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p.1 #1 · First spring flower

First spring flower in the garden - a whitebell.
Shots have been focus stacked using zerene.
brian v.

Jan 27, 2013 at 01:57 AM

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p.1 #2 · First spring flower

Brian,

Once again, you make a commonplace flower look really exotic and bring out its full beauty.

Harold

Jan 27, 2013 at 06:42 AM

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p.1 #3 · First spring flower

In Georgia, USA these are called snowdrops.

Your closeup work is most inspiring.

Thank you for sharing.

Cal

Jan 27, 2013 at 06:59 AM

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p.1 #4 · First spring flower

I think this could be mistaken identity.

Whitebells are a variety of Bluebell.

I think it may be Leucojum vernum Spring Snowflake.

Snowdrops are Galanthus and the flower is more like that of a Narcisus.

Harold

Jan 27, 2013 at 07:09 AM

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p.1 #5 · First spring flower

beautiful work brian.
great stacks!

Jan 27, 2013 at 12:01 PM

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p.1 #6 · First spring flower

Thanks all for the comments

I just call these things whitebells- definitely not snow drops- they have multiple flowers on a stem upto 18 inches tall.
Brian v.

Jan 28, 2013 at 01:58 AM

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p.1 #7 · First spring flower

After shooting these early beauties in a friend's garden, I'm pretty sure she called them "Snowdrops". Google informs me that others call them snowdrops, too. Still looking for the name, but I do think they are not snowdrops. Do I re-caption my print?

Now if I could only learn to make a photo like yours!

Cal

Jan 30, 2013 at 05:01 PM

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p.1 #8 · First spring flower

Cal,

Snowdrops Galanthus have two rings of tepals, the inner ring trumpet-like. The related genera have one ring:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acis_(plant) (NB Copy and paste this link, including (plant))

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galanthus

Harold

Jan 31, 2013 at 02:58 AM

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p.1 #9 · First spring flower

Beautiful

Jan 31, 2013 at 06:44 AM

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p.1 #10 · First spring flower

e6filmuser wrote:
Snowdrops Galanthus have two rings of tepals, the inner ring trumpet-like. The related genera have one ring:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acis_(plant) (NB Copy and paste this link, including (plant))

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galanthus

Harold

Thanks, Harold. That page and a couple of others found by Google did convince me that the flowers I shot in a friend's garden aren't snowdrops. Her flowers are exactly the one's LordV has shown here. They are incorrectly called "snowdrops" by a fair number of people in this area. That number was reduced by two yesterday.

Cal

Jan 31, 2013 at 08:26 AM

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p.1 #11 · First spring flower

rocco61 wrote:
Beautiful

Thanks Rocco

Brian v.

Feb 01, 2013 at 01:41 AM


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