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Orange rose isolated on white background
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Assignment: PCA03 - Isolated Subject for Photography Critique Assignments Group
Mission:
Show us an isolated subject. Razor sharp focus on the subject, and completely blurred to annihilation backgrounds. This can be accomplished by using a wide aperture and having a distant background. If using a less sophisticated camera, try using the portrait mode or macro mode. If you cannot get the background out of focus, then choose a featureless background.
I used a busy BG to see if I could make the subject stand out
Who actually uses this payphone?
Wait, don't answer that...
Taken in Vic Park
UPDATE: The apartment block and the telephone booth have now both been removed.
Work publishing
Size 135 x 190 mm - 160 pages, full colour
Hardcover - English
with DVD feat. 32 video clips
Isolated features innovative visuals by designers from around the world that pertain to music from Funkstörung’s 2004 CD “Disconnected”.
GESTALTEN VERLAG
This lonely branch was just a few feet from the shore but completely separated from the rest of the vegetation
Gymnadenia conopsea ssp. conopsea (L.) R. Br.
Fragrant Orchid, DE: Mücken Handwurz, Mücken Nacktdrüse, Mücken-Handelwurz
Slo.: navadni kukovičnik
Dat.: July 05. 2014
Lat.: 46.38304 Long.: 13.58260
Code: Bot_808/2014_DSC1467
Habitat: grass and isolated trees (dominant Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica) overgrown alluvial deposits of a river, calcareous ground, shallow ground water, flat terrain, open fairly sunny place, high air humidity, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C,elevation 540 m (1.770 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.
Substratum: soil.
Place: Koritnica valley, right bank of river Koritnica, upstream of Možnica settlement, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.
Comment: Gymnadenia conopsea is with little doubt the most common wild orchid growing in upper Posočje. Many times it appears in large groups. One can find it almost in all habitats since it is ambivalent to ground humidity, acidity and type of ground. There is only one ground condition, which kills it - too much nitrogen in the ground, with other words too much fertilization particularly with nitrogen rich slurry.
Taxonomically, several subspecies, varieties and forms have been described, but most of them are not generally accepted. For example, tall plants with dense inflorescence and many flowers (>40 according to some authors) in it are named as Gymnadenia conopsea ssp. densiflora, Gymnadenia conopsea var. densiflora or lately on species level Gymnadenia splendida. Subspecies montana, alpina, vernalis etc. are also described. To my field experience plants differ widely in size, shape as well as in color (from pink to almost purple). On one hand, difference in habitus of a small Gymnadenia conopsea ssp. conopsea, say, 30 cm tall with 20 flowers and a plant, which is supposed to be Gymnadenia splendida, which can be over 1 m tall having very dense inflorescence with over 100 flowers is undeniable. On the other hand, one can find also all possible intermediate forms, resembling much more a continuum of forms than two (or more) distinct appearances. Be it as it may, all are beautiful.
Protected according to 'Uredba o zavarovanih prosto živečih rastlinskih vrstah', Ur.l.RS, št.46/2004 (Regulation on protected wild plants, Official gazette of Republic of Slovenia, No. 46/2004). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.
Ref.:
(1) H. Haeupler, T. Muer, Bildatlas der Farn- und Blütenpflazen Deutschlands, Ulmer
(2000), p 705.
(2) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R. Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 104.
(3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1112.
(4) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora Österreich Liechtenstein, Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1041.
(5) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 773.