Hi Jim,
Looks to me like your reply from Mr. Sharp is a much better fit.
Interestingly, most all the photos I saw of the flower he mentions seem to
have trouble with displaying it as blue. Many looked pink or lavender. So
it appears that your troubles with it weren't unique.
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 4:17 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but I think Douglas Sharp, on the LUG list,
> nailed it, as some form of the Blue Mist Flower.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 9/5/2018 3:41 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> > *Hydrangea serrata?* That was the closest a google image search found
> using
> > your two images, Jim.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 12:01 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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?
> >>
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> >> Jim Nichols
> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >>
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