Bog Asphodel
I found a few exceptional plants while exploring the bogland. Here’s a first one.
Bog Asphodel with its star-like yellow flowers is a typical swamp plant, but has become rather rare nowadays, largely as a result of the widespread drainage of wet habitats and stands on the Red List of threatened species !
It was quite a job to photograph it in the middle of the swamp.
Location : nature reserve ‘Hohes Venn’ (Baraque Michel - Belgium)
Dutch name : Beenbreek
German name : Beinbrech (syn. Moorlilie)
Latin name : Narthecium ossifragum
MAURICE CLEGG 11/08/2009 22:01
perfect detail with great colour in this exceptional light.great shot.
regards, maurice.
Mauro Stradotto 10/08/2009 21:19
Bellissimo il contrasto cromatico!!!!!!!Buona serata,
Mauro
chris nsmith 10/08/2009 9:13
Beautiful flower Great lightbw
Chris
Adele D. Oliver 09/08/2009 22:33
A beautiful little plant and a fine photograph. I can imagine you standing up to your ankles in the bog just having to get the best angle of it.cheers, Adele
Pozer Katalin 09/08/2009 22:32
I think that there is no any swamp to stop you taking photos :-) And it is our luck to know more beauty of the hidden nature. Thanks for this special one.Hugs, Kati
Deryck 09/08/2009 19:46
Beautiful flowers. Do you use a telephoto lens? I often use my 300mm lens to get close-ups of difficult to reach plantsLovely shot. I like the dof
Deryck
j.a.j.jansen m. 09/08/2009 19:07
Very nice those contrasting colours.Jan.
Andrej Nagode 09/08/2009 18:57
Beautiful capture.Best wishes
Andrejc
† Ushie Farkas 09/08/2009 17:52
WUNDERSCHÖN, Mark, brilliant aufgenommen! Salut UshieReinhard... 09/08/2009 16:36
looks like an exotic one, beautiful colour...!Regards
Reinhard
Heinz Janovsky 09/08/2009 16:00
Feines Foto, klasse das Licht in den Blüten.Gruß Heinz
Ayse Nalan Yasin 09/08/2009 14:08
Excellent picture Mark....Greetings
Ayse
Vitória Castelo Santos 09/08/2009 11:30
Amazing picvture!!!!!!!!!!!!regards
Vitoria
Canan Oner 09/08/2009 10:50
I knew it was yours Mark :-)) Very well composed... I can imagine how difficult it was to take this shot...Have a nice Sunday,
Canan
Anca Silvia B. 09/08/2009 9:40
Was du alles weisst,Mark.Danke dir.
LG Anca