Snakes head Fritillary

Think I may have to try some of these....

How lovely Meanie , mine are just showing through the grass i'm sure they will be ages before they flower .....

I suppose that I did kind of cheat by putting them undercover, but I only did it because they were the offsets.
No sign of the parents yet though.

Οh, lovely lovely lovely....I've sown seeds for these....Wonder when I'm going to see the flowers???

When did you sow the seeds Alex?
They're a bulb, so it may be a while....

Wonderful....
I sowed them 11-2
Just reading info....it says plant out in spring, so hopefully I will see flowers from March to May. (I hope)

fantastic looking plant

Good luck with them Alex.
Thank you Yorkshire!

Thanks Meanie, I think I will need it. ;o)

Meanie:

Incredible shot! Love the flowers too.

Thank you Delonix!
It was taken outdoors in daylight, but I used flash (as if there is no immediate background it's a good way to get the black background).

Meanie:

I use the flash on my camera...I never get the black background. How do you achieve that?

I use quite a small f-stop (depth of focus).

Meanie:

Thanks! I'll have to try it.

Set the camera white balance to daylight (sunny, shade or cloudy - whichever is appropriate) and manually activate the flash. This is how I do it with my DSLR.

Meanie:

Thanks for the instructions! I do have those settings.