Lamium purpureum, flower

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Lamium purpureum, flower

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5DIII, canon mpe at 2x f6,3 1/6 sec iso 200, two diffused continuous Jansjo led lights, 35 frames stepsize +/- 0,150mm , stacked in Zerene, retouched from PMax. Image

C&C most welcomed.
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Post by tevans9129 »

Stunning, great detail and color.

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Thanks for the comment tevans.
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Post by leonardturner »

Good to see flowers here. Beautifully done; great detail, strong colors, and I particularly like the smooth out of focus green background. Thanks for posting.

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Thanks for the comments Leonard.
For this flower, I had a reasonably well defined picture in my head. But the execution was not that straightforward, for me anyway.
I started with 'extreme' macro in 2014 somewhere, a 'normal' development after many years off 'normal' macro I guess . Haven't shot much ever since due to unforseen circumstances, and picked the 'extreme' macro up again a few months ago.....so a lot to learn....
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Very nice.
Well composed, wonderful colors and details - and a story of development.
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I wondered about this unusual-looking flower and looked it up.
I was surprised to see it's one of the dead-nettles , which are very common in the wild.
I shall look closer next time!
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Post by Lou Jost »

Very nice flower. I like the contrasty hairs. Also very nice transition from the sharp parts to the background.

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Post by Sumguy01 »

=D> Very very nice.
Thanks for sharing.

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Post by Troels »

Chris,
Yes, it is indeed a Lamium purpureum.
That is a flower I know very well. But is is surprising how difficult it is to recognise, when you are used to identify mainly by size, growing place and shape of leaves.
I have never looked so close before. More to learn.
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Post by Rudi »

It seems I have been a bit 'absent' ... :oops:
I walk with my head closely to the ground lately...so those Purple Dead Nettles are easy to spot....
Due to the very mild winter they are already flowering abundantly..
As soon as my setup is more 'stable' I try some close-ups from stamen with pollen.
Who knows what I will find next..:lol:
Thanks Troel, ChrisR, Lou and Sumguy for the continued comments. Really appreciated.
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