Re: PHOTO: Electric blue irises

My sister and I (amateur photographers) have discovered through the years 
that plants and outside landscape photos (with either lots of green or blue
colors) photograph best with Fuji film, while Kodak seems to enhance
skin-tones and warmer indoor shots better.  I used a lot of Fuji film this
year to photograph my iris, and found that the colors were truer than when
I've used Kodak film in the past.  Even my blue iris -- "Evelyn", "Victoria
Falls", "Pacific Mist" and "Blue Sapphire" - ALL photographed in BLUE tones,
instead of the purple look I've had in previous years.  I am very happy
about that!

Just a thought for any of you who want to photograph your iris for
scrapbooks etc.

Ruth Vreeland
Albuquerque

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>From: neilm@charter.net
>To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [iris-talk] PHOTO: Electric blue irises
>Date: Tue, May 15, 2001, 1:15 PM
>

> I'm noticing that digital photos--AND those scanned from prints--
> sometimes render blossoms more blue than they are.  Always before
> with the Kodak products my complaint was that "blue" iris
> photographed violet (even though they really were as much violet as
> they were blue).  Now perhaps the tide is reversed.  Too blue to be
> true?
>
> I haven't seen a photo yet of VANDA SONG.  If I can catch it when the
> wind stops I may try getting a postable one--it genuinely is the most
> BLUE colored iris I have ever seen.  I was expecting it to be more
> white than blue--and it's a stunningly beautiful ice blue.  Closely
> related to SKYWALKER, I think it may have the Schreiner star upstaged.
>
> Better yet, it has pollen.  SKYWALKER doesn't here, and is stubbornly
> reluctant to set seed, even though it is know to do so on occasion.
> Hopefully VANDA SONG will be not only fertile, but prolific as a
> parent.  It is noted to be a good one.  Its parentage includes DARK
> TOP type breeders so there may be potential especially in that
> direction.
>
> Neil Mogensen  zone 7a near Asheville, NC
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