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Cannaceae - Canna Burgundia

Canna Burgundia | ©2014 David Allio

 

Although commonly called the flower of the Canna Lily, these extravagant colored stamens hide the flower of this Cannaceae, not Liliaceae. This cultivar Canna Burgundia was discovered growing in the cracks of a Charleston, South Carolina, sidewalk.


camera: Nikon D60 | lens: AF Nikkor VR Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED | exposure: f/11 – 1/250th – ISO 400
Protect valuable camera equipment on location with a Think Tank camera bag.

Lathyrus latifolius

Lathyrus latifolius | ©2014 David Allio

 

 

Everlasting Sweet Pea Lathyrus latifolius add splashes of color to the field in front of my mother’s house in Southwest Virginia.


camera: Nikon D3
lens: AF Nikkor Micro 60mm f/2.8D
exposure: f/8 – 1/80th – ISO 2500

Protect valuable camera equipment
on location with a Think Tank camera bag.

Issaqueena Falls

Rapids | ©2014 David Allio

 

"The work of art is encountered in the world of objects, where the natural and the cultural, the natural object and the man-made object, mingle inextricably."1

Rapids is a digital artwork depicting the watery rapids above Issaqueena Falls in Oconee County, South Carolina.



[1] Dufrenne, Mikel. The Phenomenology of Aesthetic Experience. Evanston [Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1973. Print.


Camera: Nikon D3 | Lens: AF Nikkor VR Zoom 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Focal Length: 70mm | Exposure: f/22 | 6 sec | ISO 100