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Uploaded: 10/09/10 2:19 AM GMT
Pretty Weeds
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Having missed posting this on Weedy Wednesday I decided to try and sneak it in under the Foofy Friday banner. Try not to be too harsh

This is some garden variety weed that springs up everywhere, leastwise around here, not necessarily where you are. I couldn't tell you the name of it though of my life depended on it. I guess that makes it one of those "need to know" things in life I'm always hearing about.

I did the usual 'cropping and shopping' on the photo. I even went so far as to remove the dreaded brown spots from most of it; though I didn't go overboard with it as can be evidenced by a few of the leaves.

Enjoy and your comments welcomed

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::LakeMichiganSunset
10/09/10 2:20 AM GMT
Very pretty Wendell. Fran
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::busybottle
10/09/10 3:39 AM GMT
Wendell
These are pretty nice lawn weeds to have around! You did some good work with the image. They have a very nice color!
Great job.
Paul
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Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling.
.rvdb
10/09/10 10:04 AM GMT
Wendell a good shot even if the subject is not that great but the quality of the picture very good.

Rob
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The reason why the sunsets in the evening is because it wants to see the sunrise in the morning. I rise in the morning because I want to see them both. RvdB
::trixxie17
10/09/10 2:45 PM GMT
I agree with Rob - the clarity of the center bloom is outstanding and the color spot-on.
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. . . "What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
.catweasel
10/09/10 3:14 PM GMT
English gardeners have a saying that "a weed is a flower growing in the wrong place". I'm sure I could find a right place for these blue beauties in my border Wendell.
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"A word to the wise is infuriating." Hunter Stockton Thompson (1937-2005)
.gizmo1
10/09/10 3:20 PM GMT
Very nice photo love the pale blue in the flowers and beautiful orange and yellow centre.Plus nice sharp detail and great focus as well.So for a late boy great photo and we will let you off this time.
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.elektronist
10/09/10 8:50 PM GMT
Very nice photo and good postwork, Wendell. I liked your composition very much.

Tanju
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Be free - use Linux
.palral
10/09/10 9:34 PM GMT
Wendell...Where are the brown spots? Without brown spots the balance of the entire composition is thrown off. Actually that's pretty funny that you went through the trouble of fixing the leaves and the spots on the flowers just to impress us because we don't care. In fact, I was talking to the others and we agree that the shot has been "tampered with excessively". Not my words.

Seriously, this is one of the best weed shots I've seen in weeks. The weed around here is brownish green, full of dried buds and costs $200 for half a bag.

Roger
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Never drink prune juice when you're thirsty.
::Jimbobedsel
10/10/10 2:20 AM GMT
If I had weeds like this in my yard, I wouldn't bother getting out the Weed-B-Gone. Very nice shot, and it work good for Foofy Friday.
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ARE YOU FAST ENOUGH TO PUNCH ME IN THE NOSE?
.Starglow
10/10/10 2:44 AM GMT
Some weeds are just beautiful and your shot really shows them off here. This kind of looks like chicory which we have around this area. Sometimes we use the leaves in salads, but guess I'd find out for sure if it is chicory or not. Anyway, this is a nice shot.
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::Roseman_Stan
10/10/10 12:40 AM GMT
A beautiful well composed shot. A friend of mine always tells me that any flower other than roses are weeds, makes me laugh as there is so much beauty in all the various flowers. Again, nice shot here.

Stan
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"If I should leave this path of life today, I would carry the vision of Gods' Rose Blooms with me as I go......." --By Stan V. Griep - 2010
.Susiesun
10/11/10 2:56 PM GMT
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So a beautiful blue of these absolutely fluffy flowers, I like the design and your photo composition, nice close-up Wendell!
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Susie Sun
.icedancer
10/11/10 3:18 PM GMT
They really are very pretty wildflowers and lovely colours Wendell
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.ShannonChristine
10/11/10 5:03 PM GMT
nice focus on these and they are very pretty!
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