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Intricate Fibonacci Spirals in Nature
Intricate Fibonacci Spirals in Nature
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Complexity (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Glencoe, IL
Date: Sep 25, 2004
Aperture: f10
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Sep 26, 2004

 Echinacea flower seed head. The "spikes' form into spirals arranged on the seed head following the Fibonacci series of numbers.

This orange echinacea was photographed at Chicago's Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois.

Post processing included curves, increased contrast and brightness, autolevels, NeatImage, burning, cropping, resize and USM.

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Place: 23 out of 148
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Votes: 201
Comments: 6
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Canon EOS-10D
 10/03/2004 11:37:19 PM
not sure if this signifies complexity or simplicity...but dang is this a great photo.10
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 10/03/2004 01:29:14 PM
Macro heaven - well done. The dark colors of the center are perfect with the pastels radiating outside. Composition is excellent. Border works.
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Sony DSC-P100
 10/02/2004 09:30:57 AM
Real nice autumn colors...maybe bit tight cropping.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 10/01/2004 10:01:13 PM
I had fun changing my viewing angle. Good shot.
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Fujifilm FinePix S7000
 09/30/2004 08:33:20 AM
At Last!
A photograph from somone who understands complexity. And the beauty of perfection.

I've been dutifully ploughing through and voting on the "simplistic and trivial" presented here tonight and your wonderful image is the only one so far that demostrates to me ani intelligent interpretation of the theme.

Well done for the idea, the interpretation of the theme, and the quality of the image.

I'll give this one a 10........or shuld it be 1.618?

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Nikon Coolpix 995
 09/28/2004 05:17:43 PM
the petals are too washed out which is distracting... but the flower is beautiful and I love the red!
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