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Seas of Hyacinths


Seas of Hyacinths
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Copyright: Andrew Ooi (andrewooi) Silver Note Writer [C: 4 W: 0 N: 35] (198)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-22
Categories: Daily Life
Exposure: f/11, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-09 8:36
Viewed: 462
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A sea of hyacinth as seen in Nordwijkerhout, Netherlands.

A Hyacinth is any plant of genus Hyacinthus, which are bulbous herbs formerly placed in the lily family Liliaceae but now regarded as the type genus of the separate family Hyacinthaceae. Hyacinths are native to the eastern Mediterranean region east to Iran and Turkmenistan. Hyacinths are sometimes associated with rebirth. The Hyacinth flower is used in the Haftseen table setting for the Persian New Year celebration Norouz held during the Spring Equinox.

Only three species are currently recognised within the genus Hyacinthus. They are:

Hyacinthus litwinowii
Hyacinthus orientalis - Common, Dutch or Garden Hyacinth
Hyacinthus transcaspicus
Some authorities place H. litwonowii and H. transcaspicus in the related genus Hyacinthella, leaving Hyacinthus as monotypic.

The Dutch, or Common Hyacinth of house and garden culture (H. orientalis, native to southwest Asia) was so popular in the 18th century that over 2,000 cultivars were cultivated in the Netherlands, its chief commercial producer. This hyacinth has a single dense spike of fragrant flowers in shades of red, blue, white, orange, pink, violet, or yellow. A form of the common hyacinth is the less hardy and smaller blue- or white-petalled Roman hyacinth of florists. These flowers should have indirect sunlight and are to be moderately watered.

The related grape hyacinths (Muscari), sometimes called baby's-breath, are very low, mostly blue-flowered plants similar in appearance to hyacinths and are also commonly cultivated.

Several types of brodiea, deathcamas, squill, and other plants that were formerly classified in the lily family and have flower clusters borne along the stalk also have common names with hyacinth in them.

Hyacinth info courtesy of wikipedia.
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Hi Andrew
Splendid colorful capture very well portraited under an excellent POV, framing and contrasts. Well done, regards, Consuelo

Hey Andrew,

Great depth, sharpness is superb at f/11! I could have used a lower placement of the horizon showing more attention to the field of Hyacinths though its shows enough of the interesting details. The colour blue sky gives a very good contrast to the image.

The thing here is strong colours and textures can dominate the entire image. "Visual weight" pulls our eye more on the Hyacinths than the empty sky. The best proportion would be the "rule of thirds". Using a higher position for the horizon to feature the lovely features you have in your foreground.

Ohh the hell with rules...the image looks great either way!

Cheers!

Jom

btw watch the lower edge of your frame

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