Cotton Boll

Picture by Randall.Lohr


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  • March 10, 2012
  • Picture of the day
  • Canon EOS Rebel Xsi
  • 18-55 canon
  • Shooting Style Hand Held
  • Shoots Number Single RAW File
  • Exposures Number
  • Editing Software Others
  • File Format RAW
  • Notes Luminance HDR, NIK
Cotton Boll Alabama

20 Comments

10 Mar 03:25
Randall.Lohr

This fall, I spent a lot of time across Alabama in the USA passing the huge farms growing cotton to be spun into clothes to dress the world. Not so long ago these valuable crops were harvested by slaves, laboring under the hot southern sun. Today, Heavy machinery does a weeks work of 100 men in one day. I had never seen the cotton in it's natural form until stopping one day to investigate. Such an unusual plant, with such a history and such promise. I think they are beautiful.

10 Mar 03:48
ozzystone

love the texture

10 Mar 05:01
flipd1

Nice details and texture on the cotton itself.

10 Mar 05:29
paul_harmon

Great detail in the white cotton.

10 Mar 05:40
Randall.Lohr

I was about 2 inches away when shooting.

10 Mar 06:01
fredzhang

I thought it was you downstairs, same name:) Good job but cotton is not white enough for me:)

10 Mar 06:09
Randall.Lohr

thanks, but that's the natural color, no color adjustments at all. this was taken on a cloudy day, so the 5600K is the natural blue tone for daylight under these conditions.

10 Mar 07:10
bigfut

great macro

10 Mar 07:53
paul_mack

This is almost touchable and thus cannot get less than 10 in my eyes :-)

10 Mar 11:11
daze420

this looks cool, i love macro work. Well done.

10 Mar 11:26
rrr

Really nice texture, nice shot.

10 Mar 11:26
agha

WELL DONE

10 Mar 13:40
monaris

it's true they are beautiful.

10 Mar 13:47
digicam

Outstanding clarity and detail for a Single Image Post. Faved!

10 Mar 14:47
rcuello

Awesome texture, those cotton fields must to be full of history. Brings to mind Scarlett O'Hara

10 Mar 18:14
nicolle

It really doesn't get much better than this. Great details. and no noise whatsoever.

10 Mar 19:08
mitch19

The whites are white enough for me....HDR automatically brings out shadow, and that is what can be seen in the whites

10 Mar 20:34
alessioputzu

amazing macro! very good!

10 Mar 23:56
risotto

For a Center composition could use a square format.9,5 point for me.

11 Mar 11:20
dirk

Agree with mitch. Wonderful work, again!

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