Here's a close-up of the flower head of a Hydrangea plant. The plant itself is a tall shrub, about 2 metres in height. The flower head is a global of flowers about 20cm in diameter. (In fact the little buttons in the middle are the flowers, they are surrounded by "sepals") The blue of this particular Hydrangea head indicates that it's soil is somewhat alkaline and contains aluminum. In acidic soils this plant would have pink flower balls.
| File name: | DSC_3427.NEF |
| File size: | 7.7MB (8091072 bytes) |
| Date taken: | Sat, 3 Aug, 2002 11:35:02 AM |
| Image size: | 3008 x 1960 |
| Resolution: | 300 x 300 dpi |
| Number of bits: | 12 bits/channel |
| Protection: | Off |
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| Camera: | NIKON D1X |
| Quality mode: | HI (5.4M Raw Uncompressed) |
| Metering mode: | Matrix |
| Exposure mode: | Shutter priority |
| Speed light: | Off |
| Focal length: | 105.0 mm |
| Shutter speed: | 1/200 seconds |
| Aperture: | F9.5 |
| Exposure compensation: | 0.0 EV |
| White Balance: | Cloudy |
| Lens: | 105 mm F2.8 |
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| Flexible program: | No |
| Sensitivity: | ISO400 |
| Sharpening: | None |
| Image Type: | Color |
| Color Mode: | Mode 2 (Adobe RGB) |
| Hue adjustment: | 3 |
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| Tone compensation: | Less contrast |
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