These little floweers (with long grassblade leaves) grow in the shade. This shot was underexposed. While working on it, I tried to savor the feeling of growing in the shade. I will be working on old photos--mining the archives for gold--for this is tornado season, very hot & muggy, a good time to lean back in the lazyboy & work on my photoshop skills.
This is a splendid portrait of the spiderwort. I speak from many a failed experience. Just enough light to get those hairy thingums and the colours and textures in the petals.
Spiderwort
(Commelinaceae)
Tradescantia Occidentalis
Also called: Widows Tears
I would be lucky to find any of these blooming in the wild at this time in my area, they usually bloom a bit earlier than August, however they are also cultivated in some gardens, which sometimes can prolong them. Some variation of colour can sometimes be evident - they can be a lighter blue or white. This is an excellent flower, I find them in dry hillsides & near RR tracks.
Look at all those wonderful feathery bits :-))) Beautiful colors and it does feel cool and shady (which would be a nice change of pace for me right about now!). I like the soft lighting, too.
The flower looks like a blue Trillium, maybe? Do you know? It's lovely.
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