Indian Paintbrush Green Flowers

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While my photography client and I were working a roadside meadow together along the southern Blue Ridge Parkway in Western North Carolina, she called me over to see some beautiful water droplets that were hanging from the stigma of each greenish/yellow flower on an Indian Paintbrush wildflower.  I thought it was a really neat find and just the thing I try to use my macro rig to capture.  

The Indian Paintbrush is an uncommon flower in North Carolina (S3 vulnerable per NatureServe).  It features beautiful scarlett red bracts, attracting the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird for pollination.   However, the flowers are actually small and greenish/yellow.  I thought the water droplets really provided an opportunity to focus in on this neat aspect of an otherwise uncommon to North Carolina wildflower.

Camera:  Canon EOS 5Dr
Lens:  Canon MP-E 65mm
Tripod:  Handheld w/ flash

Date taken:  May 18, 2024
Settings:  f14, 1/250 second, iso 100

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