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June 8, 2007 : Iris laevigata 'Royal Cartwheel'
Keywords: Iridaceae | Iris laevigata 'Royal Cartwheel' | 026063-0055-1987
Species and cultivars of Iris pseudacorus, Iris versicolor, Iris virginica and Iris laevigata form the horticultural grouping of irises known as the water irises. Today's plants are growing in a section of the Asian Garden that is often saturated with water throughout the winter and early spring, and damp the remainder of the year.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at June 8, 2007 8:03 AM
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Posted by: Brent at June 8, 2007 8:43 AM
That is the most incredible blue in a photo I have ever seen. Does digital do blue better than film, which always had a bad rep for not capturing it?
Or you can adjust the color to match what your eye is seeing? (you can tell I'm not a photographer....)
Posted by: bev at June 8, 2007 9:11 AM
In my experience, some digital sensors make blue more blue (Olympus), and some make it more purple (Canon).
Posted by: van at June 8, 2007 9:17 AM
The color space used to take the photo also has an effect on blues/purples. I've settled on Adobe IIIa as my default color space and blues are REALLY good with it. Adobe II made the blues purple - very frustrating.
I really like the bokeh and overall feel of the first one and the second is in line with Daniel's wonderful abstract style.
Posted by: Eric in SF at June 8, 2007 10:00 AM
I agree re: how different cameras treat colours. I did have to adjust the reds and blues in the first to get it to more closely resemble the true blue of the iris, as it did come out purple at first (using a Canon camera). The second one, since it is abstract, I didn't play around with as much.
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin 
at June 8, 2007 12:54 PM
...nothing like an iris...
you learn something new every day... of the photos i've taken of my heavenly blue morning glories....none have never shown the true blue of what i perceive...i always thought it was the film...i have a little cannon EOS500...can true blue be achieved with film ?
Posted by: phillip at June 9, 2007 8:33 PM
To Phillip re true blue on film - are you using Kodachrome? I personally find it gives the closest colour reproduction. All others tend to over or under-emhasize colours, especially the blue hues.
Posted by: knox m henry at June 10, 2007 4:10 AM
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Simply put, this has been my favourite Iris cultivar in the botanical garden for many years.