Star Attraction
by Connie Handscomb
Title
Star Attraction
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art
Description
To appreciate a single phenomenon .. you must camp down beside it as for life ... and give yourself utterly to it.
~ Henry David Thoreau [Journals]
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Clematis
Family : Ranunculaceae
The work clematis is from the Greek word klema, which means vine branch, or tendril.
Looking at this bloom, it is hard to believe it is a member of the buttercup family (I tend to think of small, bright, and sunny yellow), but with about 230 species, variety is certainly a definite possibility. Indigenous to Asia, Europe, North America and New Zealand, found in the wild they are called 'species clematis' - distinct from the hybrids. (It was during the reign of Elizabeth I, the English began to cultivate).
Native Americans used the leaves and bark, or dried and powered the root, of certain types of clematis for a shampoo. It has been used for rheumatism, headaches, varicose veins, gout, syphilis, skin condition, and fluid retention. When made into a poultice, has treated infected wounds, ulcers and blisters.
Some people apply clematis directly to the skin for blisters and in a wet dressing (as a poultice) to treat infected wounds and ulcers.
Sources:
Online: Medicinal Herb Info; Web MD
Four Chefs, One Garden : Seasons Of West Coast Living [Roy]
The Gardener's Atlas: The Origins, Discovery, And Cultivation Of The World's Most Popular Garden Plants [J.Grimshaw]
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Not far outside the side door, hanging over the wall, the white blooms began to open late February and now, in the midst of March, they are in blooming profusion. Out for a walk with my camera in between the multitude of spring showers we have been having, I captured this young bud just starting to open .....
......captured in natural light, unaltared, unedited .... nature in all its soft, natural splendour.
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♥ Heartfelt Gratitude to FAA groups for featuring this image :
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March 22nd, 2016
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Comments (49)
Connie Handscomb
Beth, thank you! for featuring this image in The Most Beautiful Flowers - Photography Only :))
Lois Bryan
Glorious capture, Connie ... your dof work on this amazing image is magic ... you and Mother Nature are pulling your visitors deep into the center of this perfect beauty!!! Truly excellent photographic art!!!! l/f
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful floral close up photo, with great light, colors, dof, perspective, delicate textures, and composition, Connie! F/L
Geraldine Scull
Wonderful DOF, exposure and beautiful processing of this perfect unblemished blossom ! l/f
Kumar Annamalai
An amazing image...as always technically well done. Much more is the fell and the mood of this capture. Well done Connie
Gabriella Weninger - David
Another Absolutely STUNNING capture Connie... WOW... very beautiful Image!!!