Passiflora incarnata | ©2014 David Allio
A Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens is covered with pollen from a Purple Passionflower Passiflora incarnata in Upstate South Carolina. Passiflora incarnata is also known as Purple Passionflower, True Passionflower, Maypop, Ocoee, Wild Apricot, and Wild Passion Vine. Passifloraceae is predominantly a tropical family represented on the mainland United States by the Passiflora genus.[1]
camera: Nikon D60 | lens: AF Nikkor VR Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED
focal length: 200mm | exposure: f/11 – 1/320th – ISO 400
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1 Radford, Albert E, Harry E. Ahles, and C R. Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Print.
Stones in Mendon Brook | ©2014 David Allio
Clear water of Mendon Brook flows around and across massive stones. Mendon Brook is a wild trout stream in Rutland County near the Appalachian Trail in Mendon, Vermont.
camera: Nikon D3 | lens: AF Nikkor VR Zoom 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED
focal length: 70mm | exposure: f/22 – multiple exposures in camera – ISO 100
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Iridaceae gladiolus | ©2014 David Allio
My mother maintains several perennial flower gardens. This Iridaceae gladiolus was seen in one of those gardens. Worldwide there are an estimated 260 species and over 10,000 cultivars of the Iridaceae gladiolus.
camera: Nikon D3 | lens: AF Nikkor Micro 60mm f/2.8D | exposure: f/8 – 1/80th – ISO 2500
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