Peacock Flower, in my Apartment Complex

The Peacock Flower shrubs are in full bloom in my apartment complex these days. The showy blossoms are of different colors. I focused on this yellow one. The bright stamens extending away from the corolla seemed to make a nice composition to me. These actually bloom in clusters, but I focused on a single one. Experimenting with different camera settings, I wanted it to look as if it was emerging out of darkness. The shot was taken in broad daylight, I hope you like it.

Peacock Flower
Scientific name: Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Common Names: Peacock Flower, Barbados pride, Dwarf Poinciana, Barbados Flower-Fence, Red bird-of-paradise
Family: Fabaceae/Leguminosae (bean Family)

In India, it has different names in different languages. In Malayalam it is called Rajamalli, the yellow peacock flower is called Swarnamalli. In Karnataka the flowers is known by the name Navilu hūvu. In Hindi it is Guletura.

Peacock flower is mistaken to be Gulmohar or Royal Poinciana but is not. Gulmohar is different in several ways.

Peacock Flower Photography

Tv (shutter speed) 1/100
Av 5.6
ISO 200
Focal length: 194mm
flash off

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