City - Liberty Hill State - TEXAS Country - United States
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Canon PowerShot S1 IS Photographed May 21, 2005 2:21 PM Shot on a trip to Liberty Hill Texas Blue-eyed grass Scientific Name: (Sisyrinchium spp.) Definition: There are a number of species of this late-spring and summer wildflower, and none of them has a blue eye. In fact, they have yellow eyes at the centers of their blue or violet petal-like flowers. The combination is perfect, a bright juxtaposition of delicate but opposite colors. One way to know it is blue-eyed grass is the pointed (some call it "thorn-like") tip or point on each of the 6 "petals" of the ? inch flower. Many single flowers bloom along each stem, which may be from 8 inches to 2 feet tall. Individual flowers do not live long. Subject Distance: 17 Flash Bias: 0 EV ISO: 50 White Balance: Auto Metering Mode: Evaluative Macro Mode: Normal Flash Used: None Focal Length: 5.8 mm Shutter Speed: 1/202 (7.66) Lens Aperture: F/4.5 Exposure Bias: F/0.7 (-1.00) Exposure Mode: Manual Exposure
Nice macro and many thanks for the info on the flower. I am a wildflower fan and find it frustrating that so many flowers on the site are unidentified! Have been trying to faithfully render the gentians we have here in the French Alps but have not so far been able to capture capture their vivid blue/purple hue.
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{K:71879} 5/27/2005