Ragwort wild flowers

Gallery: FloraPosted May 17, 201171 views13 comments

I took this picture on a recent walk through the fields and woods behind my house. From what I can tell in my wildflower book this is a Hawkweed. (Thanks all, it's a ragwort)

Canon Rebel T1i. 90mm macro lens. F/11 for 1/4 sec. ISO 100.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 17, 2011 at 11:24 PM

I would perhaps go with Ragwort as the ID but I am not 100% sure

. Great grouping and excellent isolation, Carolyn.

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on May 18, 2011 at 6:13 AM

Hey Carolyn, I like how the little flowers circle the open flower.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 18, 2011 at 7:45 AM

Beautiful arrangement Carolyn. The yellow in the middle is a bit burn-out on my monitor.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 18, 2011 at 8:45 AM

Excellent subject separation and placement in the frame. It's a fine supporting bg as well. I'd probably like a bit more dof but of course that starts to eat up the bg. It's a good looking image for my tastes as posted and also the first one of these I recall seeing.

pat

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on May 18, 2011 at 10:03 AM

Nice find, Carolyn, and beautiful, bright colors.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on May 18, 2011 at 12:36 PM

You may be right, Ram. In looking further in my limited little wildflower book, I came across Groundsels, that include Ragworts. It does look quite similar. I will have to get a more detailed wildflower book.

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on May 18, 2011 at 3:41 PM

It definitely looks like a variety of ragwort (also knows as groundsel), either prairie or golden ragwort. Nice capture of this lovely flower Carolyn.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 18, 2011 at 3:46 PM

Ragwort of some sort but of course ours are different.
I love the design in this shot .
Very nice.
JohnR

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on May 18, 2011 at 4:23 PM

Thanks all for your ID help. Guess I'll change my title.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 18, 2011 at 7:44 PM

Carolyn:
Very nice bundle and nice bg separation. I took some of these recently and did not know what they were called and so now I know. One of the image I took had a spider sitting in the middle waiting for some pollinator to land.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 18, 2011 at 8:48 PM

Very nice. I looks like the buds are dancing around the maypole of the open flower. My recommendation for a wildflower guide for the Eastern USA is Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. If you have flowers and leaves you can ID just about any wildflower east of the MIssouri.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 18, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Hi Carolyn

I too love the grouping of these flowers, Beautifully composed and captured

Albert Darmo Canada

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 19, 2011 at 6:39 PM

Carolyn: Beautiful fresh bunch and a superb capture. I especially like the colors and your DOF management.>=))>

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