Shop

2 Top Ten
1 Feature
11 Favs
875 Views
as 2012-11-11

  • 6th Placement in the Top Ten in Thistles and Burrs challenge in Live, Love, Dream group on the 2011-03-29
  • 6th Placement in the Top Ten in Alphabet Blooms Beginning With – H challenge in Nature Photography Challenge group on the 2011-05-09
    ____________________________________
  • Featured in Artists Universe on 2011-08-05

Thank you very much to Duncandragon for telling me the name of this plant.

Location: MacKenzie-King Estate, Gatineau, Canada
Date: 2010-07-16
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200 sec.
Aperture priority: F/6.3
Lens: 28-300mm@300mm
Copyright: Yannik Hay

Tags

aorb, flower, holly, leaf, macro, nature, plant, sea

Started photography in 1975.
Took photography classes.
Learned black and white dark room.
Did the transition to digital in 2005.
Learned a few post-processing programs and made my choice to Photoshop and Lightroom.

I like to shoot wildlife, birds, macro, landscapes and street photography to name a few.

View Full Profile

Comments

  • Michael Cummings
    Michael Cummingsalmost 3 years ago

    great shot Yannik

  • Thank you very much, Michael. Take care :)

    – Yannik Hay

  • Bunny Clarke
    Bunny Clarkealmost 3 years ago

    This is gorgeous Yannik. Splendid capture.

  • Thx very much Bunny for the great comment, Take care :)

    – Yannik Hay

  • Joanne  Bradley
    Joanne Bradleyalmost 3 years ago

    Oh the blues and greens are so beautiful and that light is phenomenal! I was right beside you when you shot this, how did you do it??? :-) Excellent exposure!

  • Hi Joanne, I played with the colours in Photoshop. I thought that some colour changing would add some oumh factor :) Thanks for the great comment, take care :)

    – Yannik Hay

  • aleen
    aleenalmost 3 years ago

    This is beautiful! So surreal.

  • Thanks so very much for your awesome comment. I truly appreciate you stopping by for a visit.

    – Yannik Hay

  • icesrun
    icesrunalmost 3 years ago

    They are absolutely beautiful!!! Love the colors!!

  • Thank you, I was trying something different :)

    – Yannik Hay

  • Danuta Antas
    Danuta Antasalmost 3 years ago

    Gorgeous! I love its colours, are so beautiful!:)

  • Many thanks for stopping by to take a look, so greatly appreciate your visit and very kind words!!!

    – Yannik Hay

  • duncandragon
    duncandragonalmost 3 years ago

    Great capture – Lovely shot – This is sea holly and not thistles.

  • Many thx for telling me the real name, I wasn’t sure :)

    I am very pleased that you like it! Cheers!

    – Yannik Hay

  • John44
    John44almost 3 years ago

    Beautifully poetic image!

  • Thanks again my dear bro, Cheers :)

    – Yannik Hay

  • Lori Deiter
    Lori Deiteralmost 3 years ago

    Beautiful colors !!

  • Thank you very much for the great comment and for the fav :)

    – Yannik Hay

  • paintingsheep
    paintingsheepalmost 3 years ago

    Really stunning!! Love this blue work!

  • Thank you very much for the great comment and for the fav :)

    – Yannik Hay