Hello! Below are a few photos of black irises I found near the entrance to Oakland Cemetery while on my recent photo-trips. As you can see from the photos, even though it’s a called a “black iris” there are threads of purple, magenta, and dark blue running through all the petals. In brighter spots — as shown in the first two photos — yellow sunlight emphasizes the intensity of the purple and magenta shades; whereas those more shielded from the sun — where the light shifts to cooler colors — show blue highlights instead.
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The previous post in this series is:
A Profusion of Irises: Iris No. 1
Thanks for taking a look! 🙂
Looks like purple to me. 😉
It’s not, you must be looking at it wrongly. 🙂
Totally stunning!
It’s pretty cool, eh? Thanks for the comment!
Cool doesn’t even begin to cut it.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Thanks!
Very nice, a few of mine just bloomed in the garden this week.
Thanks! Those in my own garden are off to a slow start this year — getting too much shade from nearby overgrown trees, I think — so I’ve been enjoying Oakland’s instead. I finished post-processing the rest of my photos today, so will be posting all sorts of different colored irises over the next few weeks.
Thanks for the comment
Nice, I’ll enjoy seeing them.
Beautiful flower!
Hello, Bernice! and Thanks!
🙂 🙂