spring flower, any idea

i was out with a friend who is an area warden for the LWT and he took me out to look for orchids, we found a group of early purple's and one was massive the flower was around 5 inches without the stem. Bluebells were starting to flower in numbers with wood anemone and groups of this stunning little flower but i cannot find it in my flower book, can any one tell me what it is.

canon mk2
180 macro
f3.2

Thanks Lewis

Hi Lewis,

Sorry no idea what it's called! Lovely image though! Your choice of using a shallow depth of field is awesome! Lovely background too!

Small, close growing to the ground? Communal growing? Looks like a Celandine.

(180 f/3.2?! - f/3.5 perhaps?)

Ranunculus ficaria would be my guess too - very nice image comp and BG

Could do with a tweak in processing though as it looks a tad flat imho

I like the composition too and the green streaky bg, agree it looks a tad dull and simple levels might do the trick perhaps.

Nice shot Lewis good comp and I agree with Andy it looks a bit flat.
John

Lesser Celandine, Ranunculus ficaria.

I actually like the image as presented and is def Lesser Celandine...

Gorgeous - very artistic!



Mark

cheers chaps, all points taken

An interesting shot, it almost looks underwater to me. Lesser Celandine for me too and I like it.
Eric