Re: Peso: Dogwood Flowering Head
Thanks, Mark! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Mark C wrote: > Nice macro that reveals the beautiful structures within the flower. > > Mark > > > On 5/1/2013 10:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17239815 >> >> The red, pink or white "petals" on a dogwood tree aren't petals at >> all, but rather bracts, which are modified leaves. The actual flowers >> of the dogwood are those tiny greenish-yellow objects in the center of >> the bracts, but which is actually a flowering head. >> >> Comments are invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Dogwood Flowering Head
Nice macro that reveals the beautiful structures within the flower. Mark On 5/1/2013 10:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17239815 The red, pink or white "petals" on a dogwood tree aren't petals at all, but rather bracts, which are modified leaves. The actual flowers of the dogwood are those tiny greenish-yellow objects in the center of the bracts, but which is actually a flowering head. Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Dogwood Flowering Head
Thanks for looking and commenting, Jack and Don! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > Strong color burst very dramatic. Some white dogwood in bloom here, but > freezing temperatures and snow tomorrow may slow things a bit. > > pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: >> >> Message: 13 >> Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 10:26:14 -0400 >> >> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Peso: Dogwood Flowering Head >> Message-ID: >> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17239815 >> >> The red, pink or white "petals" on a dogwood tree aren't petals at >> all, but rather bracts, which are modified leaves. The actual flowers >> of the dogwood are those tiny greenish-yellow objects in the center of >> the bracts, but which is actually a flowering head. >> >> Comments are invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Dogwood Flowering Head
Strong color burst very dramatic. Some white dogwood in bloom here, but freezing temperatures and snow tomorrow may slow things a bit. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 13 Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 10:26:14 -0400 From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Peso: Dogwood Flowering Head Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17239815 The red, pink or white "petals" on a dogwood tree aren't petals at all, but rather bracts, which are modified leaves. The actual flowers of the dogwood are those tiny greenish-yellow objects in the center of the bracts, but which is actually a flowering head. Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Dogwood Flowering Head
A nice "educational" post, Dan. ;-) Thanks for sharing! Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:26 AM Subject: Peso: Dogwood Flowering Head http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17239815 The red, pink or white "petals" on a dogwood tree aren't petals at all, but rather bracts, which are modified leaves. The actual flowers of the dogwood are those tiny greenish-yellow objects in the center of the bracts, but which is actually a flowering head. Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peso: Dogwood Flowering Head
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17239815 The red, pink or white "petals" on a dogwood tree aren't petals at all, but rather bracts, which are modified leaves. The actual flowers of the dogwood are those tiny greenish-yellow objects in the center of the bracts, but which is actually a flowering head. Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
