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Gallery: FloraPosted April 23, 201451 views5 comments

Out doing a portrait Sunday and the neighbors had this bush in their front yard. I have no idea of the ID, but it was just covered in these blooms. Any help would be appreciated.
D7000, ISO 100, F 22, 1/100 sec, hand held.
I look forward to all suggestions and critique. Thanks.
Bob

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on April 23, 2014 at 4:19 PM

Don't have the ID, Bob, I'm afraid, but I really like the all white effect ! The patches of dark give some depth to the image and accentuate the fulness of the blooms. Nicely spotted.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on April 24, 2014 at 1:39 AM

I think these are lilacs. We called them 'snowballs'. Do they smell like lilacs? That is what I think they are. I like your handling of the whites in the strong light. A nice pattern to fill the frame.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 24, 2014 at 10:16 AM

I think Nathan is probably right on the ID. We don't have lilacs in the deep South (too hot), but we do have White Hydrangeas, which look a lot like this. The leaf margins of White Lilacs however, are smooth. Hydrangeas have a dentate (toothed) margin. As for the photo, I like the detail and depth of the flower heads. Like so many group photos, there is no place within the frame for the eye to stop.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on April 24, 2014 at 7:30 PM

Gorgeous bunch of flowers Robert. Some difficult direct light. You have handled it well.

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 25, 2014 at 11:31 AM

Your title pretty well covers it. This is a fine look at what looks like a white hydrangea to me. Definitely an explosion of white, nicely seen.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments