Windflower . . . by Dawn LeBlanc
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The name anemone comes from the Greek word for “windflower.” According to Greek mythology, the anemone sprang from Aphrodite’s tears as she mourned the death of Adonis. Thought to bring luck and protect against evil, legend has it that when the anemone closes its petals, it’s a signal that rain is approaching. Still other mythology connects the anemone to magical fairies, who were believed to sleep under the petals after they closed at sunset. Perhaps it’s because of this magical and prophetic tales that today in the language of flowers, anemones represent anticipation.
I was experimenting with the use of a lightbox to create the backlighting as I wanted to draw out the detail in the petals more than is normally seen and it seems to work quite well, although it would only work on flowers with a less dense petal structure. Shot with a Canon Mark III and Canon 100mm macro lens, with fill flash to illuminate face of the flower.
