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Friday, 25 July 2014

Yellow and Pink

Two very small, but very pretty little flowers found on my walk recently.

Yellow Wort
(Blackstonia perfoliata)


Common Centaury
(Centaurium erythraea)






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18 comments:

  1. Margaret Birding For Pleasure25 July 2014 at 10:39

    HI Roy Indeed they are very pretty. i don't think I have seen these before.

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    1. Roy Norris25 July 2014 at 20:17

      Thanks Margaret, they are very small and easily missed.

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  2. The Herald25 July 2014 at 11:06

    Lovely series of images of these beautiful little flowers Roy, Nature surely puts on a wonderful, and colourful, show....[;o)

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  3. grammie g25 July 2014 at 13:38

    Hey Roy... They are pretty little flowers with lovely colors probably overlooked by many!!
    Great photos!!

    Grace

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  4. Millymollymandy25 July 2014 at 17:34

    Gorgeous flowers and what a coincidence because I just discovered a new to me pink flower by my pond... which after some research turned out to be the Common Centaury!

    And I'm very impressed by your (beautiful photos of) mating butterflies in the previous post.... although today I actually managed to capture two Gatekeepers mating. First time I've managed that with any butterflies. :-)

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  5. Susan25 July 2014 at 17:42

    The flowers are gorgeous!

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  6. Sjerp Weima26 July 2014 at 09:03

    Hello Roy.
    Although its name suggests otherwise the Centaury is quite rare at this side of the North sea. I like its subtle beauty very much.
    It took me a while before noticing that you have changed your photographic equipment quite significantly. Was there a specific reason for doing so?
    Best regards,
    Sjerp

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    1. Roy Norris26 July 2014 at 11:25

      Thanks Sjerp.
      Change of equipment. Cameras are getting smaller and Sony are at the forefront of this change. Placing full frame sensors and APS-C sensors in smaller cameras are the way forward. My previous equipment although very good, was limited in some respects by the size of the sensor. With my new equipment, the Sony A7 for instance is a full frame camera and with the 35mm f2.8 lens produces amazing images. The A6000 has an APS-C size sensor (in fact the same sensor as in the Nikon D7100 as Sony make the sensors for Nikon) and it can shoot 11 frames per second and its tracking ability is excellent. Carrying the A6000 with the 55-210 lens around all day it weighs hardly anything. So it wasn't "Gear Acquisition Syndrome", just a change to improve.{:))

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  7. Noushka26 July 2014 at 10:24

    Hello Roy,
    Such beautiful flowers, I don't remember having seen them where I live!
    Special congratulations for the Marbled in the previous post, that was lucky to see the mating!
    Great pictures!
    I wish you a great weekend!

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  8. Linda Yarrow26 July 2014 at 23:29

    Some lovely close ups Roy :-)

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  9. Amanda Peters27 July 2014 at 20:58

    Great photos, have checked my records and I have seen Centaury when we went to Filey last year.

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    1. Roy Norris28 July 2014 at 10:18

      Thanks Amanda, they are easily missed being so small.

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  10. Helma31 July 2014 at 19:21

    Very beautiful these flowers.
    Yellow I find really beautiful.
    Nicely interspersed with pink :-)

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