Blue-eyed Grass has to one of the perkiest flowers in the field. They are not so easy to photograph, however, because they do tend to hide well down in deep grasses, where, I suppose they hope their purple and yellow colors will better pass for blue. 🙂 And, of course, the sheer intensity of both purple and yellow, and the subtle satin texture of the petals, can be difficult to catch. 

Here the ZEISS Touit 50mm f2.8 macro on the Sony NEX 3N does the trick very well with this flower from the meadows at Emmons Preserve in Kennebunkport Maine. And look at the bokeh! I don’t know if I am going to be able to part with this lens when the time comes to send it back!

Lens and camera as above. Hand-held natural-light shot. Processed in Snapseed on my tablet.