"What's in a Name"

What is in a name?
Wish I was better at remembering.
But it doesn't matter.
It is beautiful...ly....different but most importantly...it is a perennial. It came back after being covered four months with snow.

I was practicing some f16 shots with this one. I have been so obsessed with the wider apertures and the backgrounds it creates...and now...I see I can get some of the same effects with the smaller apertures....and yet have more of the 'up close' be in focus.

Weekly Assignment - f16

One of the sites I follow with photo challenges that I have actually participated much in has the challenge of f16 photography this week. It gives me a chance to focus on something. I've done so much with the wider apertures lately that this will give me a bit of a change of pace. I captured this one tonight with f16....close to dusk...utlizing a back filter flash. The aster...showing some color.