Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/09/05

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Wednesday Weeds Puzzle
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 18:15:09 -0500
References: <11bfdb40-83a0-48ec-3198-08536ac482f2@lighttube.net> <CA+3n+_ncV+wPbBMx1pxh_BZxES0vHQakLswMvqG4uNb0u9=yGA@mail.gmail.com>

As Douglas Sharp suggested, I believe it is some form of Blue Mist Flower.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/5/2018 3:00 PM, 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
>>
>>
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