African iris #9 by goodoleboy
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Description
Aka Morea iris, Fortnight lily, dietes irideoles.
Ya see, I'm not all agapanthuses and roses!
Captured 5/5/12, in a nearby parking lot, early on a very overcast morning.
Dynamically digifiddled, and ZOOM worthy.
These plants are all over the place, which gave me the long delayed opportunity to test the macro setting on my ultra inexpensive PowerShot point-and-shoot camera. Results not too bad considering the poor lighting and being a hand held shot.
The flowers are small, perhaps about two inches or so in diameter. If the blooms were two or three times as large, they could easily be mistaken for orchids.
Adjo, thankx for tuning in, and for any and all favs and noncritical comments.
Comments (19)
magnus073
These are some wonderful captures Harry, I can't get over just how beautiful these colorful flowers are
durleybeachbum
Very pretty! I don't think I've seen these before.
Kindredsoul
these are beautiful shots...i tried in the past to take shots of flowers but nothing nearly as good as these...(depth of field)
ia-du-lin
beautiful flower shots, great colors and details
clbsmiley
They are lovely!
morningglory
You did an excellent job with this collage. Beautiful flowers.
MrsRatbag
Wonderful series of shots of these beauties; I like how they progress to closer and closer-ups. Excellent details and colours, well done Harry!
Hendesse
Very beautiful flowers. Fantastic collage of excellent shots.
qrud
Very nice collage.
thecytron
Beautiful flowers!
Feliciti
stunning blossoms and like her colors :)
JaneEden
These are so beautiful Harry, I love them. Hope your tests were ok, and you have a good result, let me know when you have a moment, hugs Jane xx
Rainastorm
Gorgeous Harry!
tennesseecowgirl
Lovely~~
debbielove
These are really lovely shots and beautiful flowers Harry.. Well done on this collage, expertly taken, good post! Rob
anahata.c
well, given the fullness of these beauties close-up, I wouldn't have guessed at how small they were. The clarity & contrast in the first shot is beautiful, and your 2 increasingly closer shots show how sensuous these little things are. You captured the contrast of that beautiful violet hue with the yellowish hues behind it; and also the way the violet petals bend up at us, or away from us. Beautiful counterpoint. The last shot is just beautiful. You wrote "Ya see, I'm not all agapanthuses and roses!" Harry, I don't even know what an "agapanthus" is! It sounds like a prehistoric animal! I know these names only when people like you post them; but I'm pitifully ignorant of types/species, etc. And you say these are plentiful? What beautiful flora you have around you. Well, you served it beautifully with these shots. One of these days I'll take-on flower-photography. Your gallery can serve as a textbook for me. You do these beauties proud.
racolt33
Great shots,excellent detail
blondeblurr
I have seen similar ones here in one of our National Parks, must be some wild specimen and what a fantastic specimen, well spotted Harry, BB
danapommet
I know that these stunning iris are all over the place but they look so unique. Excellent collage my friend!