Prairie Medicine

© Irene Colling

Prairie Medicine

Uploaded: September 17, 2010

Description

Echinacea Purpurea (Purple Cone Flower) was used for medicinal purposes by plains indians. The hardy, drought tolerant forb was chewed by settlers to relieve toothaches.
Flowers September

Exif: F Number: 14, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 8/1 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 180.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Comments

Karen Kessler September 17, 2010

Lovely capture, Irene! The center of the flower looks like it "pops out" in the photo, too.

So THIS is what Echinacea looks like?! :) #1309170

Liz blahh September 17, 2010

Beautifully captured! Love the lighting, comp & colors! #8914217

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 17, 2010

Gorgeous, Irene! :-) k #8914269

Wm Nosal September 18, 2010

WOW! Great Shot and Beautiful Lighting #8914745

Joannie Bertucci level-classic September 18, 2010

Every aspect of your image is stunning Irene! #8916307

Karen Celella September 20, 2010

Gorgeous light, color, clarity and tones, Irene! #8919412

Steve M. Harrington September 20, 2010

A beautiful and dramatic image, Irene.
Steve #8919806

Leslie McLain level-classic September 20, 2010

Beautiful comp, colors, light and details, Irene. #8920312

Tammy Espino September 21, 2010

Stunning capture!!! #8922786

Phyllis H. Burchett October 06, 2010

Lovely capture, colors and light Irene! #8951508

Rita Hill level-classic October 08, 2010

Oh my goodness, I checked out your gallery and this was the first thing that stood out and I loved it.
The detail is stunning. The croping is perfect. Well done Irene! #8956160

Nancy (Peaches) Harker October 15, 2010

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WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HUGE CONGRATS on your finalist!
Best of luck in the next round!

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Tammy Espino October 15, 2010

Congrats on this awesome finalist :)I see a gold badge~ #8969053

Nancyj E. Hovey level-classic October 15, 2010

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your very deserving FINALIST! 8o) #8969751

Wm Nosal October 15, 2010

Congratulations, Irene! #8970453

Karen Kessler October 15, 2010

Congratulations on your Finalist, Irene!!! #8971725

Sam Britt October 15, 2010

Big Congratulations, Irene! #8971859

Joannie Bertucci level-classic October 16, 2010

Congrats on your outstanding Finalist Irene...I feel a gold badge in my bones for this one! #8973114

Kerry Penn level-classic October 16, 2010

Absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations on your Finalist! #8973503

Merna L. Nobile October 16, 2010

Every month, with our camera in hand, we go out and find what we hope will be the “winning photo.”
Those of us that don’t get recognized, just continue to search for that special image, until one day the Congratulations come pouring in from some of the best artist and friends anyone could image.
So to the Better Photo winners for the month of September, I congratulate you on a job so well done.
My very best to all of you, Merna Nobile
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Melissa G. Meiselman October 17, 2010

Simply beautiful!! Congratulations!! #8976601

Leslie McLain level-classic October 20, 2010

Congrats on your beautiful finalist, Irene. #8986425

Debbie Hartley October 23, 2010

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist Irene! #8990982

Patti Coblentz February 06, 2011

This image just stops the show, Irene...stunning gesture, color, light, and detail! A belated congratulations on your finalist! #9217665

Phyllis A. Houghton August 21, 2011

Gorgeous. Great color, DOF, detail and angle. I am learning a lot about coneflowers lately. Thank you for the background info, it makes the image come alive. #9618672

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