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I've always loved iris's and this one is no exception. I saw this flower and I thought it looked shy, it's both hiding and exhibiting itself at the same time. I really love the way the picture turned out.
Iris, cultivar: Ink Pattern, a tall bearded iris. This is one of the winners at the 73rd Annual Iris Show of The Mio Irisarians. This is the oldest and longest-running iris show in the USA, held this year in Alpena, Michigan. Taken with available light and background.
PK3_2474c.
Species from eastern North America
Common name: Dwarf Crested Iris
Photographed in Rock Creek Natural Area, Sharp County, Arkansas
Mon pauvre iris était tout triste sous la pluie. Alors je l'ai coupé, mis dans un vase, puis j'ai installé l'ensemble devant un fond gris. J'ai mis mon appareil sur un pied. J'ai fait un réglage manuel de la profondeur de champ. Et j'ai tiré 19 clichés à 19 endroits différents de la fleur. Ensuite, dans Photoshop j'ai fusionné l'ensemble afin que la netteté soit homogène. Et voilà ...
My poor iris was quite sad in the rain. Then I cut him(it), put in a vase, then I installed(settled) the set(group) in front of a grey bottom. I put my device on a foot. I made a manual regulation of the depth of field. And I pulled(fired) 19 clichés(pictures) in 19 places different from the flower. Then, in Photoshop I merged the set(group) so that the neatness is homogeneous. And here is...
Just now in my Oregon garden: these I call "florist dutch iris", as used in my bridal bouquet. These have not looked good in the garden....finally there is a clump, and now I love them. Need to find all the singles and move them into this bunch for next year.
I must admit that I haven't been too happy with the sky conditions in my area lately and Thur and Fri were both over 90 degrees. That's the type of stuff that will keep me around the house, luckily our yard has lots of flowers now. I went out and shot an iris this morning in the rain. We have a bunch of different colors but I liked this one best.
Iris is spunky hacker who loves using her custom multi-function prosthetic to cause chaos for the crime syndicates and corrupt law enforcement in the Layered City.
Iris prefers to use her hacking and programming skills to support Ode's team from the background. Iris has spent months implanting malware in the Layered City's computer system, and she uses the holo-computer built into her arm to exercise near absolute control over the city's many automated functions.
When she is forced to engage in combat, Iris has an emergency set of Phase-Tech claws and a Plasma beam emitter built into her arm.
Iris fills an invaluable role on Ode's team, and her upbeat attitude and general positivity keep her team's spirit high. While she appears to support Ode's goal of ridding the Layered City of corruption, it is unclear if she has an ulterior motive. She is incredibly secretive about her past and how she became such a proficient hacker without detection.
Build Notes:
This one was an adventure. The concept for "Hacker Girl" started with the mechanical arm with the computer built in. The colors and hair for her changed a bunch when I was working on her (RIP purple shoes). A lot of the decisions of the appearance of this character were made based on parts limitations (the crop top for example was because I ran out of black curved slopes half way through building the shirt). The end result is really flexible and can hold lots of dynamic poses. As always, face and some of the hair design by Eero Okkonen. I promise I'll quit ripping off his stuff eventually.
Beautiful Iris from a summer garden.
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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. =)