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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Wednesday Weeds Puzzle
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 16:00:53 -0400
References: <11bfdb40-83a0-48ec-3198-08536ac482f2@lighttube.net>

I can't help you with ID but we have cultivated this plant as a late summer
bloom by our driveway.  As to color, mine appears to be a high IR reflector
so different sensors will show different colors.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 3:01 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> During the past several days, a cluster has appeared and bloomed
> alongside my roadside screen of bushes.  I have not been able to
> identify the plant.  Google photos indicate a possible Mexican connection.
>
> The thing that puzzles me is that, when I observe the plant with the
> naked eye, the bloom color is pale blue.  When I took closeups with the
> X-T2, all of the images came out pink.  When I took the Oly E-1 out to
> get the full cluster, the blooms appeared almost white.
>
> I have moved sliders with wild abandon to get images that resemble what
> my eyes see.
>
> But, I still can't identify the plant, or the reason for the peculiar
> rendering of the color.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180905-P9057390.JPG.html
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180904-DSCF9691.JPG.html
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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