The vivid orange color of the crossandra flower petal looked so attractive and striking against the woody earthy background. I made use of driftwood and it’s xyloid texture provided character and substance on my rather simple photo subject. The soft and creamy bokeh at the right side of the photo made it more visually appealing and pleasant.
crossandra petal
Definition of xyloid: (adj.) (botany) of, relating to, or resembling wood; woody or having woody characteristics. Origin from the Greek word xyl (wood) + oid
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Lovely pic, Elizz. You’re clever. 🙂
Thank you.. I really thought i could never pull this of.. I cheated and scanned for x words in the dictionary.. Difficult challenge..
You’re sooo honest. 🙂
😀
That is beautiful! Great composition and textures.
Thanks for the pingback.
Thank you angeline.. Difficult challenge isn’t it? And you’re welcome ..
Intensely vivid color against the organic texture of the wood … ingenious.
Great entry and post info.
Thanks for the pingback. I appreciate it so much. ~~~ : – )
thank you again isadora.. and you’re welcome 🙂
Creative entry to a hard challenge. Beautiful photo. Thanks for the pingback.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
thank you francine.. this is indeed a hard challenge but i guess i passed it.. and you’re welcome about the pingback 🙂
hi Elizz,
thank you for your woody flower.
P.S.:
your question inspired me to upload my cat, confused on carpet …
– your cat is still O.K.? we must go to the doctor with our cat today …
thank you.. kitty Star is doing well and been taking medications to increase her blood platelets count.. tomorrow she will have a recheck and complete blood count and i wish her platelets would be on the normal range now.. i think Emily is not confused about the carpet.. it’s just something new to her and will settle in no time at all.. 🙂 by the way, i love the patterns on your new carpet and it complements your color (red) theme.