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Mission bells

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Posted by wade pettitt on April 23, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Mission bells
This is another flower pic taken at cooper mountain nature preserve.
300mm f4 with 2x extender 1/20th of a sec at f4.5 ISO 100
Posted by Marylynne Diggs on April 24, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Lovely. Chocolate lilies have always been among my favorites.
Posted by George Purvis on April 24, 2010 at 1:48 PM
Nice picture. I thought it was unusual to find a chocolate lily on the west-side of the Cascades, but it seems that the west-side mission bell (fritillaria affinis) and the east-side chocolate drop (fritillaria atropurpurea) are both called chocolate lily. I associate the chocolate lily with the Mosier-Dalles area of the Gorge where it looks like both may be present (http://www.oregonflora.org/gallery.php). Which Cooper Mtn trail were you on? (BTW, the light outline to the left (greenish cast) and to the right (purplish cast) on the stem and in focus leaf looks to me like there might be a bit of fixable chromatic aberration, but that might just be my monitor.)
Posted by John Williams on April 26, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Great arrangement Wade, and I like the variable focus.