Friday, April 28, 2023

[Don]

From a recent camping trip.

[Dave]

What an image, Don! Unique, beautiful treatment.

I can stick to the floral theme (no surprise there, right?)

One of the most challenging flowers for me to photograph is the misnamed African Iris. I must have taken 100s of shots of them over the decades.

This one (taken exactly 11 years ago tomorrow and reprocessed this morning) comes as close as any to what I want to capture about these small and nicely colored blossoms...

   

[Rich]

Interesting manip Don! I like it!

Beautiful Dave! If not an African Iris, what is it?

The Liberty Bell.

[Man From Ironbark]

That treatment is endearing and elusive. I like it, Don.
Looks like liberty is cracked.

Dietes iridioides Also known as Peacock Flower?

Dietes iridioides, commonly named African iris, fortnight lily, and morea iris, is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae that is native to Southern Africa.
There are variations of which, yours is more known as the yellow African Iris.
https://africafreak.com/african-iris
From Wiki: These plants were formerly placed in the genus Moraea, but were reclassified because they are rhizomatous. Some references mention the species Dietes vegeta or D. vegeta variegata, springing from some confusion with Moraea vegata (which grows from a corm, not a rhizome). The name D. vegeta is commonly misapplied to both D. iridioides and D. grandiflora.

https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswi...SpeciesTen

[Luv2shoot]

Hi all,
Dave, that is definitely one of the best shots of that flower you have taken. You see every detail and the lighting is perfect. The contrast is not love the top, just right too.

Don, I like your twist on the floral shot. Good job.

Hey Rich, That shot is so cool because of the background with the people in it. Good job and interesting composition.

Hey Peter. Good to see you.
LORELL