Crossing flower stalks of Verbena xutha
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Here’s a photograph from a year ago today in Pflugerville’s Northeast Metro Park showing two crossing flower stalks of Verbena xutha, known as gulf vervain.
If you’re interested in photography as a craft, you’ll find that points 1, 2, 4, 6 and 18 in About My Techniques apply to this photograph.
© 2015 Steven Schwartzman
‘X’ marks the spot. Someone was bound to say it. Beautiful lighting against that nice dark background, Steve.
Steve Gingold
July 28, 2015 at 5:23 AM
Or, at least a variant. What crossed my mind was “X marks the stalk.”
shoreacres
July 28, 2015 at 6:20 AM
Variants are okay: different strokes for different stalks.
Steve Schwartzman
July 28, 2015 at 7:03 AM
Y X ? Which is to say I wondered why Y couldn’t mark a spot as well, but writing three strokes (assuming a capital Y rather than a lower-case y) is harder than writing two strokes.
Yes, I used my familiar (to me) technique of a bright subject against a dark (but always natural) background.
Steve Schwartzman
July 28, 2015 at 7:02 AM
Charming and ballerina-like.
Gallivanta
July 28, 2015 at 5:35 AM
That’s not something I would’ve thought of. I wonder if anyone has ever choreographed a piece with dancers costumed as flowers.
Steve Schwartzman
July 28, 2015 at 7:04 AM
I have checked some clips of the Waltz of the Flowers but the dancers are not dressed as actual flowers
Gallivanta
July 28, 2015 at 7:44 AM
Maybe this is an opportunity for you to make your name as Gallivanta the Floral Choreographer.
Steve Schwartzman
July 28, 2015 at 8:00 AM
Hmmm……no need…..I have found some floral dancers in Fantasia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzCUEQxOT3U&list=RDtzCUEQxOT3U#t=412
Gallivanta
July 29, 2015 at 5:13 AM
Good find: animation comes to the rescue.
Steve Schwartzman
July 29, 2015 at 7:36 AM
That is a good way to remember the species name 🙂
melissabluefineart
July 28, 2015 at 9:20 AM
Yes, it’s a good Xample.
Steve Schwartzman
July 28, 2015 at 12:06 PM
Heheheheh…, xeriscape
melissabluefineart
July 30, 2015 at 9:54 AM
There’s zero escape here from playing around with language.
Steve Schwartzman
July 30, 2015 at 9:57 AM
Ha! Yeah. Did you correct my spelling? I couldn’t seem to remember how the word is supposed to look but hadn’t had my coffee yet.
melissabluefineart
July 30, 2015 at 10:48 PM
Yeah. It was a case of presto change-o, or i before e except after c, or something like that.
Steve Schwartzman
July 30, 2015 at 10:55 PM
I thought as much.
melissabluefineart
July 30, 2015 at 10:56 PM
Comments on this blog are remarkably free of mistakes.
Steve Schwartzman
July 30, 2015 at 11:05 PM
Fingers crossed – great shot. Love your Xample of brilliant composition.
Raewyn's Photos
July 28, 2015 at 2:34 PM
Thanks for your fingers crossed.
Steve Schwartzman
July 28, 2015 at 2:38 PM
another wow from me.
sedge808
July 28, 2015 at 10:20 PM
And another “appreciate it” from me.
Steve Schwartzman
July 28, 2015 at 10:48 PM
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