Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Could well be a blue mistflower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conoclinium_coelestinum http://johnwagman.com/rgvnp/Crucita%20or%20Blue%20Mistflower%20-%20Chromolaena%20odorata/ Douglas On 05.09.2018 22:00, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > I can't help you with ID but we have cultivated this plant as a late summer > bloom by our driveway. As to color, mine appears to be a high IR reflector > so different sensors will show different colors. > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 3:01 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> During the past several days, a cluster has appeared and bloomed >> alongside my roadside screen of bushes. I have not been able to >> identify the plant. Google photos indicate a possible Mexican connection. >> >> The thing that puzzles me is that, when I observe the plant with the >> naked eye, the bloom color is pale blue. When I took closeups with the >> X-T2, all of the images came out pink. When I took the Oly E-1 out to >> get the full cluster, the blooms appeared almost white. >> >> I have moved sliders with wild abandon to get images that resemble what >> my eyes see. >> >> But, I still can't identify the plant, or the reason for the peculiar >> rendering of the color. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180905-P9057390.JPG.html >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180904-DSCF9691.JPG.html >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >