Snake's Head Fritillary

We have a small crop of Snake's Head Fritillaries in our garden. This one is at the front of the house in front of the fence.

The bokeh is the grass in the meadow on the other side of the fence, in the sunlight.

[Louise]

The chequered markings show up so well in this shot, great detail!

[Jeff Walker]

its really checkered like that?

[Corinne]

a check pattern, never seen this before, thanks for sharing!

[Sean O'Neill]

@jsw0109 @cocobella Yes it really is checkered like that. This shot has minimal processing. Here is a link to a page about them. http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/329.shtml

[Jeff Walker]

very cool!!!!

[Anja]

I like its color and the patterns on its petals.

[Jen Hudson]

Beautiful close up, such showy flowers.

[Lisabell]

I've never seen a checked flower before. This is really cool.

[Ann Stenson]

This is so cool Sean!.......I have never seen one of these before!....lovely capture!

[Sean O'Neill]

@stiggle @jennywren @lisjam1 @annbo Thanks all, glad you like! They are so delicate, i love them.

[Lisa]

beautiful shot, I love the colours and pov :0)

[Dana]

I've never seen these before. They are beautiful.

[Matthew Ballew]

wow, this is fabulous shot! the detail is great and that yellow line in the background adds to the photo so much

[Sean O'Neill]

@lizzy_lu123 @danacarruthers @bubbaloooo Thank you all. After several busy days I hope to catch up with you all tomorrow ;)

[Reva]

What a bizarre and beautiful flower, I've never seen such a pattern on a plant! Wonderful shot! :)

[Jill]

I love these little flowers - they are so interesting! Beautiful capture Sean :)

[Debbie Orlando]

I have never seen a flower like this! It's gorgeous and so unusual...at least to me. The bokeh is liek a streak of light. Neat!

[Sean O'Neill]

@reva @jillmstruss @debsphotos Thank you all so much. Glad you like the flower.

[Livia]

I've never seen anything like this. Looks very cool! Love your shot of it!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Wow, I love this flower... I want these in my garden!! lol

[Sean O'Neill]

@myautofocuslife @ozziehoffy Thanks guys. Can you buy the bulbs in Aus Cassandra. I can get some sent to you if you want?

[marzenka]

oh, just lovely!

[ladyjane]

Cool flower. I've seen these in books but never in real life.

[Gloria Wadzinski]

How nice that the bokeh completed your composition. Lovely photo.

[Sean O'Neill]

@marzenka @ladyjane @worthyglo Thank you all so much. Glad you like them.

[Zuzana]

I have NEVER seen flower like this! It's amazing! Thanks for posting :-)

[Alison Tomlin]

Lovely - big fan of these delicate flowers.

[@pictureitbig]

Great shot, love these flowers and it's an usual composition that works