Day Lilly IV

Posted: July 27, 2009 
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This is a macro shot of the stamen of an orange Day Lily using my Sigma 70-300mm zoom lens at full zoom, my Nikon 6T close-up filter, taken at f/5.6-and-one-half and 1/30 shutter speed on Kodak Elitechrome 100 ISO slide film.

The stamen of a flower is the male reproductive organ.  The stalk ends in the anther, which the swollen end of the stamen that bears the pollen.  This and Day Lily V are partner shots, taken of the same thing but using different compositions.

For detailed descriptions of the part of a Day Lily flower, visit the American Hemerocallis Society’s webpage at: http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/ImageMap.html