When you find a good find, make damn sure you get good pictures.

December 06, 2024 - 17:19 UTC

11
2
173
I thought I was the only one that took a million shots for just one good one. πŸ˜‚ 🌼
0
0
5
I dig on what you do, way cool.
0
0
5
Cornflowers are by far the easiest & most rewarding display of color. Simplicity by nature.
0
0
1
Love-in-a-mist!
1
0
0
No, Cornflower or Bachelor's Button, which is in Knapweed, rather than Love-in-a-mist which is in the Ranunculaceae family.
1
0
0
Yes! Who is that plant? I'm in the UK and I haven't seen them before.
1
0
1
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanis), introduced here from the UK, where it is native.
1
0
2
Every time I open your page this image makes me laugh because I so closely relate.
1
0
2
Nothing like the crushing feeling of realizing that all the "good" pics you took of some plant turned out blurry and finding it pulled when you go back for more.
0
0
2
Very charming! I love blue bachelor's buttons!
#BachelorsButtons
1
0
2
same
0
0
0
I normally take 3 or 4 and most times I get one good one. If I take too many, I waste lots of time in editing trying to work out which one is sharpest at full resolution even though I'm only posting them online!
1
0
1
I often take 3 or 4 and find when I get home that none came out as good as they looked when I took them, so I only take that few if the find is common enough that I don't particularly care. I don't always take as many as when I find something as special as a Cornflower, however.
0
0
1
And then I still find out I missed something when I check the pics back home πŸ˜†
1
0
1
Too often the one thing needed for a positive ID, of course.

Are the hairs of the peduncles adpressed or spreading?
Damn! My pics don't show that detail.
0
0
1
I just wanna say, you are hands down my favorite bluesky account lol idk what that says about me really... but in addition to just enjoying plant/flower posts, the way you find life persisting within/despite human habitation is .. idk inspires hope for the future? Lol meh corny but true. ThanksπŸ’š
1
0
3
Also, side note, but do you take all of these yourself? Or do you accept submissions somehow?
1
0
2