Almost There

[FrankMi]

Sunday I went to Glencairn Garden in Rock Hill, SC, a local city park. Young couples were pushing baby carriages, folks were snoozing on blankets in the sun, and the spring cankerworms were ballooning on silk threads looking for a freshly opened tasty young leaf for lunch.



I noticed several large bushes of red flowers just starting to bloom. I'm not sure what they are but I thought I'd grab a shot or two.

With the breeze occasionally gusting mildly, I couldn't get the branches to hold still and as I didn't have anything with me to prevent them from moving I thought I'd take several shots and maybe one of them would come out. In the end, I had to blend pieces of several of the shots to get something that was reasonable sharp.

Does anyone know what the name of this flower is?



Hmmm... Looks a bit like the business end of a jet engine!

CnC welcomed!

[Donald]

I'm afraid I can't help with the name of the flower. Looks far too exotic for Glenfarg. All I can do is sit back and enjoy the images.

[Kris V]

Sunday I went to Glencairn Garden in Rock Hill, SC, a local city park. Young couples were pushing baby carriages, folks were snoozing on blankets in the sun, and the spring cankerworms were ballooning on silk threads looking for a freshly opened tasty young leaf for lunch.I noticed several large bushes of red flowers just starting to bloom. I'm not sure what they are but I thought I'd grab a shot or two.With the breeze occasionally gusting mildly, I couldn't get the branches to hold still and as I didn't have anything with me to prevent them from moving I thought I'd take several shots and maybe one of them would come out. In the end, I had to blend pieces of several of the shots to get something that was reasonable sharp.Does anyone know what the name of this flower is?Hmmm... Looks a bit like the business end of a jet engine!CnC welcomed!

Nice, Frank. The flower looks like a camelia.

Here is one (SOOC-just cropped):

[FrankMi]

Nice, Frank. The flower looks like a camelia.

Thanks Kris! With your help I found photos of the Camelia (also spelled Camellia) on-line and I now know why so many of these plants had brown spots on their pedals. It's called 'Pedal Blight', which is very common, and caused by the fungus Ciborinia camelliae.

Super! I learned something new today, thank you!

Update: Ah! I see you have posted a picture. I think I like yours better. On second thought, I definitely like yours better!

[FrankMi]

Here is a shot of the stream that runs through the gardens.



It seems to be lacking something. Any suggestions on how I could make this image more appealing?

[Kris V]

Thanks Kris! With your help I found photos of the Camelia (also spelled Camellia) on-line and I now know why so many of these plants had brown spots on their pedals. It's called 'Pedal Blight', which is very common, and caused by the fungus Ciborinia camelliae.

Super! I learned something new today, thank you!

Update: Ah! I see you have posted a picture. I think I like yours better. On second thought, I definitely like yours better!

Thanks!
We have a white camelia too - but that one is currently not blooming.

[Kris V]

I'm afraid I can't help with the name of the flower. Looks far too exotic for Glenfarg. All I can do is sit back and enjoy the images.

No Camelias in Scotland?

[FrankMi]

OK. One more for the gardens. There is no way I can compete with the excellent ducks and geese posted by others here at CiC but I am tickled that I finally got a picture of a real live duck!

I took this one with my Canon SX40 as it has a much longer zoom than the 300mm on my Nikon.