Partridge pea with shadows
Partridge pea flowers, Chamaecrista fasciculata, are attractive in their own right, but the shadows cast by this one on part of itself add to the appeal. I took this picture on August 8th near where Old Spicewood Springs Rd. crosses Bull Creek.
© 2014 Steven Schwartzman
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If your partridge pea grows as tall, or rather short, as the ones I’ve seen here, you must have got a nice crick in your neck for your trouble.
Steve Gingold
September 30, 2014 at 6:40 AM
These plants are usually on the low side, as you say, so I have to follow their lead and either sit or lie down to get good pictures. A little crick in the neck from time to time is all in a good day’s work, right?
Here, for once, is a species we both have at hand, and I see from the USDA map that it grows across much of the eastern United States.
Steve Schwartzman
September 30, 2014 at 7:13 AM
Ha! That was my first thought as well. I really like the dynamic composition your crick in the neck earned you.
melissabluefineart
October 16, 2014 at 1:39 PM
Crick or no crick, the diagonally dynamic composition and shadows appealed to me and I had to get the picture.
Steve Schwartzman
October 16, 2014 at 3:47 PM
Love these cheery flowers. They do so well here too.
SmallHouseBigGarden
September 30, 2014 at 6:45 AM
That’s two in a row
For people who know
The bright partridge pea.
Now who’ll make it three?
Steve Schwartzman
September 30, 2014 at 7:17 AM
Stunning!!
artistspromenade
September 30, 2014 at 10:32 AM
Glad you like it.
Steve Schwartzman
September 30, 2014 at 10:43 PM
Such a rich, buttery yellow. It’s rather amazing that the shadows are as crisp and detailed as they are. The petals must be nice and smooth, unlike, for example, the prickly poppy.
The leaves remind me of sensitive briar. I found a couple of postings that indicated these leaves, too, are “slightly sensitive to touch.” Do they close when touched? They look like they “ought” to.
shoreacres
September 30, 2014 at 8:05 PM
“Buttery yellow” is a good way to put it, and there’s also that rouge at the center. Those are inherent qualities, but the shadows that happened to fall on the petals made the view special for me.
Maybe I lack the requisite animal magnetism, but I’ve never been able to get partridge pea’s compound leaves to do anything.
Steve Schwartzman
September 30, 2014 at 10:51 PM
so lovely
sedge808
October 3, 2014 at 11:52 PM
You’ll get no argument from me.
Steve Schwartzman
October 4, 2014 at 12:13 AM
The shadows are stunning.
Susan Scheid
October 8, 2014 at 6:23 PM
I’ve long been fond of shadows, and shadows are what made this portrait special for me.
Steve Schwartzman
October 8, 2014 at 8:55 PM
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