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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

11/08/2009 11:40:20 PM · #1

What the heck is this? I want to enter it into competition at my local club but I need the species.

I shot it at Lake Minnewanka in Banff in June.

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

11/08/2009 11:43:44 PM · #2

Oooh...I know...it's a.....Yellow Flower...hehehehehe!!

Sorry I really don't know...hopefully someone from that area can help you.

Covert_Oddity

Nikon D700

11/08/2009 11:47:06 PM · #3

I posted a reply but it just vanished!

Looks like a buttercup to me, following info from my Mac dictionary:

a herbaceous plant with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers, common in grassland and as a garden weed. All kinds are poisonous and generally avoided by livestock. â�¢ Genus Ranunculus, family Ranunculaceae (the buttercup family): numerous species, including the very familiar common buttercup ( R. acris). This large family also includes anemones, celandines, aconites, clematises, and hellebores, many of which have poisonous seeds.

11/08/2009 11:47:09 PM · #4

I know I know. Failure to plan on my part does not constitute an emergency on your part. I think its some sort of buttercup. But I could be wrong... :(

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

11/08/2009 11:47:55 PM · #5

Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:

Well...that's another vote for buttercup. I might have to e-mail the executive and ask for their help. (I think they can help with the identification process.)

The funny thing is. That blurred out stuff in the background? Indian paintbrush. Funny how I can remember that detail but not the species of actual subject. Bah!

Message edited by author 2009-11-08 23:50:16.

rob_smith

Nikon D300

11/08/2009 11:58:04 PM · #6

Looks like Butterus Cuppius to me.

: )