In the Field

Flowering Yellow Puccoon. Findlay Creek, BC, Canada. May 14, 2005.

Another early spring bloomer in our area is Yellow Puccoon. I find this plant visually interesting primarily because of its strong radial symmetry - which is expressed on at least three levels. First, the plant exhibits radial symmetry in its overall growth form, with numerous shoots radiating from a small, central spot on the ground.

Second, the each "flower head" consists of 5 to 7 flowers arranged in a circular fashion. Following Murphy's Law, these rings of flowers are almost never on the same focal plane (thwarting Yellow Puccoon photographers everywhere!).

And third, each flower is composed of 5 petals in a circular arrangement.

Clearly, whoever or whatever designed or produced the plant had a predilection for radial/circular patterns!

Behind the Camera

Flowering Yellow Puccoon. Findlay Creek, BC, Canada. May 14, 2005.

Digital Capture; Compressed RAW (NEF) format; ISO 100.

Nikon D2X with Nikon AF Micro 60 mm f/2.8 lens (90 mm equivalent with digital conversion factor) supported on Gitzo G2220 Explorer tripod with Manfrotto 222 Joystick ballhead.

1/60s @ f4.2; No compensation from matrix-metered exposure setting.

At the Computer

Flowering Yellow Puccoon. Findlay Creek, BC, Canada. May 14, 2005.

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Conservation

Flowering Yellow Puccoon. Findlay Creek, BC, Canada. May 14, 2005.

Ten percent of the selling price of this image (Limited Edition Print or Stock) will be donated to Wildsight.

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