Here is a photograph I took a couple of days ago of a river plant called Chalkstream Water Crowfoot. It was floating near the surface of a narrow stretch of river close to where I photographed the lichen. I love the vibrant green colour of the leaves.
I must thank the following website for helping me identify this plant. It looks very useful for finding names of other wild flowers and plants in the UK too as it has photographs of each part of the plant:
http://www.flowers.goodpages.co.uk/index.php?page=chalkstream-water-crowfoot
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This is very cool! I loved the idea of flow here. Amazing! 🙂
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Thank you Nandini! It was such a small stretch of water but with so much interest 🙂
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That is a very useful link. I should go through a load of shots and try to caption them properly. Thanks for posting it. I like the shot. Had you thought about cropping maybe a third off the top? It might accentuate the ‘flow’ even more. It would also loose a couple of areas with some very slightly distracting reflections in the top RH corner. It is good as it is though.
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Thank you Dave. I did try a crop of this one but each bit looked lost without the rest. I like the stronger greens at the top and the more curvy leaves at the bottom.
I’m glad you’ve found the link to the website useful – it is very good as they include photographs at different stages and – crucially – of different parts of a plant.
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how pretty!
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Thank you Sheila. It reminds me of vibrant green strands of hair!
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It’s like a ‘fire’ of fibre! If that makes any sense, that is.
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Wow – a ‘fire of fibre’! I like it! Many thanks.
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I love the the texture and color here. Just wonderful. 🙂
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Thank you Katie. I find the colour combo quite restful. It might be useful as a ‘de-stressing’ image 🙂
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I like this a lot. So soft and full of life and motion!
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Thank you David. Yes – it’s so organic isn’t it?!
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Very pretty! They look windswept. I’m glad you mentioned they were floating in water.
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Thank you Fergie! I was fortunate in that they were floating very close or just above the surface as I would have got too much reflection in the picture.
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I love the shot; the green is so vibrant and you can really see the flow and movement in the picture.
The more I stare at it the more I expect an eye or a whole face to appear beneath the plant; just a glance before it fades away again…
I love these types of pictures that can unlock a piece of imagination 🙂
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Thanks so much Littleskew. The green colour is so bright isn’t it and the water looks so inky blue. I know what you mean about someone living under there – like a mermaid. It has a very feminine feel to it I think even though the colours are quite masculine. It has made me think about John Millais’ ‘Ophelia’.
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It so does!
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It’s such a beautiful painting 🙂
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Lovely colours, the water looks so clear too. 🙂
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Thank you Hallysann. Yes, in this part of the river, the water is very clear. I’m not sure why.
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Flow is the perfect name for this. I can see it.
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Thank you Sandy. It meanders! I know how it feels!
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great photo! Very creative, like it!!
xandi
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Thank you xandi. I hadn’t visited this little bit of river before – I’m glad I did on this particular day 🙂
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I really like the abstract quality of this shot. Like others have said, the bright green and the deep blue of the water work well together and add depth and movement to the image. Very nice!
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Thank you Tarheel Rambler. It seems to have quite a soothing effect I think. I do like the combination of colours.
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love this pic
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Thank you Key India Graphics! It’s kind of soothing I think. Many thanks for stopping by.
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Beautiful image! Love it!
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Thank you ristinw! It was a lovely little stretch of water.
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WOW!!! – this is SO COOL. Here you have shown what great eyes you have to see details and create a fantastic abstract work of art from this! Nice work.
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Thanks so much Truels – that’s really kind 🙂
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AMAZING! I saw something similar a few days ago and wondered whether it would be possible to capture it on camera…apparently so 😉
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Thank you loveoutloud! Yes – have a go. You have to be careful with reflections though – I’ve tried to photograph these types of river plants before but they didn’t come out well because of the reflections. Fortunately there was more shade cover here and the plants were just under or on the surface.
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Fantastic texture and color–such movement in this photo. Excellent!
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Thank you Terry! There’s something about the sense of movement that soothes isn’t there?
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Beautiful picture, Meanderer, I think made by the overall texture but, more than that, by the bright green highlights. Adrian
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Thank you Adrian. The green was lovely and vibrant. I’d like to see it in flower.
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Beautiful dancing grass.
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Thank you Lynn. I love your description.
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I like this shot. I wonder what it would look like in B&W.
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Thank you Calvin. I’ve had a look and it looks nice in B&W.
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How fun, I really like this!!
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Thank you!
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I found this pic, as it is more in keeping with our Christmases Down Under, being summer-time. I just want to wish you the merriest of Christmases this year. May the break be reviving, in readiness for more wonderful posts from you next year! All the best, :O)
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Many thanks, Janina – and thank you for checking out some of my earlier posts; I appreciate it.
All the very best to you during the holidays. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year 🙂
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It looks absolutely ethereal. Lovely!
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Thank you! This plant always looked so fresh!
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