Ivy Flower ( Hedera Helix )

georgedingwall · Post by **georgedingwall** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:03 am

Hi all,

I noticed this morning that the Ivy on my house wall is just coming into flower.

This is a stacked image of 28 frames adjusted by 0.5 mm between shots. Each of the little florets is about 2.5 mm in diameter.

Nikon D200 with 105mm VR macro + 1.4 x teleconverter.
28 frames of 0.6 sec @ F11 iso100
Stacked in Helicon Focus
Finished in Photoshop CS2.

Bye for now.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:06 am

very nice! You gonna follow up when they open?

georgedingwall · Post by **georgedingwall** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:11 am

Hi there,

Cyclops wrote:very nice! You gonna follow up when they open?

If I see them opening, I'll try to get some images.

Bye for now.

georgedingwall · Post by **georgedingwall** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:06 am

I had a look at the Ivy on the wall before it got dark, and I found one in bloom. Looking at the way the florets are opening, I would guess that they will not all open at once, but a few at a time.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:12 am

Very neat, I dont think i'v ever seen Ivy flowrs up this close! There should be a lot of nectar in there as theyre a important food source for late insects.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:18 pm

Very beautiful picture George. the seconf one captured the anthers very nice.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:48 pm

The second image is quite beautiful indeed, a little hot on the anthers but thats okay. Nice work George

georgedingwall · Post by **georgedingwall** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:31 am

Hi Ken,

Ken Ramos wrote:a little hot on the anthers but thats okay.

Thanks for the comments. I've toned down the anthers a bit. Do you think that's any better?

Bye for now.