Iris Anatomy 101

In my yard, after a misty drizzle this AM.

Zeiss Makro-Planar 50 mm f/2

hand held

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One of the Iris flowers in the garden.

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Fujifilm X-E1 + Canon EF 100mm macro

Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature.

Author: Gerard De Nerval

remind me of my grandmother and her brothers.

The Iris Nebula, also NGC 7023 and Caldwell 4, is a bright reflection nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cepheus. Reflection nebulae are clouds of interstellar dust which reflect the light of a nearby star or stars. The energy from the nearby stars is insufficient to ionize the gas of the nebula to create an emission nebula, but is enough to give sufficient scattering to make the dust visible. NGC 7023 is actually the cluster within the nebula, LBN 487, and the nebula is lit by a magnitude +7 star, SAO 19158. It shines at magnitude +6.8. It is located near the Mira-type variable star T Cephei, and near the bright magnitude +3.23 variable star Beta Cephei (Alphirk). It lies 1,300 light-years away and is six light-years across.

This image (which is being updated as more data is added) is another test of guiding telescope capabilities and fine tuning of calibrations - this time with a more challenging target and longer exposures. So far there are three hours and eight minutes of data in this updated image.

16 x 8 minute exposures at 400 ISO

15 x 4 minute exposures at 800 ISO

15 x dark frames

10 x flat frames

45 x bias/offset frames (applied to flat frames only)

Captured with APT

Guided by PHD

Processed in Nebulosity and Photoshop

Olá meninas!! Como estão?!

Passando aqui rapidinho pra mostrar essa esmaltação que fiz há um tempinho já..

O Íris é um turquesa bem mais aceso do que a foto mostra...aí ele saiu mortinho, mas quem tem dele sabe que é bem mais pá!

1x base

2x Íris

É isso meninas!! Beijão!

The throat of a purple Iris

The Irises are finally starting to bloom at the UCR Botanics Garden. Peak bloom should be in a week or two. A favorite spot of mine to practice my macro and bokeh photography. I love these Cascade Springs Irises with their white and baby blue colors.

Anytime of year there's always something to shoot at the UCR Botanic Gardens in Riverside, CA.

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Unterklasse: Lilienähnliche (Liliidae)

Ordnung: Spargelartige (Asparagales)

Familie: Schwertliliengewächse (Iridaceae)

Unterfamilie: Iridoideae

Tribus: Irideae

Gattung: Schwertlilien

Surprise in my front garden. These didn't flower last year.

Found this in the Long Way to Shiloh.

Another from the Morton Arboretum last Saturday

These photos are older than the ones with lilies and roses. Forgot to put them up before. Most of the irises are gone already.

Lens: Minolta MD Tele Rokkor-X 135mm f/2.8.

Fancy Iris in our garden bred at the Presby Iris Gardens in Upper Montclair, NJ

Focus stack consisting of 5 files assembled in Zerene Stacker.

D800E with a Zeiss 135mm f/2.0 Apo-Sonnar.

Shot at f/8 at 1/50 sec @ ISO = 800 (not ideal but it was very breezy outside).

Iris

A rain-dappled iris growing in the Garden of Hope, San Anselmo. Consciousness and Sustainability class Spring 2009 JFKU.

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This was taken at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, Alaska. These grow all over the place. At my daughters home these grow wild.

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