home » photography » fine art » natures detail » Efflorescence

Efflorescence

A close-up of the fine detail in the stamen of a purple flower.

My wife and I returned to my parents summer house is the south of Spain in June to recharge our batteries. In the 10 days I was there I rarely had the camera out of my hands, it was brilliant. I have quite a few images to share with you over the next while and to get things kicked off here is the first.

This flower may look familiar to some. I captured it when I was at the house last September. There are well maintained communal gardens very close to the house and this flower is one of an assortment that thrive there. Coming from Ireland as I do, where we have no shortage of rain I find it impressive that such beautiful flowers can grow in such an arid land. And if you study the flower you can see how because they have very thick leaves that can obviously gather and keep moisture for the inevitable long dry periods.

I am fascinated by the fine details in nature and for me this is just another example of that form and texture.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Exposure: 1/200
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 100mm
ISO Speed: 100

© John Dunne 2007 ~ 2010 ~ All Rights Reserved
No usage allowed in any form without the written consent of John Dunne

Related Posts

• September 19, 2009 -- Study in Purple (0)
• August 5, 2010 -- Full Bloom (1)
• August 12, 2010 -- Flourish (1)
• September 22, 2009 -- Shell We? (0)
• May 21, 2009 -- Delicate in White (0)

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 25th, 2010 at 10:26. It is filed under natures detail and tagged with Bokeh, Flower, Garden, Green, Lush, Macro, Nature, Orihuela, Photography, Purple, Spain, Stamen. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.