Cerastium fontanum (Common mouse-ear chickweed) flower
Description
- Title:
- Cerastium fontanum (Common mouse-ear chickweed) flower
- Caption / Description:
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Cerastium fontanum (Common mouse-ear chickweed) flower and flower buds. When the flower buds first appear they can be quite tightly packed together (as seen here). As the flowers start to emerge they spread further out from one another.
The flower has 5 white notched petals, the notch cutting down about one third of the length of the petal. The sepals are green and hairy on the underside, with a red tip. The flowers have 10 stamens (white anthers with yellow pollen) and 5 styles (white stigmas). The centre of the flower and bases of the petals are green.
The plant grows to a height of around 15 cm, the flowers vary from around 7 - 11 mm in diameter. It can often be found growing on bare ground, grassland, and roadsides. Cerastium fontanum flowers from April to September.
- Tags / Keywords:
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Plantae
- Plants
- Magnoliophyta
- Flowering Plants
- Angiosperms
- Magnoliopsida
- Dicotyledons
- Caryophyllales
- Caryophyllaceae
- Pinks
- Cerastium
- Mouse-ear chickweed
- Cerastium fontanum
- Common mouse-ear chickweed
Admin
- Date Original Photo Taken:
- Original File Name:
- DSCF0362.RAF
- Event:
- Rating:
- ☆☆
- Date this image added/last updated on website:
- Original File Dimensions:
- 4896px x 3264px
- File Type:
- JPEG
- Color Mode:
- Original Image Color Profile:
- Adobe RGB (1998)
Location
- Location Created:
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- Sublocation:
- City:
- Marston Trussell
- Province/State:
- Northamptonshire
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- World Region:
- Europe
- Geo-location:
Rights
- Copyright Status:
- Copyrighted
- Licensing Status:
- Rights Managed
- Available for Editorial Use:
- Yes
- Available for Commercial Use:
- Yes
- Copyright Notice:
- © 2015 Dave Kennard
Camera Data
- Date Digital Resource was created:
- Shutter speed:
- 1⁄125 s
- Aperture:
- f/8
- Camera Model:
- Fujifilm X-M1
- ISO:
- 400
- Exposure Compensation:
- 0
- Focal Length:
- 50mm
- Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
- 75mm
- Metering Mode:
- Multi-segment
- Flash:
- Off, Did not fire
- Exposure Mode:
- Manual
- White Balance:
- Manual
- Light Source:
- Daylight
- Exposure Program:
- Manual
Additional shooting metadata
- Lens:
- Nikon EL-Nikkor 50mm F2.8 N
- Filters used:
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- B+W 486 UV IR Cut MRC
- Additional Optics used:
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- 17mm-31mm M42 Focusing helicoid
- Pixco M42-FX/M
- Setup:
- Benro C-428 tripod
Manfrotto 410 Junior geared head
Cheap focusing rail
Natural light through small diffusion panel
Post Processing
- Image Modified:
- Software used:
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- Adobe Camera RAW
- Post Processing:
Exposure boosted to brighten image in ACR