Floating
by Connie Handscomb
Title
Floating
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art
Description
Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood
Family : Cornaceae
The stretch of Pacific Coast from Vancouver Island through to San Diego is home to a flowering tree, the Pacific Dogwood - which is also the floral emblem of the province in Canada I live in (British Columbia). This is not the Pacific Dogwood; I believe this is the Cornus florida since the shape of the flower and petals are quite different to our Cornus nuttallii - named, incidentally, after a friend of James Audobon: Thomas Nuttall. The Pacific dogwood flowers, called bracts, are white and pink-tinged.
The dogwood is used frequently as an ornamental landscape tree, and since it is used ornamentally where I live, finding out the hardwood is used for many things surprised me: golf clubs, shuttles, and piano keys; also bows, arrow, harpoon shafts, and knitting needles.
The bark is high in tannic acid, and indigenous peoples made a tea from the bark for fevers.
In autumn, small multi-seeded fruits appear which can be used for jam (something else I wasn't aware of).
The dogwood blooms I have usually captured have been quite vibrant; this particular one was in a quiet mood.
Sources:
The Encyclopedia of North American Trees [S. Benvie]
Plants of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland [C.Vaner]
Flowering Shrubs : A Gardener's Guide [Negus; Strong]
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Taken in natural light ; Undedited; Uncropped, : Nature in all its natural splendour.
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♥ Heartfelt Gratitude to FAA groups for featuring this image :
Visions Of Spring
Flower Mania
Exploration Photography
10 Plus
Beautiful Flowers
Spa and Salon Art
Uploaded
April 29th, 2015
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Comments (71)
I'ina Van Lawick
Lovely POV, Connie. Probably my most favorite flower. Love the flowing feeling of dance and growth in your image. LF
Mary Deal
Delicate and lovely. Perfect tight focus. Wonderful composition. Your macros are magnificent! f/l/t/G+
Connie Handscomb
Charlotte, Hi! & thank you very much! for featuring this image in Spa and Salon Art :))
Barbara Chase
No wonder you knocked their socks off when your family first saw your work! These images are exquisite!!! I also enjoyed reading your bio and about the various cameras... :) (I wore out five Olympus OM2n camera bodies and a Nikon D50 in my photographic trek). l/f
Connie Handscomb replied:
Lol.. actually, Barbara, my family is pretty salt of the earth & like to keep their socks on .. .but oh my goodness, your compliment has tickled {& pleasured} me, thank you soooo much! I see you understand the camera issue quite well :)))
Louise Hill
Connie, revisiting... I just love this photo!!
Connie Handscomb replied:
Louise, if you are ... that means I'm not uploading fast enough , Lol... ; thank you so much, kind one! :)))
Sandra Sengstock-Miller
So soft and beautiful in such a lovely baby pink. The title suit this so well. L/F Sandy
Connie Handscomb replied:
Hi, Sandy! thank you, I guess they like to do that {float} on the air waves ;))