Poinsettias

The poinsettia plant strikes me as a mid-century icon of Christmas - I see lots of vintage table clothes and paper goods (and aprons!) from 1950's and even earlier. So it's fun to see how plant breeders are recreating this iconic Christmas plant.

"Ice Punch" Poinsettia

This year, the Milwaukee Domes featured new twists on the classic poinsettia in it's latest Christmas show.
(The Domes, also known as the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory is Milwaukee's unique version of a glass conservatory.  This description doesn't do it justice, but my post is on poinsettias, not the Domes.)

"Ice Punch" Poinsettia

The Christmas show had hundreds (or thousands?) of poinsettia plants... 
 

"Monet" Poinsettia

...glowing with jewel-like beauty in the sun.

"Monet" Poinsettia in sunlight

I was told that what we consider petals are actually just colored leaf foliage, the true "flower" of a poinsettia is in the center.

Poinsettia flower, the big red things are really just leaves

I'll show you one image from the Domes 2015 Christmas show dome, where all the poinsettias are.  It's just a fraction of the many views I could show you, but I want to publish this post.

2015 Christmas Display in the Show Dome
Milwaukee Mitchell Park Conservatory

Poinsettias line the pond and multiple walkways...
Merry Christmas to everyone one in blogland!  May you have Happy Holidays filled with Peace and Love.

 
Click on the images to see them enlarged.

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Grayscale and Color Screen Test

Getting your photos to glow with the colors you want isn't always easy, especially when different screens, monitors, TV's and phones can display the exact same image with different color casts.  

The image above has three horizontal stripes.  The top two stripes have 15 different shades of gray between pure black and pure white, one running left to right, the other running right to left.  The bottom stripe has Pure Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green and White. 

If your monitor doesn't distinguish between the shades of gray, or has a color cast to the colors, you may want to try and adjust your screen's setting to achieve better color. In either case, you have an image you can compare on multiple screens, which is the reason I created this post.

I have found many screen display the dark grays as black.  If too many of the dark grays are displaying black, you are loosing details in the shadows.  

Just for fun, compare your phone to your PC monitor!


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