Comments on: Coltsfeet https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: lydia frewer https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/#comment-25983 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:48:18 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=15867#comment-25983 hi can you bye this coltsfeet.

]]> By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/#comment-24336 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:49:38 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=15867#comment-24336 In reply to JMartin.

Thanks!

]]> By: JMartin https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/#comment-24334 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:33:42 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=15867#comment-24334 Sulphur from viscous, primordial ooze: self-vulcanized. Really a great photograph.

]]> By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/#comment-24324 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:33:58 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=15867#comment-24324 In reply to Jean.

Thanks. Funny how we’ve been taught to be ashamed of that — as if nature photography can only be a documentary activity.

]]> By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/#comment-24323 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:32:35 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=15867#comment-24323 In reply to Miguel Arboleda.

Yes, these guys probably over-winter under loose bark or something.

Glad you like the photos!

]]> By: Jean https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/#comment-24307 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:16:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=15867#comment-24307 I love that first photo too, and thanks for admitting you’ve been known to pick up or rearrange bits around the main subject – me too :-)

]]> By: Miguel Arboleda https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/#comment-24301 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:22:45 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=15867#comment-24301 Nice images, Dave. I love the richness of the first one, and the contrast of subjects.

Flies are tough little buggers, aren’t they?

]]> By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/#comment-24290 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:54:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=15867#comment-24290 Thanks. It took some doing to get the color and light-levels of the ditch-water just right without over-exposing the flower. I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I also altered the environment before taking the shot, removing several dead oak leaves from around the flower. I was going for that lotus-in-the-mud vibe. (And the mud is always more interesting to me than than the lotus, of course.)

Incidentally, I have a new photo up at the photohaikublog, too. (You may have already seen it on Flickr.)

]]> By: rr https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/#comment-24284 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:35:17 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=15867#comment-24284 I particularly love that first one too, the way the colours work.

]]> By: marja-leena https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/03/coltsfeet/#comment-24282 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:26:43 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=15867#comment-24282 Interesting, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen this plant – will look sharply if I’m mis-identifying dandelions. I love the colours and patterns of water, is it? in the top photo.

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