Bottle Gentian

Gallery: FloraPosted October 17, 2017138 views4 comments

Bottle gentians are one of our true nblue wildflowers. Believe it or not, bumblebees are the main pollinators and they actually squeeze their way into the flower during pollination. K5 IIs 180 mm f3.5 (1.3 sec at f13, Iso 250), Levels, crop for comp...........Jim

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 19, 2017 at 2:45 PM

I lik it as well as the story that goes with it. Nice subdued colors and a killer background! cool

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on October 19, 2017 at 4:06 PM

Beautiful flower, and well composed and captured, Jim. That is interesting about the bumblebees. Nature is amazing.

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Comment posted by John Williams on October 23, 2017 at 3:00 PM

So much subtle beauty here Jim; well done.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on October 25, 2017 at 12:55 PM

A nice portrait of some blooms that I am not familiar with, Jim. Nice BG work too.

Nathan

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