I was fairly surprised to see these lady slippers as I walked up Long Creek today. In addition to this pair (the only one I could find), there were columbine by the hundreds (maybe thousands), lots of Missouri Primrose, and many others. All in all, a nice day to be in the wilderness!
Canon 20D
ISO 100
EF 100MM macro
f/2.8 for 1/5 of a second.
You may know that there are two varieties of the yellow lady's slipper in MO. You have the small lady's slipper, Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum. It differs from the large lady's slipper by having a smaller slipper, about 1 inch long, and with purplish sepals and petals: the twisty things. The large lady's slipper has a 1 1/2 inch slipper and yellow sepals and petals. Although scattered across MO, in AR, the small lady's slipper is found in only 3 northern and one central county. The large lady's slipper is also uncommon in AR with about the same distribution.
Tim, I honestly can't remember but are you packing a new gun? I was thinking you were hunting for a macro lens and I see you used the 100 here.
This is a lovely plant and I like the way you chose to frame here. The shallow dof is applied well and I especially like the oof bg and complimentary colors. I would have liked a little more room up top, but that is a really minor nit. Nice job and good eye on this one!
Very nice Tim! I like every thing about this image. Really nice color and composition. Great job!
I'm glad Don ID'ed the variety because it does look quite different from the ones I've seen down here. Much more purple coloration. BTW, I hope you got some good columbine shots too.
Wayne: I've had the 100mm for quite some time (2-3 years), and it's one of my favorites. But that doesn't mean that I wouldn't also like the 180!
Bill: I did get a few good columbine picutures. I've posted one on my blog along with a few others I took during the day.
Don: I guess it wouldn't have hurt for me to have done a little reading prior to posting! Other than recognizing them as Lady's Slippers, I didn't dig into it at all, so thanks to the info you provided. I see from Steymark's (if it's correct) that Missouri contains 1. Cypripedium calceolus - Yellow Lady's Slipper (pretty common), 1a. Cypripedium calceoulus var. parviflorm - Small Lady's Yellow Slipper (the one I saw, and also pretty common except for perhaps the albino form), 2. Cypripedium candidum - Small White Lady's Slipper (this is a rare one) and 2. Cypripedium reginae - Showy Lady's Slipper (rare as well).
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6 repliesCanon 20D
ISO 100
EF 100MM macro
f/2.8 for 1/5 of a second.
You may know that there are two varieties of the yellow lady's slipper in MO. You have the small lady's slipper, Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum. It differs from the large lady's slipper by having a smaller slipper, about 1 inch long, and with purplish sepals and petals: the twisty things.
Nice work!
Best, Don
Nice work!
This is a lovely plant and I like the way you chose to frame here. The shallow dof is applied well and I especially like the oof bg and complimentary colors. I would have liked a little more room up top, but that is a really minor nit. Nice job and good eye on this one!
I'm glad Don ID'ed the variety because it does look quite different from the ones I've seen down here. Much more purple coloration. BTW, I hope you got some good columbine shots too.
Wayne: I've had the 100mm for quite some time (2-3 years), and it's one of my favorites. But that doesn't mean that I wouldn't also like the 180!
Bill: I did get a few good columbine picutures. I've posted one on my blog along with a few others I took during the day.
Don: I guess it wouldn't have hurt for me to have done a little reading prior to posting! Other than recognizing them as Lady's Slippers, I didn't dig into it at all, so thanks to the info you provided. I see from Steymark's (if it's correct) that Missouri contains 1. Cypripedium calceolus - Yellow Lady's Slipper (pretty common), 1a. Cypripedium calceoulus var. parviflorm - Small Lady's Yellow Slipper (the one I saw, and also pretty common except for perhaps the albino form), 2. Cypripedium candidum - Small White Lady's Slipper (this is a rare one) and 2. Cypripedium reginae - Showy Lady's Slipper (rare as well).
I love how the leaves dangle down to the bottom of the frame and soften up by the DOF, very nice choice on composition with this.