Irises: The beginning of the end ... or not - The Beardless, 1 by laurief

laurief wrote:
I've been hoping CORONATION ANTHEM would bloom so I could enjoy in person what I've seen in so many photos. This Sib is gorgeous! I must have taken 30-40 pics before even lifting my camera away from this single bloom. When I downloaded the pics to my computer and went through them to choose the best one for posting, I was surprised to find a BLUE flower in every frame. Danged camera! I had to go back out to the garden to make sure my unreliable memory wasn't playing tricks on me again. Sure enough, CA is NOT blue. Since I only have one stalk out there on this maiden bloom, I can't cut it to bring in for color correction on my computer, so this photo is as close to accurate color as I can manage running from garden to computer while trying to retain the color in my head. ACK!

Anyhow, I believe this is pretty close to how CA looks in the garden.