I was wondering what I was going to post tonight, since it's been so cold I haven't been shooting, when my screen saver came up and I saw this one.
This Blackberry Lily, which I mistook for some kind of Orchid is one of the only flowers other than the Sweet William that's still standing after this cold spell in the Butterfly garden at the Safety Harbor Marina.
I didn't this it was a lily because it is so small. It's only about 3" across from tip to tip. For a lily that's pretty small. I found one in my wildflower book while looking for another flower and I'm glad I did. I wasn't even aware that these are native flowers and grow wild.
I guess we learn more than photography whenever we shoot nature. I'm one of those curious souls that has to know everything about anything I capture with my camera. I've had an insatiable curiosity ever since I was a kid. It drives me crazy when I can't identify a plant or a bug or whatever. I'll keep digging and digging until I can come up with an answer.
Settings used for this image were ISO 200 at 250mm in Aperture Priority at F5.6 and 1/60th.
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4 comments:
You're right, it does look like an orchid. Don't you just hate trying to identify something that you don't know? Without knowing what it is, especially a plant or flower, its hard to even know where start researching. That's one of the reasons I love your blog. You keep identifying mystery plants for me!
That's too funny, Jim. I'll do my best to keep identifying them for you. :)
This is really a beautiful image and a welcome sight. Here in Utah all I see is snow and brown branches when I look out my window. I guess it's good I'm o.k. with not knowing half the stuff I photograph or I WOULD go crazy. We took a wonderful trip to Costa Rica in November and, of course, I came home with at least 5,000 images. I have no idea what most of the exotic flowers were that I photographed!!!
Not knowing what the flowers are would drive me crazy. I'd be spending way too much time on the internet. LOL.
Thanks for the wonderful comment, Karen.
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