Foxglove Macro
by Nick Boren
Title
Foxglove Macro
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
Description
Found this beautiful foxglove while visiting Silver Creek Falls. :-)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
This genus was traditionally placed in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae, but recent phylogenetic research has placed it in the much enlarged family Plantaginaceae.[1] This genus is native to western and southwestern Europe,[4] western and central Asia, Australasia and northwestern Africa. The scientific name means "finger-like" and refers to the ease with which a flower of Digitalis purpurea can be fitted over a human fingertip. The flowers are produced on a tall spike, are tubular, and vary in colour with species, from purple to pink, white, and yellow. The best-known species is the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. This biennial plant is often grown as an ornamental plant due to its vivid flowers which range in colour from various purple tints through various shades of light gray, and to purely white. The flowers can also possess various marks and spottings.
The first year of growth of the common foxglove produces only the stem with its long, basal leaves. During the second year of the plant's life, a long, leafy stem from 50 to 255 centimeters tall grows atop the roots of healthy plants.
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June 16th, 2015
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Comments (25)
Nick Boren
Thank you Neal for featuring my foxglove macro in your Macro Photography group. It's greatly appreciated.
Nick Boren
Thank you Bruce for featuring my foxglove macro in your All Natural Beauty group. I appreciate it.
Deb Halloran
Nick, This is so beautiful with wonderful colors and bokeh...excellent photography. Nicely done. v/f
Connie Handscomb
Oh, so tall & stately, Nick {we have some giants ... 7 feet tall?... in these parts}; favorite colours of mine, Nick, thank you for this {I'm going to sit & admire them for a while} :))
Lucinda Walter
Oh this is so beautiful. Love the gorgeous flower and the wonderful bokeh. Perfect shot, my friend. l/f
Nick Boren
Thank you Dora for featuring my Foxglove macro image in your Visions Of Spring group. I so very much appreciate it. :-)
Elizabeth Tillar
Nick, I love this image; so delicate, so beautiful, and wonderfully simple. The colors are perfect in combination and captivating! I love the tilt of the blossoms as well as the background. l/f
Karen Cook
Love the graduation of sizes as your eyes follow the stalk. Wonderful depth of field and lighting Nick.
DJ MacIsaac
Beautiful tone,colour and detail... not to mention the exceptional beauty of this flower... very nice floral macro Nick! :) l/f
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