A closer look at American germander
In case you’re not familiar with the American germander, Teucrium canadense, that appeared as a colony in the last post, here’s a closer look at an individual flowering plant I’d photographed at the other end of Great Hills Park on May 29th. Notice the many buds still waiting to open.
© 2013 Steven Schwartzman
Very cool Steve!!
Steve
July 12, 2013 at 11:54 AM
This is the same technique I used for the photograph of Texas milkweed that appeared two days ago: daylight flash on a subject significantly lighter than what was in the background.
Steve Schwartzman
July 12, 2013 at 11:57 AM
An excellent technique! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Steve
July 12, 2013 at 11:59 AM
You’re welcome.
Steve Schwartzman
July 12, 2013 at 12:06 PM
The individual flowers almost look like lady-slippers. In some ways it’s a plain little flower (the top reminds me of plantain) but someone must have found it suitable with all that spider-silk.
shoreacres
July 14, 2013 at 10:26 AM
Those little orange structures intrigue me, but I’ve found that getting closeups of them is difficult. As for the spider silk, I find it on almost everything out there, which confirms how many spiders there are. I once read that you can expect there to be one every three feet in nature.
Steve Schwartzman
July 14, 2013 at 2:28 PM