Globularia alypum

[rotalbar]

Perennial bushy plant of the globularia family - globulariaceae - up to 60 cm. Stems erect and ligneous. Leaves short-stalked, lanceolate ending in a spine. Bluish flowers, in heads till 2,5 cm in diameter. Very perceptible bracts, imbricate. In dry and rocky places.

Eos 1D Mark II + Ef 180 3,5L macro Iso 125 f/5

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[HJMinard]

Nice! Did you shoot this with black felt (or something) behind it?

[rotalbar]

Nice! Did you shoot this with black felt (or something) behind it?


No, it is natural light, you complete lights of the day

[robertwgross]

Some of us flower shooters carry a piece of black velvet cloth along for getting that kind of effect, but if you got it without cloth, that's lucky.

---Bob Gross---