Beauty for the Eye
by Bruce Bley
Title
Beauty for the Eye
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This photograph of a white and yellow combination iris was take last spring while visiting a friends flower beds in Rock Falls, Illinois. I photographed this in the early morning hoping to catch different shadows made by the petals.
The irises are a showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species.
Irises are perennial plants, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises) or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect flowering stems which may be simple or branched, solid or hollow, and flattened or have a circular cross-section. The rhizomatous species usually have 310 basal sword-shaped leaves growing in dense clumps. The bulbous species have cylindrical, basal leaves. The inflorescences are fan-shaped and contain one or more symmetrical six-lobed flowers. These grow on a pedicel or lack a footstalk. The three sepals, which are spreading or droop downwards, are referred to as "falls". They expand from their narrow base, which in some of the rhizomatous irises has a "beard" (a tuft of short upright extensions growing in its midline), into a broader expanded portion ("limb"), often adorned with veining, lines or dots. The three, sometimes reduced, petals stand upright, partly behind the sepal bases. They are called "standards". Some smaller iris species have all six lobes pointing straight outwards, but generally limb and standards differ markedly in appearance. They are united at their base into a floral tube that lies above the ovary. The styles divide towards the apex into petaloid branches; this is significant in pollination.
The iris can be used as wonderful cut flower for floral arrangements in the house. I hope you have enjoyed this photograph and will share it with a friend. You can see more of my work on my homepage. Thank you for visiting and please come back.
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April 16th, 2013
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Comments (38)
Bruce Bley
Jannice, Thank yu again for the feature in the group "All Art Welcome". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Jenn, Thank you for the feature in the group "Bath And Spa Prints". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Darren, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Flower Art 3 A Day". I appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Kim, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Floral Photography and Art". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Jenn, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Bath and Spa Prints". I truly appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Kim, Thank you for the feature in the group "Floral Photography and Art". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Kerri, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Botanical Beauty". I truly appreciate the honor.
Wanda Brandon
What a gorgeous combinations of colors in this macro. Excellent work. f/v
Bruce Bley replied:
This is one of my favorites, Wanda. I also love the color combinations. Thank you for the kind words and vote, Wanda. I truly appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
For the Love of Art, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "For The Love Of Art Gallery Welcomes Any Artist " I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Thank you for the feature in the group "Loving the Color YELLOW", jrr. It is very much appreciated.
Diane Miller
This is beauty for the eye! Great close up! V
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you so much, Diane. I am glad you enjoyed this photograph. Thank you for the vote.
Bruce Bley
Darren, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Photography and Textures". I truly appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Nadine and Bob thank you so much for the feature in the internet publication 'ARTIST NEWS". I feel honored that this photograph was chosen for publication, I truly appreciate it.
Nadine and Bob Johnston
This Unique Artwork of yours was Published in -The Internet Weekly... Artist News today, Thank You for giving us permission to do that... - http://paper.li/f-1343723559# --- If you go to the paper, click SHARE, you can Subscribe, Tweet, Facebook, or even Email a copy to Friends, Relatives and others, so they can see the Publication in the ARTIST NEWS. It's one of our FAVORITES today... We do not always have the time to Comment, but just had to leave one on this beautiful piece of work.
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