Yesterday I was fairly proud of myself for knowing the name of the Jacaranda Tree. Today I am not so fortunate, and a search on the internet for succulents has left me clueless.
I think this is a Hens and Chicken variety (echeveria), but I never saw new sprouts/shoots around this large succulent to say for certain that is what it is.
I was simply interested in the repeating patterns and the way the sun was hitting it. This image has had extensive retouching done to it in Photoshop: the lower layers had an amazing amount of debris collected on the petals that I removed; the levels/contrast was adjusted to remove as much dark tonality as possible; and grain was added to the entire image.
TODAY’S IMAGE
hens and chicks - this one has got to be the hen !
camera type: Canon EOS 10D
lens type: Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3, 238mm
exposure: 1/500s @ f/6.3
ISO: ISO 400
post-production: Lightroom 2.0 and Photoshop
location: Santa Barbara, CA – Cinco Amigos