Thursday, March 25, 2010

Lily of the Incas


LILY OF THE INCAS (ALSTROEMERIA AUREA), EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, MARCH 16, 2010

Pentax K20D
Tamron SP AF 90mm f2.8 DI Macro
1/4 sec. f11
ISO 400

This showy bloom, also known as the Peruvian Lily, grows in the Andes Mountains of Chile and is often imported for sale in American supermarkets. In one of them I bought a bunch for our dinner table, later deciding decided it'd make a good subject for a macrophotography setup.

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