More azalea images from my neighborhood. These 2 images have more a cluster of blossoms like the rhododendron than the azalea. You do not see these colors that frequently in neighborhood gardens. Virgnia did have the "Flame Azalea" (Rhododendron
calendulaceum) as wildflower of the year in 2000. However, I feel these could be hybrid varieties. These azaleas bloom later than some of the other azaleas. It had been so windy that I was having difficult trying to capture images of flowers/blossoms. So on Tuesday it was cloudy and I wanted to capture some images before the rain moved in and affected the blossoms. The yellow one I purposely wanted to see if you could see more detail in the petals by shooting upward and letting the light shine through. Because there was cloud cover, it helped with greater saturation of the colors of the orange one. Both images taken with my DSL-R camera and a 50 mm Sony macro prime lens. No tripod was used. Minor editing with PSE 11. Images were posted in an album on my FB page.
http://vnps.org/wildflowers-of-the-year/2000-flame-azalea-rhododendron-calendulaceum/
More azalea images from my neighborhood. These 2 images have more a cluster of blossoms like the rhododendron than the azalea. You do not see these colors that frequently in neighborhood gardens. Virgnia did have the "Flame Azalea" (Rhododendron calendulaceum) as wildflower of the year in 2000. However, I feel these could be hybrid varieties. These azaleas bloom later than some of the other azaleas. It had been so windy that I was having difficult trying to capture images of flowers/blossoms. So on Tuesday it was cloudy and I wanted to capture some images before the rain moved in and affected the blossoms. The yellow one I purposely wanted to see if you could see more detail in the petals by shooting upward and letting the light shine through. Because there was cloud cover, it helped with greater saturation of the colors of the orange one. Both images taken with my DSL-R camera and a 50 mm Sony macro prime lens. No tripod was used. Minor editing with PSE 11. Images were posted in an album on my FB page. http://vnps.org/wildflowers-of-the-year/2000-flame-azalea-rhododendron-calendulaceum/
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