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Camera: Canon EOS 5d.   |   Lens: EF24-70mm f/2.8L (at 70 end), |     Exposure: f2.8 1/500

1. 20 th April 2013 View Count reached 2,005

1. Joint winner of the Red and one other colour challenge in the Bicolour Beauties group.

1. 21st June 2012 Featured in Artistic Flowers

Now this wild Fuchsia is available as an iPhone cover.

This type of wild fuchsia is quite common in the hedgerows in the West of Ireland, particularly in coastal regions where the winters are milder. Often it will produce these gorgeous red blooms throughout the summer from June until September. They are a delight to visitors and to the locals and certainly the bees love them.

This one was photographed in the Loch Na Fooey valley on the border between County Mayo and County Galway.

Botanical name: ”Fuchsia Magellanica“.
Fuchsia originated in Chile and was introduced to Europe in about 1790. It is widely regarded as having naturalized itself in Ireland.

History of this Image on RedBubble

1. 16 th Nov 2010 uploaded to RedBubble
2. 23rd Nov 2010 featured by Gorgeous Flower Cards
3. 8th April 2011 view count reached 200
4. 8th April 2011 featured in Wildflowers of the World
5. 14th Sep 2011 view count reached 500
6. 21st December 2011 This image won the challenge Wildflower with a Sense of Christmas in the Wildflowers of the World group.
7. 31st January 2012 Featured in Cee’s Fun Artsy Friends
8. 21st June 2012 Featured in Artistic Flowers

This photograph is part of my postcard range. You can follow on to another gorgeous Very Ireland Post card .

Techie Photography detail:
    Image Mode: Raw
    Lens: EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM zoom (at 70 end),
    Camera: Canon 5d.
    Exposure: f2.8 1/500