Summer Jewels
by Darren Fisher
Title
Summer Jewels
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A macro capture of waterdrops on the edge of some beautiful Gerber Daisy Petals. I used a macro lens to capture these beauties up close and personal. I love being able to capture what we can't see with our nake eye. A drop or droplet is a small column of liquid, bounded completely or almost completely by free surfaces. A drop may form when liquid accumulates at the lower end of a tube or other surface boundary, producing a hanging drop called a pendant drop. Drops may also be formed by the condensation of a vapor or by atomization of a larger mass of liquid. Liquid forms drops because the liquid exhibits surface tension.
A simple way to form a drop is to allow liquid to flow slowly from the lower end of a vertical tube of small diameter. The surface tension of the liquid causes the liquid to hang from the tube, forming a pendant. When the drop exceeds a certain size it is no longer stable and detaches itself. The falling liquid is also a drop held together by surface tension.
Gerbera is very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers. The domesticated cultivars are mostly a result of a cross between Gerbera jamesonii and another South African species Gerbera viridifolia.[2] The cross is known as Gerbera hybrida. Thousands of cultivars exist. They vary greatly in shape and size. Colours include white, yellow, orange, red, and pink. The centre of the flower is sometimes black. Often the same flower can have petals of several different colours.
Gerbera is also important commercially. It is the fifth most used cut flower in the world (after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip). It is also used as a model organism in studying flower formation. Gerbera contains naturally occurring coumarin derivatives. Gerbera is a tender perennial plant. It is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds, but resistant to deer.[3] Their soil should be kept moist but not soaked.
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September 4th, 2014
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Sven Brogren
just beautiful. I love it cause brings the details our naked eye cannot see. Peace, Sven
Clare Bevan
Darren your macro gallery is just superb!!! This is one of my favourites, the colours are so beautiful!!! Fabulous work x