Close-up: a Blue Mountain Cornflower

I am catching up on my post-processing of photographs that I shot this spring, so I will be uploading many new images in the coming weeks. Here’s the first one. It is a close-up of a blue Mountain Cornflower (Centaurea Montana). It is an alpine wildflower that grows in alpine meadows and in open woodland. It mainly flowers from May to August.

Blue Mountain Cornflower

Close up of a blue Mountain Cornflower (Centaurea montana). It grows in alpine meadows and open woodland and flowers mainly from May to August.

I captured this macro photograph while hiking the botanical route at the Moléson mountain, which lies in the Gruyère region in Switzerland.

Make sure to check out our Nature’s Detail Photography portfolio to see more photographs of nature’s beautiful detail.

Hope you like this one as well!

Cheers, Johan 🙂

90 thoughts on “Close-up: a Blue Mountain Cornflower

  1. Johan Peijnenburg says:

    Hayo, Matthew and Brian: thanks you very much!
    Michael: glad that I could make you like a flower shot 🙂
    David: merci!

  2. Michael Bolognesi says:

    I must say i usually dont like flower shots but this obe is in a league of its own. Awesome light and magnificent detail!!

    • Johan Peijnenburg says:

      uploaded it when I had a few hundred people in my circles and you were probably not in there yet, so I won’t hold it against you 🙂 Glad you like it!

  3. Johan Peijnenburg says:

    @Kelli: glad you like it! Thanks for curating the theme as well 🙂
    @Shelly: thank you! Would love to see your version of it as well!
    @maru: gracias 🙂 Thanks for re-sharing!

  4. Shelly Gunderson says:

    Very pretty! I have a different view of one of these and had no idea what it was called so thanks for that. Love your point of view on it.

  5. Johan Peijnenburg says:

    +Cho Tang: dank je wel!
    +Peter de Rooij: thanks as well. Glad you stop by every time to see what I am up to 🙂

  6. Mim Eisenberg says:

    Lovely capture. It seems to be blowing in the Alpine breeze, yet the petals are sharply defined. I have some of these in my metro Atlanta garden.

  7. Ron Clifford says:

    Its great to “see” things we often daily pass by. That’s often what a photographer does. Captures a moment and causes us to really look at it. thanks for sharing Johan.

    • Johan Peijnenburg (Google+) says:

      Officially yes. It is larger than life. Opinions vary though. That’s why I called it a close-up instead.

      • Al-Waffi Md. Imran Hossain (Google+) says:

        actually m a pro in photography..will u tell me actually when any photo called perfect macro??

        • Johan Peijnenburg (Google+) says:

          Looking forward to seeing your images here on Google+ soon then!
          In my view a macro photograph is a photo in which the subject has at least a 1:1 ratio with the photo negative. This means that the image of the subject on the negative is at least the same size as the real life subject. So, photography at 1x magnification and above. Anything less I would call a “close-up” rather than “macro”.

          • Al-Waffi Md. Imran Hossain (Google+) says:

            there are some of my images..those have been taken by me..i know it’s not classic..but I am trying to improve my photography skill…thanx for your help bro..hoping to get help in future from you.

          • Johan Peijnenburg (Google+) says:

            That’s the fun in photography. If there is nothing left to improve or learn I will go fishing instead 🙂
            Just let me know when you need help or feedback.

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