessicated form, they are great fun to shoot. I'm looking forward to this year's crop and their cycle of life.