Utricularia Purpurascens

This is a flower typical to the Western Ghats of India.
It is called 'सीतेची आसवॆ' in maraaThee, whose botanical name is
"Utricularia Purpurascens".

It was shot at the Kaas plateau, which is also called the
"valley of flowers" of Maharashtra. The dark purple colour
actually also emits ultraviolet radiations, which are visible to
various insects and birds, who cause pollination of these
flowers. Emitting Ultraviolet radiations is thus one of the
ways of promoting its pollination.


Editing : Crop, sharpening

cloudy!

This picture is quite unlike all those uploaded by me untill now.

This nice photograph was shot last year, when I was in Trieste, Italy. It was raining far into the sea, while the sun was about to set. The natural combination of slight orange with various shades of blue is indeed magnificent.

It forms a nice desktop image.

Editing : Increased sharpness (picasa)

Pink on sky blue

Cherry Blossom !
The flower and the sky are on the same tone of two complementary colors.

That, I feel gives this flower the feel it has.
Editing : None