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Heart with iris (two colors variant).
1 square without cut.
The model is dedicated to Francis Ow - www.flickr.com/photos/61236172@N08/
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I first saw the origami hearts by Francis Ow in the Russian encyclopedia in 2000
It was just pictures. I wanted to fold some models and began to teach origami.
And keep up to date....
All this thanks to Francis.
I am very happy that now I can tell him "Thank you! Happy Birhday!!!"
"These Dutch Iris were given to me by my grandchildren, Robert & Lexie, a few Mother's
Day's ago. They have the amazing ability to always be blooming at the time we honor our
mothers every year. That just makes them even more special to me. They are like a gift
that keeps on giving....and you know that makes me happy!" :)
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"Hope everybody's having a good week with some pretty Springtime weather and a few
flowers to enjoy!"
~Mary Lou
STL11000 camera and Borg ED101 refractor at f/8.8
LRGB = 585,270,285,300min
total: 24h of exposure time
larger image and a central crop can be found here:
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Middle Point, Northern Territory, Australia.
The rainbow pitta (Pitta iris) is a bird with a velvet black head and underparts, green upperparts, pale blue shoulder and olive green tail. It has a black bill, pink legs, brown eye and reddish brown streak along each side of its crown. Both sexes are similar, with the female being slightly smaller and duller than the male.
An Australian endemic, the rainbow pitta lives in the forests of northern Australia. As with other pittas, it is a secretive and shy bird. The diet consists mainly of insects, arthropods and small animals. The female lays three to four glossy cream eggs with blotches inside its large domed nest.
Locally common throughout its limited range, the rainbow pitta is evaluated as being of least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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This variety put out a few blooms this year. In all, only 5 of my 25 varieties bloomed, so I was happy to see this.
Beautiful Iris from a summer garden.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_%28plant%29
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The name Iris is Greek and it means rainbow for its many colours. However, most irises are shades of blue or purple. The majority of irises that we see today are hybrids of the originals.
The iris has been around for many centuries, and many artists have chosen to paint them. There are several famous paintings of the flowers. From 1888 to 1890, Van Gogh painted at least four paintings of irises. Monet painted "Iris" sometime between 1914 and 1917.
Not only is the iris a beautiful flower, but also they have several uses. As a live plant they are used as a water purifier. They are ingredients in some perfumes, homemade toothpaste, pottery and herbal medicines.
The stylized iris, fleur-de-lis, descends from the white iris which is native to Florence, Italy and which grew even in its city walls. This white iris, displayed against a red background, became the symbol of Florence until the Medici family, to signal a change in political power, reversed the colours making the white one red and setting in motion a centuries-long breeding program to hybridize a red iris. Catherine de Medici carried this symbol of Florence to Paris when she married the king of France where this most famous of irises acquired its nickname, fleur-de-lis.
The iris has been associated with France as Louis VII adopted it as a symbol in the 12th Century.
Contemporary uses can be seen in the Quebec flag and on the flag of Saint Louis, Missouri.
The iris is now the sole feature on the flag of the Brussels-Capital Region.
The Iris is the state flower of Tennessee.
The flag of the Brussels-Capital Region features the iris as the symbol of Brussels, since historically; the important Saint Gaugericus Island was carpeted in them.
Furthermore, it is the almost universal symbol of Scouting.
In Flowers'-language: Iris means faith; hope; wisdom and valour
In Fine Arts: the lenses also have an iris diaphragm which can be opened and closed to control the amount of light reaching the film.
Iris can mean:
* The sphincter around the pupil of the eye, the iris is the most visible part of the eye, when photographed with a flash, the iris only reacts to protect the retina, and not fast enough to avoid the red eye effect.
* The equivalent device in a camera,
* The messenger of the gods in Greek mythology,
* A variety of flower,
* A female first name.
Well folks, this little note is not to stir-up any drama but just in case you start to wonder why I haven’t been on flickr: I am going under the knife tomorrow. Looks like the doctor found something he didn’t like and he thought it was best we take care of it ASAP. Don’t know when I’ll be back as there may be some treatment required afterwards. Kind of new territory for me. Wish me luck and I’ll be back before you know it. =)
The DDG did a nice job, I thought, of turning my photo into a watercolor. That image was further modified and framed with a photo-editing program.
BUDS, BUDS, BUDS, Yellow Iris, only the beginning, aahh, the promise.
Thanx, M, (*_*)
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I think I woke him from a nap...looks scarey to say the least. Its inside a purple Iris from my garden.
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With each passing year,
The Iris grows virtually untended
And produces a fantastic model of mating in the flower world, as dresses of magnificent purple are as wedding dresses for mankind.
The closer you look,
The more you see the lure,
The urge to explore,
Bug of macro camera.