Helpful Posts: Spotted this flower on the hills today......
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Thread: The Colour Purple
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10th July 2015, 09:25 PM #1
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The Colour Purple
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10th July 2015, 10:30 PM #2
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Re: The Colour Purple
Very nice.
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10th July 2015, 11:41 PM #3
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Re: The Colour Purple
Love the color. What is it?
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11th July 2015, 01:05 AM #4
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Re: The Colour Purple
The colour is beautiful, Benjy but you need to crop it square...I think...just my opinion...
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11th July 2015, 02:27 AM #5
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Re: The Colour Purple
Nice flower but why so wide? I assume you use a DSLR with 3:2 format which makes turning it for shots like this worthwhile.
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11th July 2015, 06:52 AM #6
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Re: The Colour Purple
Thanks all for comments,Izzie,square crop any better?Jim,don,t know what it is, it was the only one about on the hill...
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11th July 2015, 07:43 AM #7
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Re: The Colour Purple
Yes, but I think it is too centred now...maybe another crop will be easier on the eyes, what do you think? It is certainly an improvement but I maybe wrong on the cropping advice...
Originally Posted by Benjy
Thanks all for comments,Izzie,square crop any better?Jim,don,t know what it is, it was the only one about on the hill....
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11th July 2015, 09:11 AM #8
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Re: The Colour Purple
Izzie,aye your correct,I like the yellow Buttercups with the purple/lilac flower
.....don,t normally take flowers but it was nice and unusual,the only one around.....
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11th July 2015, 01:31 PM #9
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Re: The Colour Purple
Maybe, just maybe, you can cropped off the buttercup at the left side so the purple flower doesn't actually be too centred. What do you think? Just a thought...
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11th July 2015, 02:03 PM #10
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Re: The Colour Purple
I would guess that this is a Northern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella. However the flower spike is quite elongated. It could possibly be a hybrid between this and a related species. Such hybrids are not uncommon.
John
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