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Hypericum

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Posted by Tom Smit on July 16, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Hypericum
My mum told me it is "Hypericum" (Dutch : Hertshooi) and I do believe her ( :biggrin: ). I could not find the English name. Sorry for that. May be some of you can help me.

Addon ::
The english name is : St John's Wort (thanks to JohnR :smile: )

I like this picture because of all the "lines" formed by the stamens. Also the fresh berry in the middle of it makes it special to me. When to berry becames red al the stamens are gone and only three pistils are left (brown and dried).

Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200
Av( Aperture Value ) 14.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 180.0 mm
Flash On

C&C welcome

Posted by Tom Smit on July 16, 2008 at 3:33 PM
And a picture with the red berrys.

Posted by John MacTavish on July 16, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Re your 1st shot
I too like the newly formed berry and the delicate looking stamen. I'm not so keen on the inclusion of the bit of red berry at the base of the frame, maybe trying to tell too much of a story by including it?

John
Posted by John Robinson on July 16, 2008 at 8:47 PM
In English- St John's Wort.
The species in the pic looks like
Hypericum androsaemum ( Tutsan)
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Tom Smit on July 17, 2008 at 7:54 AM
@JohnR
Thanks for the help. I modify the text in the topic.

@John
It was almost impossible to make a picture without a red one, it was full of red ones as you can see on the second picture. May be next year all try to be earlier in the year to make pictures of it without the red berry.

Thanks for commenting and helping..