Drinking It In

Here are the internal workings of a Wine Cup (Callirhoe involucrata) blossom, as seen in an ultra-closeup capture. Wine Cups are members of the... more

by Gary Holmes

Title

Drinking It In

Artist

Gary Holmes

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

Here are the internal workings of a Wine Cup (Callirhoe involucrata) blossom, as seen in an ultra-closeup capture. Wine Cups are members of the mallow family. The 2 inch wide blooms are intensely burgundy to purple in color, resembling a glass of Beaujolais. They are usually seen in fairly small numbers during spring in Texas, occasionally in dense clumps. The flowers close each evening and remain permanently shut after polination. The shot was taken using a very wide angle lens and an extension tube, handheld, on a roadside. The front of the lens was pressing on the petals at the bottom. Depth of field is about 2 or 3 mm. I focused on one of the bean-shaped anthers. Taken near Port Sullivan, Texas.
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I have always loved to photograph nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. Although I have staged single and group portraits and still life photographs, I prefer the challenge of trying to capture the unpredictable spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring. I started with a Kodak Brownie as a child, but entered the world of real photography with a Canon AE-1 in the late 1970's. I have successfully sold a number of my photographs on Fine Art America, and have won several awards, including an Editors' Choice on 500px, as well as a 5-star Editor's Choice designation in Camerapixo's Hot Shots photo magazine, Volume 4. (http://issuu.com/camerapixo/docs/hotshots-camerapixo-04/1).

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April 18th, 2015