Robert Barley
July 2025 - False Spirea
About the Image(s)
I found this crazy perennial during a photo walk with friends. The wild growth seems to go in all directions at once. I thought the energy and the color were snap-worthy. My iPad says it is a "False Spirea." Why it's "false," I couldn't say. Just a little contrast, a mild crop, and a small border were added.
9 comments posted
Beautiful Robert. False Spirea is another plant I have never heard of. Dicks Japanese version is another Spirea. I love the color that you were able to maintain. Jerry Posted: 07/05/2025 13:32:35
An interesting coincidence. Your plant doesn't look like other spireas.I am not sure if I see small clusters of bloom or not, but they may look like other spirea blossoms. The leaves are certainly different. I think the plant is a variety of Astilbe. A quick check online showed several examples. Posted: 07/05/2025 14:23:31
So, what comments do you have about the photo?
Thanks. Posted: 07/06/2025 17:09:10
Thanks. Posted: 07/06/2025 17:09:10
I like the photo with it's "crazy quilt" pattern. The three probable flower clusters are hard to see and a bit distracting, but important for species I D. Given the black background within the image, the border is very useful.
Are the leaves in the foreground really larger than others or is that a result of camera angle? They do help give the image depth. Posted: 07/06/2025 17:25:19
Are the leaves in the foreground really larger than others or is that a result of camera angle? They do help give the image depth. Posted: 07/06/2025 17:25:19
It is a crazy quilt. That is the point of the photo. It wasn't intended to be a plant identification shot. I just mentioned what Siri said it is, but that really isn't important to me.
The foreground leaves are naturally larger. I assumed they were just older. I held the phone pretty much parallel to the leaf cluster.
Thanks
Posted: 07/06/2025 18:06:26
The foreground leaves are naturally larger. I assumed they were just older. I held the phone pretty much parallel to the leaf cluster.
Thanks
Posted: 07/06/2025 18:06:26
I really like the multiple angles of the branches and the different tones of green. I'm wondering about a little tighter crop and also what it would look like in B&W. Great find and capture. Posted: 07/14/2025 01:11:54
Black and white is a great idea. I'm the guy who's supposed to be a real BW fan, and I didn't think of that. I tried it using PS and cycling through the options. Removing the color helps to feature the shapes of the leaves. It is much more graphical that way, and I like it. Thanks for the suggestion.
Posted: 07/14/2025 16:23:24
Posted: 07/14/2025 16:23:24
At first the eye jumps around but then settles in the center where that bit of color and lighter leaf is. The overall impact is effective. Posted: 07/14/2025 14:01:21
Thank you. I cropped it so that lighter leaf area would, more or less, be in the lower left third intersection so the viewer's eyes had a place to land.
Posted: 07/14/2025 16:27:11
Posted: 07/14/2025 16:27:11