Silver petals by jcv2

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Sep 01, 2004

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Description

On this altitude (2300 m) different flowers bloom compared with those in the valley. The stemless carline thistle (Carlina acaulis) with shiny silvery petals that feel like being made of paper is one of these typical alpine flowers. The scientific name a-caulis means it has no stem, as you can see. Enjoy these sunny flowers! Minolta X-700 (Fuji Sensia 100, 70 mm) Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments

Comments (22)

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Niutek

3:39AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

Never seen flowers like those, almost look as if postworked by Misha! :))) Thank you for showing those :)

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Apophis906

3:42AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

Wow, just a great capture. Those are some fascinating flowers,thanks for sharing.

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miwi

3:59AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

Great picture of Silberdistel. Klasse !!!!!

jeck6

4:12AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

i know these flowers, but only cut-off and dry. great photo!

Roswita

4:13AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

Lovely flowers

Bathlon6

5:23AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

Beautiful flowers, they look a bit like plastic to me!Excellent shot!

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Cosme..D..Churruca

5:35AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

Hard flowers to stand the cold, evolution or die! Great shot!

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Enmos

6:22AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

These must be the most beautiful thistles ive ever seen !!! Excellent work my friend !! And thanks for sharing !!

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tesla

7:31AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

Very nice capture!!!Very pretty flower for being so short!!!

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environaut

8:04AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

What beautiful flowers! Thanks so much for sharing this alpine journey with us!!

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Mikan

9:16AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

looks like metal! :)

vlaaitje

9:46AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

lovely catch....between the grass shines the light...lovely

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NODROG69

10:03AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

Very pretty, like Mikan I think they have a metallic look about them too.

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WiserAngel

11:40AM | Wed, 01 September 2004

They are very unique and beautiful! They remind me of some of the cactus flowers we have around where I live. Lovely work, JC ((((Hug)))))

kennyliu

1:29PM | Wed, 01 September 2004

Wow, unique flowers! Thanks for sharing!

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sossy

1:50PM | Wed, 01 September 2004

perfect capture of metallic beauties! awesome presentation of usual inconspicuous blooms. They became queenies! also looks like glowing eyes in the grass!

cynlee

2:07PM | Wed, 01 September 2004

they're lovely! cut from tin :]

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nongo

8:38PM | Wed, 01 September 2004

I can almost hear the sound of paper petals... Lovely catch!!!! enjoying your adventure here...

bleachfix

9:38PM | Wed, 01 September 2004

It sort of reminds me of a desert cactus flower, but instead of the low altitude arid/dry environment, this plant survives in the oposite type environment. It never ceases to amaze me all the different varities of plant life this Earth supports...Praise be to God! (lol) I just read WiserAngel's comment...great minds think alike ya know...

Judi1423

8:26PM | Fri, 03 September 2004

Agree with cynlee... looks as if they were cut from tin... excellent shot of exquisite flowers... thanks for sharing...

moonfish

6:43AM | Mon, 06 September 2004

Lovely little beauties!

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