Anita's Photoblog
Sneezeweed
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 24 July 2009 in Plant & Nature.
Taken last week at Longwood Gardens, PA, USA. Outdoors, tripod, natural light, macro lens.
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A few words about the EXIF data, beginning in April when I began using Nikon D300 and the Sigma 105mm macro: My new camera and macro lens record the relative or effective f stop, not the one seen on the lens. For an explanation of this, go to the next to the last question at this site.
GJC from Kyoto (京都), Japan
This looks like fireworks against a green sky. Lovely.
24 Jul 2009 5:40am
Dulcie from Danville, United States
A pretty unglamoress name for such a handsome flower. You've caught nature's handiwork gloriously, Anita.
24 Jul 2009 5:57am
Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom
"Sneezeweed" ? . . what a happy name ! It looks very powerful and purposeful, hafta say.
24 Jul 2009 6:31am
Tomas Turecek from Czech Republic
Interesting flower Anita. I never sow this one. Is it in a full bloom or is it already fading away? I ask because of the pale colour of petals and also because of the shape of the petals. I like the contrast between colours of petals and nice green background. I think that it would look beautifully also with higher aperture and whole "ball" sharp. Very good image anyway.
24 Jul 2009 7:03am
Betsy Barron from Chester Springs, PA, United States
Ha... HA... HAAA... CHOOO!! totally gives that here-I-am-ready-to-make-you-sneeze feel - great shot & title Anita
24 Jul 2009 1:04pm
Trina from Philadelphia, United States
Never heard of this one before...should it make me want to sneeze? Great photo Anita!
24 Jul 2009 1:22pm
Marcie from Newton, United States
Have never heard of 'sneezeweed'. Love the color and the spherical center.
24 Jul 2009 4:38pm
Chris Parr from Jefferson City, United States
Very interesting flower. Nice capture. With my allergies, virtually any plant could be called "sneezeweed".
25 Jul 2009 12:18am
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
I've been identifying and cataloging my wildflower photos and when I saw this I thought sneezeweed but the orange threw me as did the big head... I was gladdened to find out I was right when I scrolled to the caption. It's a beauty.
10 Aug 2009 3:58am
@Earnest: Thanks, Earnest. I think it is a wonderful idea to catalogue your wildflower photos. You have so many and are so good at identification.
Nikon D300
1/60 second
F/5.6
ISO 200
157 mm (35mm equiv.)