Ribes Sanguineum - flowering redcurrants

We call this our flowering redcurrant bush....I thought it was a name we made up name .... but it's not a made up name ...it is actually called a "flowering redcurrant"....Ribes Sanguineum is it's proper posh name.

Shot on a wide open aperture to give it a fuzzy background ...sharpened a tad in GIMP....shot on my 50mm lens, which is not the ideal camera lens for macro shots, but it does make nice shots with shallow DOF.

[Maggiemae]

I don't think it actually produces fruit, though, does it? Just these lovely rich coloured flowers!

[andy c]

Mum's got some (lots) of these down at the wild end of her garden.... I've always know it as a redcurrant bush...

[Phil Howcroft]

@maggiemae you are right maggie...no fruit :)

@andycoleborn cheers andy.... the currant bit is a bit strange...maybe because they look like currants

[andy c]

@phil_howcroft Mum's produce current looking berries later in the year..

[Phil Howcroft]

@andycoleborn oh yes so they do andy :)

[Allison Williams]

I've never seen this before. I like the graceful droop and the rich color.

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Sue Wilde]

This is just gorgeous Phil. I love that shallow DoF

[Sue]

Love the shallow dof Phil & beautiful colour.

[Judith Johnson]

Love the dof and the color. Wish I could get my camera to do that ..... sigh!

[Juliette Packham]

corker of a shot Phil, love it!

[Judith Greenwood]

It's my favourite - we used to make 'mud tattoos' using the leaves when we were kids - them were't days....

[Jennifer C]

have never seen this plant before, lovely capture too

[Frances Chaloner]

Lovely shot - are these are the ones that smell like cat pee if you put them in a vase as cut flowers? Sorry to be vulgar!