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Dec 11, 2014 8:25 PM CST
Name: Dirt
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Ah, the blue light of dawn...
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When blue flowers are really blue and so is the grass...

I hope you don't mind Sheila--I have a few unedited examples to share regarding the attributes of early morning light and what one camera does with it.

Prompted by comments about Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise') , I actually set out to get pre-sun pictures of it being blue with the intent to take more pictures throughout the day in sun and shade and then again when the sun went down, all with the idea of pointing out that this particular flower didn't really change color--just the way we perceive it does. Color being dependent on the object's interaction with light and the attributes of that light and all; simply, there is no color in the dark!
The phlox
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Blue Paradise is the one that really looks the bluest in this light--the magenta-pink one is reddish, the purple one is more of a magenta purple, and the car is white Hilarious!

I got distracted and never did document a day in the life of phlox, but here is an example of yellow-orange-red blends as represented by this camera
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I think there is a distinct difference

and here is the catmint after the sun came up
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