Cute little unknown

Gallery: FloraPosted August 12, 201178 views16 comments

I haven't the slightest idea of the name of this tiny wildflower. I especially liked the fluted red and green base of the bloom. Someone may know the correct name for the flower and it would be interesting to know the proper term for that red and green cup or base of the bloom.

E-5 Olympus
50mm F2 macro
aperture priority
10 sec. @ F22, tripod
-0.3 EV
studio lights
full frame
spot metering
ISO 100
manual focus

Large view provided.

Thanks for any ID help, critiques and comments.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 12, 2011 at 7:15 PM

Charlie, I can't help with the ID, but the capture is really well done in my opinion. I like the composition, background control and light. Well done.
Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by Bob Duff on August 12, 2011 at 7:31 PM

Come on Charlie, can't you see it's calling out to you with it's name.

great POV and wonderful light.

Registered on April 21, 2010, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 12, 2011 at 8:58 PM

No help with the ID.

For my tastes, the comp here is unusually good Charlie. Good separation, light and supporting bg as well. No suggestions.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 12, 2011 at 10:40 PM

hi Charlie

A very interesting plant, the leaves look soft and fuzzy, The light and color are well done! Could not find this wildflower in my peterson northeastern north central field guide. or do you live in the N W coast?
Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on August 12, 2011 at 11:00 PM

Thanks all for comments. Gueass I'm totally deaf on this one Bob. I can't hear it.

I live is SW Oregon, Albert. And good luck cause I've had not luck finding this one.

Charlie

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on August 13, 2011 at 10:25 AM

Charlie, I especially like the light on the left-hand side of the image.

Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments

Comment posted by Phillip Noll on August 13, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Wonderful capture of a beautiful flower! Nice DOF and detail. There appears to be some very interesting light on the plant but seems rather muted here. Perhaps you could make that light "pop" a bit more with some curves work? Great shot!

Registered on November 17, 2003, 207 Posts, 1083 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on August 13, 2011 at 1:58 PM

Thanks, Phillip. I have never used "curves" and will look into what it does. Keep the suggestions comming NPN. You will pull me out of the past yet.

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by David Schwaegler on August 13, 2011 at 2:20 PM

Wonderful sharp image, Charlie. As for ID, it looks like winecup clarkia AKA purple clarkia (Clarkia purpurea). Of the many hundreds of images on the Internet of this species, yours is one of the best. Well done!

Registered on December 4, 2003, 232 Posts, 1652 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on August 13, 2011 at 3:27 PM

Thanks David. I do believe you nailed it on the ID. I must begin to observe all that can be noted of the entire plant, when fist seeing it, as bloom alone is seldom enough (at least for me) to correctly ID wildflowers. So often I photograph a flower and a significant time later when processing the image I then try to think of what the stem, leaves, etc, looked like. Too late then.

Charlie

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 13, 2011 at 3:59 PM

I like the composition and your lighting. Hard to judge the size of the subject. At f/22 looks like you got as much DOF as possible, although I'd like a touch more for the flower.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 13, 2011 at 4:58 PM

Charlie: Great lighting, comp and color. Superb capture. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 13, 2011 at 8:29 PM

Great composition, it really shows off the growth pattern of the flower well.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on August 13, 2011 at 11:17 PM

Nice. The bg is excellent. Great composition, color, and clarity. I like this a lot

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 14, 2011 at 6:08 PM

David is da man when it comes to fixing those tough IDs

- glad you have that sorted out. A very fine portrait of the Clarkia flower - the petal formation mirrors Sweet Williams. I have no suggestions (not that I am capable of doling them out anyway) and I think this is a photo that should be in a Floral text book.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 14, 2011 at 8:44 PM

Charles;
Wonderful wild flower image. Good lighting, POV and DOF management.

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