tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post7415510046793300738..comments2023-08-11T13:33:12.387+01:00Comments on Pictures Just Pictures: AGAVE AND DETAILLucy Corranderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-26601726808690087052009-10-05T13:34:14.708+01:002009-10-05T13:34:14.708+01:00Hello Mojo.
I have been looking through some of t...Hello Mojo.<br /><br />I have been looking through some of the photos on 'The World in Black and White'.<br /><br />What a wonderful blog!<br /><br />What a fantastic collection of photos!<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-47853071892628703262009-10-05T13:24:17.428+01:002009-10-05T13:24:17.428+01:00Hello Happy Mouffetard. Sorry for the delay in re...Hello Happy Mouffetard. Sorry for the delay in replying to your comment.<br /><br />The agave texture is lovely when fresh but seems to mark surprisingly easily - so I was lucky to have photographed it before the almost inevitable scars and blotches appeared.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-49377262335767699082009-10-04T22:10:53.392+01:002009-10-04T22:10:53.392+01:00These are great details of this fascinating plant!...These are great details of this fascinating plant!AKOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18040726350134090847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-32823209751786613642009-10-04T19:20:35.359+01:002009-10-04T19:20:35.359+01:00These are beauts! As I first looked at them on the...These are beauts! As I first looked at them on the Monochrome weekly site I thought they resembled drifting sand. Was suprised to see what it really was. Very nice!Sistertexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944458164626912003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-49795770553512257772009-10-04T17:40:39.530+01:002009-10-04T17:40:39.530+01:00The first of the detail shots is the best for me. ...The first of the detail shots is the best for me. A nicely balanced composition. Nice one :)HightonRidleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119696041973848358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-4759932313533294242009-10-04T15:52:46.230+01:002009-10-04T15:52:46.230+01:00The detail shots are those that have you leaning i...The detail shots are those that have you leaning into the screen wondering... wha...?<br /><br />Fabulous!Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-39597673546177696912009-10-03T07:18:38.592+01:002009-10-03T07:18:38.592+01:00Great photos, the plant has an interesting texture...Great photos, the plant has an interesting texture, almost cloth-like.HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-47793375291365516422009-09-28T19:00:12.450+01:002009-09-28T19:00:12.450+01:00Thank you for your comment Kilauea Poetry because ...Thank you for your comment Kilauea Poetry because it sent me off to look up bromeliads. I'd thought they only grew on the branches of trees. And now I know they are a much wider group of plants than I'd realised and include pineapples! Another example of learning through blogging.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-65037547958341737252009-09-28T18:56:12.627+01:002009-09-28T18:56:12.627+01:00Thank you Dragonstar - though the pencil sketch ...Thank you Dragonstar - though the pencil sketch quality is all thanks to the agave itself rather than to any skill on my part (and is one of the reasons I like these pictures too!)<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-25916748036427892072009-09-28T18:36:35.377+01:002009-09-28T18:36:35.377+01:00Hello MagicEye and Clueless in Boston.
Glad you l...Hello MagicEye and Clueless in Boston.<br /><br />Glad you like the agaves.<br /><br />Clueless in Boston - I was rather surprised by Anne's comment too - but have you seen her wonderful photos?<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-12377727801250395692009-09-28T18:35:17.124+01:002009-09-28T18:35:17.124+01:00Absolutely wonderful photos. They have a pencil s...Absolutely wonderful photos. They have a pencil sketch quality, and that's always been my favourite type of art.Dragonstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05935435587527038459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-92008713017638844252009-09-28T18:28:52.258+01:002009-09-28T18:28:52.258+01:00Hello Noelle.
I'm so pleased to know about yo...Hello Noelle.<br /><br />I'm so pleased to know about your blog now. It is absolutely fascinating.<br /><br />I know nothing about agaves - in fact, for a while I thought these were aloes until I was put right by another Phoenix blogger.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-40162608239462279182009-09-28T18:23:40.080+01:002009-09-28T18:23:40.080+01:00Hello Kitty - I didn't test the prickles!
T...Hello Kitty - I didn't test the prickles!<br /><br />The agaves I was looking at were at different stages of open-ness but I liked this, vertical stage best.<br /><br />It strikes me it might be worth going back to photo the inside of the leaves too.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-13758720659778311542009-09-28T17:16:06.099+01:002009-09-28T17:16:06.099+01:00Hello Danton, Jan's Place and Onangelwings.
I...Hello Danton, Jan's Place and Onangelwings.<br /><br />I'm glad you like the agave photos. It's the first time I've posted a sequence on this blog. Usully I post one photo a day.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-78229180436433913202009-09-28T13:26:21.313+01:002009-09-28T13:26:21.313+01:00Hello Bentonflocke.
Agaves aren't in the leas...Hello Bentonflocke.<br /><br />Agaves aren't in the least bit cuddly (!) but the texture you mention in the photo suggests they'd be nice to stroke. And they aren't that either!<br /><br />Photos are deceiving!<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-44496627507070069582009-09-28T13:24:14.030+01:002009-09-28T13:24:14.030+01:00Hello Carver - the detail shows up better in mon...Hello Carver - the detail shows up better in monochrome better than it does in 'life'.<br /><br />Just me Again - I think that's why they look like drawings. It is as if one can see each dot and line put there by a pencil.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-10440961238919320092009-09-28T13:20:26.537+01:002009-09-28T13:20:26.537+01:00Hello Janet. I didn't pay much attention to a...Hello Janet. I didn't pay much attention to agaves before photographing them (thought they were rather boring - but don't let anyone know!) . . . so I hadn't noticed the way they leave imprints until I took their pictures. There are lots of things I don't properly notice until I look through a lens.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-9336007506119786872009-09-28T13:16:04.101+01:002009-09-28T13:16:04.101+01:00Hello Rinkly Rimes.
I see what you mean - but t...Hello Rinkly Rimes.<br /><br />I see what you mean - but they remind me even more of penguins.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-74792057304247859522009-09-28T13:12:26.122+01:002009-09-28T13:12:26.122+01:00Hello Kanak.
I didn't realise the detail of p...Hello Kanak.<br /><br />I didn't realise the detail of pattern and lovely soft tones of agaves until I photographed them; they can look quite boring in 'real life'. (Apologies to agave growers and enthusiasts.) When I photographed them before, it was in colour and I hadn't previously realised what a range of colurs and tones they had in their skins. And some of those tones are so lovely and subtle, I wasn't sure they would 'work' in black and white. But not only do they 'work' - the black and white shows up all sorts of other interesting attributes too.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-18238146962878845172009-09-28T11:06:58.337+01:002009-09-28T11:06:58.337+01:00Very nice series on agave. BTW, I'll have what...Very nice series on agave. BTW, I'll have whatever Anne of Norway is drinking:)Clueless in Bostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246601221880879890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-84168395325425165162009-09-28T06:56:13.796+01:002009-09-28T06:56:13.796+01:00beautiful seriesbeautiful seriesmagiceyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848851692951192508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-26292530244810336302009-09-28T02:29:46.926+01:002009-09-28T02:29:46.926+01:00Hello. What amazing close-ups of Agave. I grow ma...Hello. What amazing close-ups of Agave. I grow many different species of Agave in Arizona and they are my favorite succulents.<br /><br />Noelle<br />www.azplantlady.comNoelle Johnson https://www.blogger.com/profile/12198931083102476324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-50949877387146865712009-09-28T00:34:59.351+01:002009-09-28T00:34:59.351+01:00Really, really cool!
http://reesspace.blogspot.com...Really, really cool!<br />http://reesspace.blogspot.com/2009/09/cemetery-angels.htmlMaria's Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11060118062069758281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-17286801023990827782009-09-27T20:44:07.035+01:002009-09-27T20:44:07.035+01:00that is very cool, especially in Monochrome..that is very cool, especially in Monochrome..The Pink Geranium or Jan's Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198239040764060238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990121379662700939.post-30899285864246128502009-09-27T20:43:21.280+01:002009-09-27T20:43:21.280+01:00Looks awful sharp. Nice contrast with both too. Re...Looks awful sharp. Nice contrast with both too. Resembles a bromeliad as well only thicker.Kilauea Poetryhttp://inthepacific.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com