Gentians
Gentians have an interesting folding mechanism, it almost looks like a camera's aperture that can rotate open:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/60s
To be precise, this is a marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe), klokjesgentiaan in Dutch.
Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/80s
A variety from Italy was just posted here.
This is what it looks like when the Alcon blue I posted about yesterday has paid a visit. The little white blobs are the butterfly's eggs:
Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO100, f4, 1/80s
Thanks for watching!
Thats pretty amazing the way it folds.
Did you happen to get a macro shot of those eggs?
No, I don't usually carry something that can get close enough to show much detail on these eggs, they are only about 1mm in diameter.
Yes. I was amazed that even show up in the flowers shots. Some of the Lycaenid eggs have amazing architecture if you can get close enough.
Is it blue or purple?
I think I'm color blind
Or your monitor needs calibrating 8-).