Hellebore flowers

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited February 20, 2008 in Holy Macro
These flowers have wonderful centers- pity they tend to hang down on the plant.

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2008
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    These flowers have wonderful centers- pity they tend to hang down on the plant.

    Brian V.

    How beautiful is that :jawdrop it's like a garden all of its own.
    That is such a pretty flower Brian, and the centre is quite stunning clap.gif

    Just Beautiful ....sigh...beautiful... Skippy :D
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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2008
    Beautiful flower! I don't think I've seen one of those in real life, despite the lovely name.

    The center looks like a tiny garden all by itself. thumb.gif
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2008
    Awesome. I have been thinking about adding this flower to my garden for the past couple of years--now, I think I might just do it this year! Wonderful images!!
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2008
    Thanks for the comments :) - much appreciated :D

    T- Hellebores are rather nice and they do grow well in fairly shaded conditions.
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2008
    I'm assuming these amazing images are stacked, Brian. Do you mind sharing with us how many images you used in each stack? The DOF is mind boggling.
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  • jensen photosjensen photos Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited February 19, 2008
    From Wikipedia:
    The genus is native to much of Europe, from western Great Britain, Spain and Portugal, eastward across the Mediterranean region and central Europe into Romania and Ukraine, and along the north coast of Turkey into the Caucasus. The greatest concentration of species occurs in the Balkans. One atypical species (H. thibetanus) comes from western China; another atypical species (H. vesicarius) inhabits a small area on the border between Turkey and Syria.

    Of course, the damned flower is not native in America. I might have to scour local arboretums to find this.
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  • SylarSylar Registered Users Posts: 83 Big grins
    edited February 19, 2008
    Hellebore
    :jawdrop Awesome, impresive detail my friend


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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2008
    Thanks for the kind comments :D

    Ice bear- think these were from around 6 shots each.
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2008
    jensen photos wrote:
    From Wikipedia:


    Of course, the damned flower is not native in America. I might have to scour local arboretums to find this.

    You can find a variety that is supposed to be hardy here in the midwest (zone 5) by going to www.waysidegardens.com
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2008
    Great set, and I really like that last one. Composition and angle are very pleasing.
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