Mauve Coneflower
Coneflower taken in my garden October 2008.
There is something so ethereal about dried flowers in their natural setting…
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Troy W. Smith
Wow, this is very cool. Love the DOF and the colors.
Antanas
so beautiful work
Anne Staub
Beautiful shot Joanne!
dawndavies
a beautiful shot, well done, dawnx
Mayina
Stunning image Joanne!!
Silvia Ganora
Beautiful colors!
dougie1
nice one!
SharonAHenson
I like this alot Joanne !!!!
shallay
Lovely shot, Joanne – and lovely quote not even taken from somebody else ;-) I think ethereal is probably the right word, when you have the dead petals alongside the living – though I’m not familiar with coneflowers. Do the petals stay alive for long, or is it the cone part that is the real flower?
Joanne Bradley replied
The whole flower is dried Shallay and it is a beautiful purple when alive in the late summer. Another name for them is echinacea and they have medicinal properties.
This is by prairienurseries.com
Here is a photo from Google Images:
shallay
Now I’m with you – I’ve seen these in my local nursery, under the echinacea name, and next time will take a better look!
Janis Zroback
Wonderful Joanne…a little different from my painting wouldn’t you say?
Joanne Bradley replied
Yes it certainly is, but something I could envision you painting with a very dark rick background and much more intricate light on the petals…
PPPhotoArt
oh Joanne love the colours and dof, gorgeous capture!! xx
Paul Gibbons
The colour is unusual and you have caught the detail very well.
Janis Zroback
You have given this a very painterly background already Joanne… :))
LindaMcCarthy
Beautiful!
Al Williscroft
Wow Joanne!! great detail!!
JudyBJ
splendid & i love the pastels
amarica
Great shot Hun!
CraigsMom
This is beautiful. Coneflowers are one of my favorites.
Leanna Lomanski
This is great! Looks kind of like one of those rare Scottish thistles…...........
Alf Caruana
very sharp!
Love the color
Carrie Glenn
This is really beautiful…I love that shade of purple…and I find dying and dead flowers attractive too. Wonderful!
Holly Kempe
Wonderful colours in the dof Joanne! Love it!
linaji
what a great feeling of dying and beauty you have captured Joanne
Robin Brown
Kinda like a Scottish thistle might be a distant cousin, bonnie shot Joanne!! xx
reflector
An excellent capture – very textural and great DOF !