Thysanotus tuberosus (Common Fringe Lily) #2
This brilliant, delicate little wildflower, no bigger than an Aussie 50c piece is a very fine example of Thysanotus tuberosus (Common Fringe Lily).
Found and photographed in gorgeous light in a tiny clearing beside a track at Diamond Head, part of Crowdy Bay National Park, Laurieton, south of Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia on a fine spring morning.
In this area the flowers grow in thick native grasses and throwing out the background was very difficult. The only way I could do it was to fit the +10dioptre screw-on Macro Lens to the camera, set the camera to Super Macro Mode and get in as close as I physically and optically could using Manual Focus. I feel the sharp angles of the blurred blades of grass in the background support the hard angles of the thinner petals of the flower.
Fuji S9600: RAW, f/3.4 @ 1/120sec, Tripod, Timer.
Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3.
Visit the Aussie Wildflowers collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more luscious native Lily delights.
UPDATE:
27-10-08
This fragile fringed floral delight has been featured in the Australian Native Plants Group .
UPDATE:
31-10-08
Anthony Vella has choosen this lovely Lily as the Former DPF Members Group’s November 2008 Avatar.
UPDATE:
01-11-08
The Hosts of the Australian Native Plants Group have choosen this lovely lily as the November 2008 Avatar.
Enjoy!
WILDFLOWERS: LILIES
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Thysanotus tuberosus
