four variations on lavender-red bitones

18 years ago

On my strip to iris paradise, I saw a lot of work being done with lavender standards and red (rust) falls. Here are a few:

MAN'S BEST FRIEND (P.Black 2008) is a very nice IB; nice red-brown falls

GOLLY GEE WHIZ (Burseen, 2003) this is a back lit photo, which might exaggerate the lines and glow a bit, but it really is a very pretty iris!

CAST A SPELL (Blyth 1996) Very rich color here, Blyth seems to be doing a lot with this combination.

ADOREE (Blyth, possibly to be introduced by Keppel?) I heard Barry Blyth talk about this line of hybridizing and his work with keith Keppel. This one is named after Blyth's mother.

All but the last picture were taken at Mid America.

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iris_gal
18 years ago
I remember when Witching (sp?) came out. I couldn't believe the pictures.

Adoree looks great. Onto the list for that one.
alisande
18 years ago
These are all lovely. And good photography, too!
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gmason
18 years ago
You got some very nice photos on your recent trip. Thanks for posting.
terry94705
Original Author
18 years ago
Last year I bought a Nikon D40 and didn't discover until bloom season that it didn't capture purples and blues with the accuracy that we need for irises. I was really unhappy. Fortunately I was able to sell it to someone who didn't need that capacity and buy myself a Rebel. This trip was the tryout trip for the new camera.

Most of these photos were taken in full sun, between 10 and 4. Not usually the best time for iris photos, but aside from the white areas (which got totally blasted) the color came out really well.
minrose
18 years ago
neat variations of bicolors.