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Konica Minolta Users | all galleries >> KM Challenges Hall of Fame >> HOF C36 to C40 > 4th: Nested Seeds by Jean-Louis Ecochard
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14-AUG-2005

4th: Nested Seeds by Jean-Louis Ecochard

It was a sunny day so I decided to give these seeds a repeating texture by shooting at ISO 3200.
They can be seen at the Victoria Lilly pond of the National Zoo

Konica-Minolta Maxxum 7 Digital
1/1500s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso3200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Konica Minolta Users21-Aug-2005 23:57
Great sharpness and colour -- love the framing too -- brettania
Guest 19-Aug-2005 04:02
Veronica,
It is the pod of the Lotus.
JL
Veronica Fresh18-Aug-2005 20:53
this is a stunning combination of shape, form & color. Each is repeated without becoming a cookie-cutter type of image. I've only seen these seed heads in dried floral bouquets and never actually imagined them as a growing plant. At first I thought you had inserted little blueberries into the holes. The blue-violet color is fantastic...nice to have the matte repeating it. Would have liked to see a dropped shadow on the image level or an inside shadow on the matte level. What is the name of the plant?
Veronica
Guest 18-Aug-2005 01:48
Thanks. The light object is the stem. I did a version without it but it seemed to fake. Maybe because I know how the plant looks like.
Thanks for the comment.
JL
Konica Minolta Users17-Aug-2005 20:24
A mesmerising pattern indeed, JL, enhanced by the 3D effect coming from the light/dark background. The only nitpick I have is the top background, where a light object is present in the dark part. A bit disturbing ? Excellent work !

Alain
cbses 16-Aug-2005 23:10
I've never seen anything like this.
I've been back here a half dozen times and tried to think of some 'photographic' comment to make, but I keep getting lost in the magic of the object itself. And maybe that is the best comment I can make.
Bob
Konica Minolta Users16-Aug-2005 22:05
I love this shot - it has a really "alien" quality to it.
How big is this thing? It's hard to judge.
Mike.
Dennis Phillips16-Aug-2005 20:50
I was wondering if there might have been an advantage in a monochromatic background, but then I realized that the black and white contributed to the 3D imagery. I particularly liked how the speckled noise of the frame makes the 3200 image appear even less noisy. Nice texture capture.
Tlaloc
Marc Baumser16-Aug-2005 03:09
JL,
Interesting image. The contrast boast seems to give it a 3d look. Like it's coming out of the screen. very cool

Marc
Guest 15-Aug-2005 17:05
JL, great image. Very pleasing shapes, colours and textures. I wouldn't have thought to use ISO3200 for added texture. The frame complements the rest quite well too. Excellent choice for the theme.
John