Spring Delight
by Nick Boren
Title
Spring Delight
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Nikon Image
Description
My wife purchased a dozen of these Iris beauties, so I thought I would try my Nikon camera out on doing a still life shot of one of them. I found that I spent more time on this shot than almost any other image in my galleries! I was satisfied with the results, so it was worth the time!
From Wikipedia:
Iris is a genus of 260–300[1][2] species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris. Some authors state that the name refers to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species.[3] As well as being the scientific name, iris is also widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is 'flags', while the plants of the subgenus Scorpiris are widely known as 'junos', particularly in horticulture. It is a popular garden flower.
The often-segregated, monotypic genera Belamcanda (blackberry lily, I. domestica), Hermodactylus (snake's head iris, I. tuberosa), and Pardanthopsis (vesper iris, I. dichotoma) are currently included in Iris.
Three Iris varieties are used in the Iris flower data set outlined by Ronald Fisher in his 1936 paper The use of multiple measurements in taxonomic problems as an example of linear discriminant analysis.[4]
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May 16th, 2022
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Comments (7)
Taphath Foose
Beautiful image, Nick!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Nick Boren
Thank you so much Dora for featuring my Iris image in. your Classic Still Life Photograph group. I feel blessed to have it there! :-)
Nick Boren
Thank you Nader for featuring my Iris image in your Fine Art America Flowers Photography group. I am grateful to have it there!
Nick Boren
Thank you very much Brooks for featuring my Iris image in your Pixels Promotion group. I truly appreciate it! :-)