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Autumn Spring II.


Autumn Spring II.
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Copyright: Peter Stoeckl (peter_stoeckl) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1629 W: 287 N: 3646] (10219)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-10-14
Categories: Trees
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-H5
Exposure: f/4, 1/1000 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-10-15 13:32
Viewed: 1218
Points: 26
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Autumn Spring II.

Syringa vulgaris L.
Common Lilac.
Flieder.

Nothing special here, except the time of the year the picture was taken:

Austria, in October.

In the Northern hemisphere, the Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) is in blossom in April and May. With its conspicuous blossoms and its strong aromatic scent it is a most popular herald of Spring.

This year, Europe has been and still is enjoying very mild late summer weather with temperatures well above average. A variety of plants are still in blossom or start blossoming again, mistaking this time of the year for next Spring.

Some bumblebees around are doing the same.

And even people.


Scientific classification:

Species: Syringa vulgaris L.
Genus: Syringa
Family: Oleaceae
Order: Lamiales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

“The Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) is a deciduous plant in the olive family (Oleaceae), native to the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe, where it grows in the wild on rocky hills.

It is a large shrub or small tree, growing 6-7 m high. The smooth bark is gray to gray-brown. The shrubs are multi-stemmed, producing secondary shoots from the base or roots.

The leaves are simple, light green to glaucous, oval to cordate, with pinnate leaf venation, a mucronate apex and an entire margin, reaching a length of 5-10 cm. They are arranged opposite pairs or occasionally in whorls of three.

The four-petaled flowers are cup-shaped with a four-lobed corolla, usually lilac to mauve. They are arranged in a dense, terminal panicle 8-18 cm long. The fruit is a dry, smooth brown capsule, about 1 cm long.

Common Lilac is a very common ornamental plant in gardens and parks, because of the attractive, sweet smell of its flowers.” (Wikipedia)


The camera:

SONY DSC-H5, 3072 x 2304 pixel, sRGB, 33mm, F/4, 1/1000 sec., ISO-125; no tripod, no flash, steady shot option activated; 14.10.2006, 10:53.

Postwork: very little. Photoshop Elements, downsized to the web, slightly sharpened and sharpening noise removed. Contrast, luminance, and saturation slightly adjusted.


The location:

please have a look into >>> WORKSHOP.


Hope you enjoy. Thank you for looking.

Have a very good day.

P.S.:
The scent has been marvellous.
But sorry no chance to post it.
wallhalla15, dew77, eruyanik, batu, red45, anel, valy67, ramthakur has marked this note useful
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  • Great 
  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-10-15 13:38]

Hello Peter,
Wonderful action close up.POV,colors,details,lighting,BG,framing and composition are excellent.Have a good day too!
TFS...:-)

Hallo Peter,
toll - einfach toll!! Ich hatte heute zwar auch mehrere Blümchen (u.a. schönen knackigen Löwenzahn) entdeckt - aber keinen Flieder. Bei mir ist im Garten die Forsythie etwas aus dem Gleichgewicht geraten. Einige Zweige sind voller dicker Knospen.
- Genau im richtigen Moment hast Du hier den Auslöser gedrückt! Meinen Glückwunsch! Ein sehr ungewöhnliches Herbstbild.
Gruß
Heinz

  • Great 
  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2006-10-15 13:47]

Halo Peter,
das ist ja wirklich sehr intereessant dass im Herbst der Flieder blueht. Unglaublich was die natur alles so auf Lager hat. Ich find die Augfnahme super, vor allem die Perspektive und und die prima Schaerfe. Zum richtigen Zeitpunkt abgedrueckt als der Tieflieger knap vor seinem Ziel war.
Danke fuer den fruehlingshaften Gruss..Sky

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Bin verstört! Dachte, das Bild ist vom Frühling - so was verrücktes.
Hallo Peter, was für eine Kuriosität - ich kenne es, daß die Forsythie mal ein paar Blüten im Herbst herausdrückt, aber ein kompletter Flieder?!? Das ist wundervoll - und erschreckend - die Natur spielt auch schon verrückt! Das Foto ist genial zusammen mit der fliegenden Hummel, erstklassige Komposition, vielen Dank und Gruß
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Hallo Peter,
Love this beautiful bunch of flower, great colours it has! That pov is wonderful choice and great bonus that bumble bee. Diagonal position is really nice, so the framing too.
i looked the ws post and i'm really surprised, i thought that flower should be in a grassland or near a mount:-) You presented it great with subtract the environment.
Regards to you and your lady!
Ersin

  • Great 
  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1061 W: 290 N: 3960] (13380)
  • [2006-10-15 14:54]

Guten Abend Peter,
daneben, dass du die Blüte schön getroffen hast, hast du auch gleich ein sehr aktuelles Thema getroffen. Etliche TrekNature Bilder und die dazugehörigen Anmerkungen dokumentieren deutlich die Auswirkungen des offenbbar abnormen warmen Wetters in Gesamteuropa. Für einige Tagfalter gibt es deutliche Hinweise auf eine zusätzliche (partielle) dritte Genaeration in diesem Jahr. In Nordeuropa sind noch Tagfalter aktiv, wo es ansonsten schon 'frostige' Nächte gibt. Jetzt zeigst du uns den Herbstflieder. Möglicherweise treiben bei uns demnächst die Weidekätzchen aus. Hier lässt sich durch die TrekNature-Aktivitäten ein Bild aus vielen kleinen Bausteinen zusammensetzen.
Bedenklich, oder nicht?
Einen (nachdenklichen) und schönen Abend noch, Peter

  • Great 
  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-10-16 2:15]

Hello Peter!

Yes, nature goes mad :-) In Poland some typical for spring flowers also are blooming now. Great diagonal composition with blue sky on BG. Bumble bee is great bonus here.

  • Great 
  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1730 W: 0 N: 3938] (15810)
  • [2006-10-16 3:31]

Hallo Peter,
Dein wunderschöner Flieder hat uns allen einen Denkanstoss gegeben. Ich bin auf diesem Gebiet auch hellhörig, da ich einen Sohn habe,der Asthmatiker ist und manchmal auf schlechte Ozonwerte mit Erstickungsanfällen reagiert. Unser Beitrag an die Umwelt ist der Verzicht auf ein Auto, nicht viel aber die kleinen Bäche..
Scheinbar hat das kleine Hummelchen Freude an den schönen Blüten. Jedenfalls, wie immer ein gelungenes Bild
Danke
Anne

  • Great 
  • edal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 376 W: 50 N: 412] (1849)
  • [2006-10-16 4:57]

Hallo Peter!
The shot with the flying bee is outstanding! Very sharp and from a remarkable angle. Strange that syringe is blossomming now... Yet colors are not strange but very genuine, hehe. Good work!
Anton

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2006-10-16 16:09]
  • [+]

Hi Peter,
I see that spring is really present in Austria as summer is still present in Spain. A beautiful flower with lovely colors. You have surprised me twice! I don't know that this "lilo" (Syringa vulgaris) belongs to the olive family and I have not the pleasure to know your wife. :-)
As a symmetrical correspondence, here is my wife among olives.
Best regards my friend.
José M.

Hello peter !
This is a beautiful shot of this flying bee, but what I like most in this picture is the flower, with its gorgeous pink color. The blue sky makes a nice BG, and the compposition as well as the POV and the details are excellent. Very well done !
Valerie.

Peter,
This is a very nice capture with excellent details and composition. The mouvement of the bumblebee is very well frozen. It is not easy to catch them in fly and you did great! This is a simple but very effective composition. Thanks,
Claudine

Hi Peter!
How fortunate to have an extended summer in Europe! So enjoy it, my friend.
This bunch of beautiful lilacs looks as fresh as it would have looked in the spring. The bee hovering around it stregthens your conviction of an autumnal spring.
TFS and take care.
My apologies for the delay in getting back with points.
Ram

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