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Re: [OM] IMG: Two Scents of the South

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Two Scents of the South
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:08:42 +0100
They're lovely wild flowers, Chris.  I like the Dwarf Honeysuckle as well.

Chris

On 22 Apr 2012, at 17:08, Chris Trask wrote:

>     Any form of shade is welcome when dealing with high contrasts of colour 
> such as that Magnolia.  We have a few large, bihtly coloured desert flowers 
> here, one of which is Purple Stem Prickle Poppy:
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/6956457670/in/photostream
> 
>     These flowers can be as much as six inches across, and at that size 
> easily earn the nickname of Cowboy Fried Eggs.  In this photo, the sun was at 
> a nice angle that allowed the texture of the flower to be seen without having 
> to resort to a reflector/diffusor.  Another large white flower, Stemless 
> Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa) is equally bright and troublesome to 
> photograph.  Both of these flowers are so white that they could easily be 
> contenders for the official flower of the KKK.  

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