Is that really a swamp rose? To me it looks more like a malva, as for example the musk mallow.
I imitated your flower shot yesterday and I don't think I can get it as good as you did here...beautiful shot...! I'd be embarrassed with my version ...
An unusual viewpoint and very effective.
John
Very nice Jim, lovely colour!
Interesting shot. I'm guessing a mallow, but it would be easier to tell if you have photos of the leaves or the front of the flower.
a quick google search suggests this is a malva, not a rose. Swamp roses look like fully opened cultivated roses, but with far fewer petals. See http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pla...alustris.shtml. Googling malva gets some reputable sites that show the stamen and anthers look more like those on a hibiscus, like your shot does.
This looks more like a hibiscus to me...are you sure you shot this one near the swamp? Just curious...
Izzie--good catch. I'm no expert in plant identification--I am learning about flowers mostly because I photograph them--but a quick googling showed that hibiscus are a genera in the mallow (malvaceae) family. E.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvaceae. So the hibiscus species that are familiar, like Rose of Sharon and Chinese hibiscus, are cousins (or some such) of the swamp mallow.