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Firstly, thankyou Maureen (Paree), Trev (TrevBatWCC), Albert (fentiger), Adrian (tomcat), Lillian (Lillian), Jane (Snapitt) and Philip (Philip_H) for your treasured User Awards on "Eye Of Heaven", that was most unexpected.
I know they're Lupins, but thought I'd give them one of their alternative names.
This is a differente view to the last one I uploaded under "Bluebonnets", taken at West Dean Gardens (situated in the rolling folds of the South Downs National Park in Chichester). Unfortunately, most were backed by large white greenhouses, so I had to change the backgrounds.
Also known as Old Maid's Bonnet, Wild Bean, Wild Pea and Jackrabbit, the lupin is a tall ornamental herbaceous perennial with flowers on dense open whorls with a typical peaflower shape.
The name 'Lupin' derives from the Latin word lupinus or lupus (meaning wolf), and was given with regard to the fact that many found the plant had a tendency to ravage the land on which it grew.
It was thought that the lupin WOLFED down the nutrients from the ground, whereas it actually fertilizes the land around it.
The peas, which appear after the flowering period, were also said to be fit only for the consumption of wolves, but actually the protein-rich beans are edible and have long been cultivated for cattle fodder.
(I told you this before, but haven't any more folklore to reveal to you).
Pamela.
| Camera: | Canon Powershot SX30 IS |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Focal Length: | 4mm |
| Aperture: | f/4.5 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/125sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -0.3 step |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Exposure Mode: | AP |
| Metering Mode: | pattern |
| Flash: | no flash |
| White Balance: | manual |
| Title: | Quaker Bonnets |
| Username: | 
pamelajean |
| Uploaded: | 21 Aug 2012 - 11:51 AM |
| Tags: | Digitally manipulated, Fabaceae, Faboideae, Flowers & plants, Genisteae, Legume, Lupine, Lupininae, Lupinus, Pea family |
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| Votes: | 104 |
Comments
Beautiful colours, composition and detail Pamela, a lovely image,
Fred.
They do look lovely grown in clusters. The background colours work well, and with the new button to remove all other details they look even better still 
Helen
Another superb piece of work here, Pamela, just love all those colours, and the variable coloured background too. Excellent
Trev
Thankyou so much for your User Award, Ken.
JENN: I made the gradient background in PaintshopPro and am still struggling to perfect the results
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Pamela.
A sharp, colourful capture of the flower but that background makes a superb image, Pamela. Excellent work.
Dave
sadly we can't grow them here, our soil just doesn't do for them
So your picture is even more welcome, a well composed arrangement of beautiful colours. I like how you found all the different sizes to form a family group
Amazing detail as it always is with your work, top class work.
John
Thanks, Dave, it is very kind of you to favour me with your User Award.
BRIAN: You are right. It's "one I did earlier"
!
Superb colour and clarity. There is no way I can change the background without making a mess,
but you did superbly. The light is wonderful without flash and the clarity is great!! A very beautiful image indeed. I thought it was a small aperture and flash was used. It seems that EPZ's lay out of the page has changed. I don't remember that I could see the camera settings before...
BTW, thank you very much for your kind and helpful comments all the time, Palema.
What a wonderful array of beautiful bright colours Pamela and you've presented these gorgeous flowers to perfection. I don't know about quaker bonnets but some of the flower photographers on here will be quaking in their boots when they see the standard you've set for them to follow!
Thanks for your recent comments etc Pam, for some reason I keep overlooking your work, I've no idea why? Anyway, I've favourited you now, you didn't feel a thing did you So from now on I'll have no excuse's for overlooking anything that takes my eye, rather like this wonderful image!
Ade
Love the composition and the colours are fantastic of these gorgeous Lupins.........love your background...........
Thankyou all for your lovely comments and encouraging votes, and a special thankyou to Ed for your User Award.
Hi quality image Pamela, I think I have never ever before seen a more clear, more shiny flower image!
Johanna
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