Purple Passionflower

Gallery: FloraPosted August 5, 201299 views9 comments

My wife and I were commenting the other day how we had never seen a Purple Passionflower, even though it is the TN State Wildflower and very common. Then, I see them in two places about 40 miles apart on the same day. Go figure.

I was shooting with a Canon 5D, Canon 100mm macro with a 1.4 teleconverter, f/9, ISO 800.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on August 5, 2012 at 11:34 PM

Wow. God did a wonderful job on this creation.
Great capture on your part. I might have moved the dead bloom over in upper right by hand

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on August 6, 2012 at 11:06 AM

The colours and detail of this lovely flower are beautifully captured, Richard - nice to see it off centre with the leaf to the R.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on August 6, 2012 at 6:32 PM

Very cool flower Richard. I like the 'top-down' view. I wish that the spend bud (bloom, whatever it is) above the flower and to the right was not there.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 6, 2012 at 8:04 PM

Richard,
One of the most complex and colorful flower, nicely captured. Wish the purple tips at the top were as sharp as the lower edge.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 6, 2012 at 9:09 PM

Oh my, what a flower! I like your comp. and the brightness separation between the flower and the leaves.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 8, 2012 at 2:10 AM

WOW, isn't this spectacular. Well captured and shown Richard.
Bob

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on August 10, 2012 at 3:11 PM

This is truly a spectacular flower & your presentation is excellent!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 11, 2012 at 2:40 PM

Hi Richard

What a fascinating flower

The different shapes and palette of colors make for an excellent presentation

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Karen Kane on August 12, 2012 at 1:31 AM

Richard, I have never even seen a photo of one of these before - this is a truly amazing flower and very well presented

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