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Purple Prairie Clover
Purple Prairie Clover
lynnmarie


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Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Location: Nature Study Area, Hays High School (KS)
Date: Jul 2, 2007
Aperture: 11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 5, 2007

Viewed: 315
Comments: 14
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 Purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea) grows 1/2 to 3 feet tall.

It is a nutritious forb that is readily consumed by livestock.

Historically, the Comanche and Ponca chewed the roots for their sweet taste. The Pawnee made brooms of the tough stems.

(This was kinda tricky to shoot because these stems were swaying back and forth in the breeze.)

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 07/15/2007 09:23:50 PM
Very pleasing DOF again here, and you have a true gift with taking magical images of flowers.....
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 07/11/2007 09:17:01 PM
Perfection by having three, horizontal leaning, and keeping the focus on the center one ... and with wind too. Congrats.
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 07/11/2007 06:13:30 PM
Bautiful front/back OOF. Great colours.
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 07/10/2007 01:21:41 AM
They kind of look like flowering pine cones. Cool.
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 07/09/2007 08:55:18 PM
Stunning! Bokeh adds so much here, along with the selective focus on the center flower, you've definitely got a winner here.
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 07/07/2007 07:25:25 PM
How pretty - great composition!
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 07/06/2007 08:36:26 PM
I thought this might have been an Ursula shot with a description like that. I love interesting info about the species. You did a GREAT job freezing the action in the breeze. The color and texture is amazing!
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 07/06/2007 05:10:12 PM
nicely done!
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 07/06/2007 05:09:16 PM
Great detail in the center spike. It's not easy shooting in the breeze!
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 07/05/2007 10:56:00 PM
Great colors.
The repeat of the orange from the pollen in the bokeh from the grass really makes the shot for me. I like the horizontal stripiness of the flowers.

Isn't it funny how some long spiked flowers bloom from the top down and some from the bottom up.
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 07/05/2007 10:24:16 PM
Wonderful image.
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 07/05/2007 10:19:10 PM
Nice and luminous. A slight POV shift to the left would leave the foreground stem clear of the in-focus element...

R.
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 07/05/2007 10:16:52 PM
Like the mix of colors, especially the tiny orange heads against the purple flowers. Nice info to.
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 07/05/2007 09:41:31 PM
I like the focus on the center flower. Well done.
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