Cuckoo Flower - Cardamine Pratensis

Also known as: Milkmaid or Lady's Smock. Beautiful but very small, only around 1-2 cm across. Like their avian namesake, they start to appear mainly in April and May.

Susanne Hoy, trester88, Aschi "Freestone", Annemarie and 9 other people have particularly liked this photo

14 comments - The latest ones

Rosalyn Hilborne ^club

I call them cuckoo flowers Keith. Their purple veins show beautifully in your picture and the vibrant green centres look beautiful. A very well framed and gorgeous spring shot.

5 years ago.

neira-Dan ^club

superbe macro

5 years ago.

Colin Ashcroft ^club

A lovely framed shot

5 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Superb floral close-up.

5 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

A lovely detailed plant portrait! We picked them as kids and were disappointed when they wilted so quickly...

5 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

Thanks all.............glad you like it..!!

5 years ago.

Diane Putnam ^club

The delicate blue veining is really lovely, Keith. Pretty shot!

5 years ago.

raingirl ^club

small but perfect! how did you do that? perfect depth of field to show this off.

5 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club has replied to raingirl ^club

A steady hand Laura..........and and a narrow depth of field. You have to find a flower that has enough distance from the background to make it stand out.

Glad you like it and thank you.

5 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

Thank you all for your very kind comments and yellow stars. I'm very grateful that you all took the trouble!

5 years ago.

trester88 ^club

Sieht aus wie Wiesen-Schaumkraut. Eine wunderschöne Aufnahme, Keith! Ich mag die feinen Adern in den Blütenblättern und das weiche Bokeh!

5 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

Glad you like it Wilhelm.................thank you for commenting!

5 years ago.

Susanne Hoy

Fantastic! That's a great macro. I like it how the small blossoms are shining before the dark background.

5 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club has replied to Susanne Hoy

Thanks very much Susanne..........you're very generous in your praise :-)

5 years ago.

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