Purple Delight #1
by Bruce Bley
Title
Purple Delight #1
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This photograph of a purple and white iris blossoms was taken while visiting a friends flower garden in Rock Falls, Illinois last spring. I enjoy photographing flowers for their colors and intricate and delicate detail.
Iris is a genus of 260-300 species of flowering plants with 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, as well as, being the scientific name, iris is also very widely used as a common name for all Iris species, though some plants called thus belong to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is 'flags', while the plants of the subgenus Scorpiris are widely known as 'junos', particularly in horticulture. It is a popular garden flower.
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 3-10 basal sword-shaped leaves growing in dense clumps. The bulbous species have cylindrical, basal leaves.
I hope you have enjoyed this work. Thank you for visiting. You can see more of my work on my homepage.
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January 28th, 2018
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Comments (35)
Lynda Lehmann
Gorgeous, Bruce! A delight for the eyes! FL, G, tw, FB!
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Lynda. I sincerely appreciate it and thank you for the various promotions.
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in The World We See Group:-)
Bruce Bley replied:
Robyn, I am grateful for the feature in the group "The World We See", Thank you for the honor.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations on your fabulous artwork being featured in one of FAA's newer Groups - Camera Art! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread! group or any other thread that it would fit in! LF
Bruce Bley
Robert. I am grateful for the feature in the group "New FAA Uploads Limit One Per Day". Thank you for your support of my work.
Jenny Rainbow
Congratulations on being featured with this wonderful artwork on home page of the group and pinned to the Pinterest board Iris Exquisite Beauty!
Bruce Bley replied:
Jenny, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Iris Exquisite Beauty". Thank you so much.
Bruce Bley
Nader, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Fine Arts Professionals". I sincerely appreciate it.
Kathy M Krause
Spectacular macro Bruce! Wow! Love the exceptional details, water drops and light!!!! L/F
HH Photography of Florida
How gorgeous! A great close-up of this beautiful bearded iris. Love the color and detail. l/tw/g+
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the Kind and gracious comment, Helen. I truly appreciate it and thank you for the promotions.
Kim Tran
So very gorgeous Bruce! Beautifully composed and captured! l/f/pin
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the wonderful comment and promotions, Kim. I sincerely appreciate it.
Jasna Dragun
Congratulations, your fellow artist chose this work as "Pick Of The Week" in the "Global Flowers Photography" !! Check out the group gallery and select another artist. ~
Bruce Bley replied:
Jasna, I am grateful that this work was chosen by my fellow artists as the "Pick Of the Week in the group :Global Flowers Photography".
Randy Rosenberger
This piece of fine artwork has earned the honor of being chosen to show off to other artists and prospective buyers here in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is an honor to share this piece of well composed and beautiful art on our Featured section of our homepage. Thanks much for sharing! Liked and Faved Randy B. Rosenberger (administrator of the WFS group)
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery", Randy. I sincerely appreciate the honor and your support of my work.
Bruce Bley
Naomi, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Waiting Room Art". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Roumald, Thank you so much for the feature in the group :Arts Fantastic World". I appreciate the honor.
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