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Hydrangea @ Hakusan Shrine
白山あじさい富士@白山神社
レンズ名称smc PENTAX-FA 31mmF1.8AL Limited
シャッタースピード1/800sec
絞りF1.8
カメラ名称PENTAX K-m
Hydrangea (common names also Hydrangea, in English pronounced IPA [haɪˈdɹeɪnʤ(i)ə], and Hortensia) is a genus of about 70-75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (from Japan to China, the Himalaya and Indonesia) and North and South America. The flowers are extremely common in the Azores Islands of Portugal, particularly on Faial Island, which is known as the "blue island" due to the vast number of hydrangeas present on the island. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China and Japan ( Japanese Ajisai flower). Most are shrubs 1-3 m tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to 30 m by climbing up trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.
Hydrangea flowers are produced from early spring to late autumn; they grow in flowerheads (corymbs or panicles) at the ends of the stems. In many species, the flowerheads contain two types of flowers, small fertile flowers in the middle of the flowerhead, and large, sterile bract-like flowers in a ring around the edge of each flowerhead. Other species have all the flowers fertile and of the same size.
In most species the flowers are white, but in some species (notably H. macrophylla), can be blue, red, pink, or purple. In these species the exact colour often depends on the pH of the soil; acidic soils produce blue flowers, neutral soils produce very pale cream petals, and alkaline soils results in pink or purple. Hydrangeas are one of very few plants that accumulate aluminium. Aluminium is released from acidic soils, and in some species, forms complexes in the hydrangea flower giving them their blue colour.
The leaves on my hydrangea are starting to bud. Some years I get loads of blossoms ... some not. Keeping my fingers crossed this is a loads of blossoms year as they are so beautiful! Time will tell.
This particular Hydrangea thrives uncared for but supplied with it's own regular water by being directly under the rainfall discharge downpipe pipe.
Our daily Challenge 12-18 July : Hidden Gems.
This part of a Hydrangea floret can easily go unnoticed.
Older shot of Hydrangea as it was opening up. To create the effect, I first adjusted the colors, then I drew a circle around the flower using the shift key to ensure a perfect circle. Then, I did Select Inverse and duplicated the layer. Next, I did a zoom blur, added noise, converted to black and white, then using Filter, Stylize, Glowing Edges to create the lines. The last thing I did was duplicate the layer again and added a motion blur.
Hydrangeas blooming at Tatten Park.
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A pink hydrangea in Mum's garden.
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