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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Akira on May 08, 2021, 18:06:32
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Both are around 1cm in diameter.
Shot with SIGMA fp and 45/2.8 DG DN Contemporary. The weather was overcast.
Edit on May 10:
I decided to change the thread as [Theme]. The rule is not necessarily tight. But the flowers are supposed to be 1cm or smaller in diameter.
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Beautiful flowers and nice delicate tone pictures!
Cheers,
Zang
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Beautiful flowers and nice delicate tone pictures!
Cheers,
Zang
Thank you, Zang. Little flowers may have an effect of making people behave delicately...
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Thank you, Zang. Little flowers may have an effect of making people behave delicately...
That are people of my dream world. May photography help bring us closer to that dream :)
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May the world be as delicate and gentle as your flowers, Akira <3
I also dream of such a world, just like Zang.
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I was out giving the old 200/4Q a spring warmup. Too cold and windy for bugs, but there were some flowers, so....
This was a D7100, 200/4Q with 68 mm. of extension tubes - a favorite long distance macro for bug chasing.
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That are people of my dream world. May photography help bring us closer to that dream :)
May the world be as delicate and gentle as your flowers, Akira <3
I also dream of such a world, just like Zang.
Thank you, gentlemen. Yes, indeed...
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I was out giving the old 200/4Q a spring warmup. Too cold and windy for bugs, but there were some flowers, so....
This was a D7100, 200/4Q with 68 mm. of extension tubes - a favorite long distance macro for bug chasing.
Matthew, thank you for your participation. Are they radish flowers?
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Here is another li'l flower shot from last month.
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I don't cut my lawn (sic) until mid-May because it's fun to see what comes up along with the grass. This flower is new to me and is so small that my tired old eyes could not see the violet veining until I took the photo and saw it magnified as it is here. The clover dwarfs it.
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I actually don't know what sort of flowers they are. But unlikely to be radish. Probably some kind of weed, but I'll see if I can look it up.
I should mention that beneath the part shown are heart-shaped, toothed leaves. I got out the wildflower book, opened randomly in the "white" section, and hit it without turning a page! It's garlic mustard (alliaria officinalis), which seems to have decided to masquerade as a foundation plant behind my house, trying to conceal its actual identity as an invasive alien pest.
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I don't cut my lawn (sic) until mid-May because it's fun to see what comes up along with the grass. This flower is new to me and is so small that my tired old eyes could not see the violet veining until I took the photo and saw it magnified as it is here. The clover dwarfs it.
The revelation by high magnification would be one of the exciting points that digital cameras can offer. On a petal of the flower in my first image, I found a tiny fluffy object when I magnified another image of the same flower by 100%. I'm not sure whether it is a seed or a spider. But it is surely intriguing!
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I actually don't know what sort of flowers they are. But unlikely to be radish. Probably some kind of weed, but I'll see if I can look it up.
I should mention that beneath the part shown are heart-shaped, toothed leaves. I got out the wildflower book, opened randomly in the "white" section, and hit it without turning a page! It's garlic mustard (alliaria officinalis), which seems to have decided to masquerade as a foundation plant behind my house, trying to conceal its actual identity as an invasive alien pest.
Glad you can spot the species of the flower. The tactics for survival of the plants are amazing.
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Probably Sherardia arvensis (Field Madder). The blossoms are tiny, on our place they average a bit under 3mm.
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Probably Sherardia arvensis (Field Madder). The blossoms are tiny, on our place they average a bit under 3mm.
Elegant purple color. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you Akira.
There can be a bit more blue and a bit less red in the bloom. Based on what I've seen soil composition may have a rôle in this variation.
Bob Foster
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Had a play with flowers again
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Had a play with flowers again
Nice atmospheric lighting. Is this flower of a magnolia kind?
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These tiny magenta flowers show up in the spring at the ≈1200m level in the Mojave Desert, but ONLY if there has been adequate rain, in this case about 100mm or more. The flowers are ≈7mm in diameter.
First shot is what they look like from standing height with a 50mm lens. Next, a close shot at ≈ 1:2 RR. Finally, another angle showing an even smaller white flower nearby.
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A very gloomy and overcast day here on Tokyo, but some small beauties to be seen :-)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51186446406_122033f730_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kZaVd3)750_1791 (https://flic.kr/p/2kZaVd3) by Richard Hawking (https://www.flickr.com/photos/randomhawk/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51185749477_99cf95ca7a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kZ7m32)750_1836 (https://flic.kr/p/2kZ7m32) by Richard Hawking (https://www.flickr.com/photos/randomhawk/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51187517200_98391c01b1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kZgpw1)750_1797 (https://flic.kr/p/2kZgpw1) by Richard Hawking (https://www.flickr.com/photos/randomhawk/), on Flickr
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I thought I saw someone asking about posting photos from flickr. Now I can't find the question. I hope I'm not posting in the wrong discussion.
In your photostream select a photo. Now look for a curved arrow on the lower right that is the symbol for share. The arrow points right. Click on that arrow. Select BBCode and select the size you want for your post from the drop down list.
Click on the code shown and the code will be automatically selected. With the code selected hold <Ctrl><c> for Windows or <Command><c> for macOS. This will copy the BBCode to embed a photograph in your post. Then in your post press <Ctrl><v> for Windows or <Command><v> for macOS to paste the BBCode into your post.
Here is a link to a brief BBCode guide...
https://www.phpbb.com/community/help/bbcode
I hope this helps,
Dave
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Thanks David, I finally got my head around it.
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Here is my Li'l Flowers: Bermuda Grass Blossoms (Cynodon dactylon?) :D
The shot was made with a Nikon D2H. I don't remember the optic used. I'm sure a Nikon PB-4 was involved. The post processing sucks but...
These flowers are tiny...
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A very gloomy and overcast day here on Tokyo, but some small beauties to be seen :-)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51186446406_122033f730_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kZaVd3)750_1791 (https://flic.kr/p/2kZaVd3) by Richard Hawking (https://www.flickr.com/photos/randomhawk/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51185749477_99cf95ca7a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kZ7m32)750_1836 (https://flic.kr/p/2kZ7m32) by Richard Hawking (https://www.flickr.com/photos/randomhawk/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51187517200_98391c01b1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kZgpw1)750_1797 (https://flic.kr/p/2kZgpw1) by Richard Hawking (https://www.flickr.com/photos/randomhawk/), on Flickr
It may have been a gloomy day, but it worked out well for photography!
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Interesting theme Akira - one often get impressed with big flowers, but here "less is more" :)
From today - below 1 cm each.
Added one more - Elder flowers. Not from today .. not season yet :)
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A species of Myosotis. Didn't bring my macro lens.
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Nice little flowers!
Chasing small birds I show this unique color :)
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These tiny magenta flowers show up in the spring at the ≈1200m level in the Mojave Desert, but ONLY if there has been adequate rain, in this case about 100mm or more. The flowers are ≈7mm in diameter.
First shot is what they look like from standing height with a 50mm lens. Next, a close shot at ≈ 1:2 RR. Finally, another angle showing an even smaller white flower nearby.
Keith, this is a pretty little byproduct!
A very gloomy and overcast day here on Tokyo, but some small beauties to be seen :-)
Yes, these cute things look familiar.
Here is my Li'l Flowers: Bermuda Grass Blossoms (Cynodon dactylon?) :D
The shot was made with a Nikon D2H. I don't remember the optic used. I'm sure a Nikon PB-4 was involved. The post processing sucks but...
These flowers are tiny...
Dave, this is a stunning image from your keen eyes.
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Interesting theme Akira - one often get impressed with big flowers, but here "less is more" :)
From today - below 1 cm each.
Added one more - Elder flowers. Not from today .. not season yet :)
A species of Myosotis. Didn't bring my macro lens.
Thank you, Lars, for your pretty contributions. The "environmental portraits" of little flowers make them look even cuter. Not having a macro lens with you will sometimes result in something pleasing. Limitation is inspiration.
Nice little flowers!
Chasing small birds I show this unique color :)
These look pretty unique. Thank you for sharing, Nasos!
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Hyacinth Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense var. hyacinthoides) and a visitor. I've not seen this species of moth before, I do not know what it is. Df, 180 f2.8 ED-IF.
Bbo
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Thank you, Lars, for your pretty contributions. The "environmental portraits" of little flowers make them look even cuter. Not having a macro lens with you will sometimes result in something pleasing. Limitation is inspiration.
Thanks Akira - you're absolutely right. You don't get sense of size in my macro shot of the Elder flowers wich are fairly small. And thanks for reminding me of your mantra :)
Some more Li'l flowers - environmental portrait of Alkanet/Common Bugloss.
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I confess shooting this image because of the lens and camera combination. I went for a walk and started to shoot to hear the "click" and see the rendering :)
D5, 58mm 1.4G
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I confess shooting this image because of the lens and camera combination. I went for a walk and started to shoot to hear the "click" and see the rendering :)
D5, 58mm 1.4G
Paco, I like the endearing side of this sports-shooting monster!
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Thank you Akira, so do I. It is formidable but can also be gentle :) A real pleasure to use.
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Li´l flowers in the forest.
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Li´l flowers in the forest.
Beautiful environmental portraits of li'l flowers!
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Many thanks Akira - it's funny with these themes how they are implanted into ones photog brain .. Li'l Flowers just popped up when I spotted these flowers. I went back to get a better shot of the first one despite some hungry mosquitos .. the itching has started >:(
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Li'l flowers of the season popping up everywhere.
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Grape Hyacinth.
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Prunus avium
D850 Tamron 45mm f/1.8
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Rosemary.
Z7, 24-70/4 at f/4.5/58mm
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March 30
Euphorbia wulfeni
D850 35mm f/1.4ai-s
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March 30
Euphorbia wulfeni
D850 35mm f/1.4ai-s
They look unique. Succulents?
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They look unique. Succulents?
Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii is the wild form there are quite a few hybrids in this species.
Z7_2 Voigtlander 90mm f/3.5
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Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii is the wild form there are quite a few hybrids in this species.
Z7_2 Voigtlander 90mm f/3.5
Thank you for the explanation. Interesting species.
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Little suculents. Nikon J 5 w/105 2.8 micro Nikkor
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More little flowers
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Bluets- These can be so common in unused pastures or wasteland to give an entire field a blue cast.
1. Least Bluet. For many years this was named Hedyotis crassifolia though many, perhaps most sources now classify this as Houstonia pusilla.
The flowers are 6-10 mm across and at least in my area almost always are found in groups separate from the clearly larger Houstonia pusilla.
2. Tiny Bluets Houstonia pusilla with one Least Bluet (if indeed there is any difference other than flower size.) The flowers on these are larger about 12-16mm. This image shows the exception- there is one "Least Bluet" in a clump of "Tiny Bluets".
3. Not all Bluets are blue- some are white such as the Southern Bluet Houstonia micrantha.
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Field madder, probably Sherardia arvensis. This is a much smaller flower than bluets they average about 2.5-3.5mm. Sometimes I find these a much less saturated color.
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Gerhard and Bob, these are really pretty collections!
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Thank you Akira.
Bob
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Gerhard and Bob, these are really pretty collections!
Thanks Akira, I wish I had Bob’s knowledge of flowers I just photographed them because of their beauty and delicate precision. Thanks for your descriptions Bob Regards Gerry
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Gerry. I appreciate your kind words.
Birna is "our" botanist! If I recall correctly she studied macrophytes (a class of underwater plants) as well as photography.
For me, learning a bit about the flora and fauna that I see and their place and function within our ecosystem simply adds to the wonder that is life.
I'm here largely because I'm very slowly learning to see more, often in unfamiliar ways. From time to time an image posted here gives a feeling of joy to me: diverse though we are such an image speaks to our human commonality.
Bob
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Spring time around here - Blue Violet ... I think.
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This pieris was planted over ten years ago along a fence line where it is partially shaded by a tree on the adjacent property. This is the first year it has produced flowers. The foliage is changing from the early spring red to glossy green. The flowers are about 13-14mm.
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April 27
Ornithogalum umbellatum, the garden star-of-Bethlehem, grass lily, nap-at-noon, or eleven-o'clock lady,
D850 60mm f/2.8
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Li'l flowers popping op along the lakeshore.
Added one more.
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Li'l flowers in the local park lawn.
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A species of Myosotis .. again :)
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Allium schoenoprasum or chives
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Kenilworth Ivy, Cymbalaria muralis
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Pentaglottis sempervirens, not that I can render the intense blue of the flowers...
D500 300/4 PF
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Geranium robertianum, Herbe à Robert
D500 300/4 PF
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Geranium robertianum, Herbe à Robert
D500 300/4 PF
Nice! There's a white variety also, if i have a chance with no wind ;) Geranium robertianum ‘Celtic White’.
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Nice. I've thousands of the wild one in the garden but never seen this. Is it horticultural or a mutation in the wild?
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Must be a natural mutation, it seeds exactly the same, happens more often in nature, pink and white or blue and white etc. The white and pink varieties exist next to each other without hybridizing into like a soft pink, or variegated colours!
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Hmmm, I’ll pay more attention then. I may have overlooked it, amongst the many other little white flowers :).
Thanks for the tip.
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I suggest you get yourself a few plants from a specialized nursery, i bought mine too many, 40 years ago i think, if you were in the neighbourhood i'd give you one! :)
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Bruno and Fons - very nice Geraniums. Your images and discussion reminded me of a shot I took last year of geraniums in the dusk.
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Beautiful Lars, geraniums are great in so many varieties.
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Beautiful Lars, geraniums are great in so many varieties.
Many thanks, Fons. You and Bruno have inspired me - I have an old flower bed that is almost covered with with branches of an old Ivy and it would be nice to replace it with various Geraniums as groundcover :-)
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Sweet smelling Alyssum
D7200 + Panagor 90mm & Raynox 250
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Very nice color, Lars. I'm looking for colors like that but so far, only light blue specimens have survived more than a year or two in the garden.
Another one: Geranium phaeum. D500 300/4 PF
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May 18
Oxalis
Z7_2 MC Z 105mm f/2.8S
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May 18
Geranium phaeum comes in many colours both in flower and leaves.
Here is a white variety.
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You have a large collection of white varieties. I should really drive to your place :). I only have the local one, spreading very well on its own.
Nice red on the oxalis.
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Sure by all means i'll pot you up a few, actually i am converting my garden into a vegetable plot out of neccissity the way its going here in the EU and particularly this country, don't get me started!
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May 18
Oxalis
Z7_2 MC Z 105mm f/2.8S
Beautiful flower and composition!
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Crop of Veronica cultivar.
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Beautiful flower and composition!
Thank you Akira
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Crop of Veronica cultivar.
Interesting colour for a Veronica, Bob
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Fons,
My wife is always happy to try something unusual in the garden. The colour of this image is very close to what I see.
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May 18
Oxalis
Z7_2 MC Z 105mm f/2.8S
Beautiful graphic composition.
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Thank you Paco!
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These lupines reminded me of Bobs entry this week of the Veronicas
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Dandelion in reflected UV, a better edit of the one i posted in the May thread:
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Geranium phaeum one of a few sports that happened spontaneously, probably hybridizing the original maroon red with a white variety. The colour is a greyish blue purple, nothing more difficult than photographing true colours when it comes to flowers, especially in the magenta purple spectrum.
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Lantana (in large pot, ready to plant).
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Very nice color, Lars. I'm looking for colors like that but so far, only light blue specimens have survived more than a year or two in the garden.
Thanks Bruno - the color is not quite honest due to white balance in dim evening light. As I remember the color is to the bluish-pink side in daylight. They will soon be blooming again and I'll try to remember to take a shot.
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Li'l white hawthorn flowers.
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Li'l li'l flowers - umbellifers can be intriguing close up. The Ground elder has very small flowers .. and when looking closer, a lot of very small beetles.
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Hawthorne in full flower in spring so wonderful! A dutch name for it is 'meidoorn', which translates into 'maythorne'(lib.).
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Solanum lycopersicum, or tomato
Z7 Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5
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Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'
Z7 Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5
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Solanum lycopersicum, or tomato
Ahhh, the staff of life
(well, a mainstay of my life anyway)
I got my own "beefsteak-style" plants into the greenhouse a few weeks ago. Tomatillos are ready for planting out too.
If you grow too, may your garden reward you this year Fons :)
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Li'l li'l flowers - umbellifers can be intriguing close up. The Ground elder has very small flowers .. and when looking closer, a lot of very small beetles.
These are pretty and so delicate!
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Ahhh, the staff of life
(well, a mainstay of my life anyway)
I got my own "beefsteak-style" plants into the greenhouse a few weeks ago. Tomatillos are ready for planting out too.
If you grow too, may your garden reward you this year Fons :)
Thanks Colin its been too cold actually and i got most of my tomatoes in large pots outside the greenhouse reason lack of space!
Except for growing from seed, i get a number of grafted plants for an earlier crop.
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Hawthorne in full flower in spring so wonderful! A dutch name for it is 'meidoorn', which translates into 'maythorne'(lib.).
Many thanks Fons - I agree! And they also spread a special scent. In danish, 'Hvidtjørn' translates into 'Whitethorn'. My understanding is that there are 3 species in Denmark.
These are pretty and so delicate!
Many thanks Akira! - glad you like them. In Denmark, many consider them a really annoying weed! However, the fresh sprouts are edible and rich in vitamins and should have a light pepper/carrot taste. I spend quite some time removing them in my backyard .. especially where they are visible and close to my neighbours gardens :o
These small blue li'l flowers are called Ærenpris in danish - Speedwell - also considered a weed I think.
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Ophrys sp.
A Spider Orchid in the Apennines' grasslands
Nikon Z7 + FTZ + AFS- μNikkor 60mm/2.8
Ciao from Massimo
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Ophrys sp.
A Spider Orchid in the Apennines' grasslands
Ciao from Massimo
Very special orchid, Massimo!
Small strawberry plants (Fragaria vesca - wild strawberry) with small white flowers are spreading in my backyard.
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Small strawberry plants (Fragaria vesca - wild strawberry) with small white flowers are spreading in my backyard.
Lovely Lars
Year ago I found some of these growing wild and the flavour of the fruit was 10x better than any "normal" strawberry
I inherited a patch in my garden when I moved house. They are "ok" but not as good as the ones I remembered :(
Meanwhile, here are my (not so) Li'l flowers
D500 and 180mm ED (at last - a picture taken with a real camera!)
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So these are a little more little....
I think this is Valerian (please advise if correct or not)
D500 and 180mm ED
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So these are a little more little....
I think this is Valerian (please advise if correct or not)
D500 and 180mm ED
Centranthus ruber Coccineus
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Many thanks Akira! - glad you like them. In Denmark, many consider them a really annoying weed! However, the fresh sprouts are edible and rich in vitamins and should have a light pepper/carrot taste. I spend quite some time removing them in my backyard .. especially where they are visible and close to my neighbours gardens :o
These small blue li'l flowers are called Ærenpris in danish - Speedwell - also considered a weed I think, but here from a meadow/bogland.
Lars, thank you for the details. I hope people to find a good use for them. Some species seem to be valued even for medical purposes.
The blue ones are pretty, too!
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Cotinus coggygria
Flowers are microscopic pink filaments, when grouped the size is beyond the 10mm limit. but individually they fall within the allowed size range for lil' flowers.
In France this bush is known as l'arbre aux perruques, or Wig Tree. In Italy, L'Albero della Nebbia, or Fog Tree
Nikon Z7 + Viltrox NFZ + Sigma Art 24mm/1.4
Ciao from Massimo
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Lovely Lars
Year ago I found some of these growing wild and the flavour of the fruit was 10x better than any "normal" strawberry
I inherited a patch in my garden when I moved house. They are "ok" but not as good as the ones I remembered :(
Thanks Colin - I have many berries this year but the birds slugs are quicker than me :-[ Maybe the experience itself of finding wild berries also adds to the flavour :)
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Lars, thank you for the details. I hope people to find a good use for them. Some species seem to be valued even for medical purposes.
The blue ones are pretty, too!
Thanks Akira - added one more shot of the blue ones :)
Correct, and the Ground elder was brought to Northern Europe as a medicinal herb by monks in the middle ages.
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Tiny basil flowers, tulsi, Ocimum tenuiflorum
Z7_2, Z105mm f/2.8S
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June 3,
white Camassia
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A white_1
Shot with Nikon Z6 and micro lens 105mm f2.8 af-d on f4
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A blue_1
Same settings ad the white_1
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A blue_1
Superb lighting, colour and isolation Kjetil
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I suspect these might be buds rather than flowers....but they were certainly Li'l
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Definitely flowers
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Lovely, red Primula japonica.
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Strange petalless daisies
Definitely li'l
Nikon Zfc, Z-Nikkor 50-250mm f:4.5~6.3
Surprisingly good bokeh for such a humble platic lens
Ciao ffom Massimo
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More flowers from the other day here in the garden
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A sort of "not so l'il flowers with li'l flowers" :-\ Only the inner small flowers are fertile. The outer larger white flowers are sterile.
A Viburnum species - Japanese Snowball as far as I understand.
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June 11
Lilium martagon
Z7, nikkor z mc 105mm f/2.8 vr s
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Aruncus - Goat's beard. Myriads of li'l flowers!
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July 16
Z7, Z105mm f/2.8S
Marsh skullcap, Scutellaria galericulata
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Marsh woundwort, Stachys palustris
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Epipactis palustris, the marsh helleborine
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Restharrows, Ononis spinosa s. spinosa
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Colchicum autumnale
Z7 50mm f/1.8s
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Asters and
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Three colorful explosions with different personality.
Thank you for sharing them!
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Paco thank you!
September 28
Z7, 24mm f/1.8S
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Persicaria
D850, 135mm f/2 DC
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Geranium Maculatum
(https://pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/124555693/original.jpg)
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Colorful scene
http://(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50206514021_a3b408b776_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2juzvs6)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2juzvs6) by Erik Gunst Lund (https://www.flickr.com/photos/erik_lund/), on Flickr
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Colorful scene
Nice one, Erik. I don't know what the trick is (plolarizer?), but the effect works really well here!
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Colorful scene
http://(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50206514021_a3b408b776_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2juzvs6)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2juzvs6) by Erik Gunst Lund (https://www.flickr.com/photos/erik_lund/), on Flickr
Agree with Akira. Flawless design
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Does flower pollen count? ;D
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53221991388_b0ba9b2c68_h.jpg)
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Does flower pollen count? ;D
Beauty transcends all restrictions!
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on a vase
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Grape Hyacinth - Muscari armeniacum
Very early appearance for my location (Oklahoma, U.S.).
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Grape Hyacinth - Muscari armeniacum
Very early appearance for my location (Oklahoma, U.S.).
Nice specimen, nice results Bob
There are none out near me in the UK yet
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Thank you Colin.
It has been an unusual winter: a cold spell in January apparently caused the crocii and narcissi to flower unususaaly late. February has turned warm. I'm hoping that the fruit trees do not flower early.
Bob
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Claytonia virginica Spring Beauty
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Claytonia virginica Spring Beauty
Nice, and edible plant; which gear used Bob?!
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Fons,
Hasselblad X2D, 80/1,9.
I'd have had a fallen and rotting tree in the image had I framed it any other way. I could have vertically cropped, but sometimes I like the way this lens can soften the background.
Bob
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Fons,
Hasselblad X2D, 80/1,9.
I'd have had a fallen and rotting tree in the image had I framed it any other way. I could have vertically cropped, but sometimes I like the way this lens can soften the background.
Bob
Indeed -lovely and smooth backdrop- result! Thanks again for sharing!
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Claytonia virginica Spring Beauty
Love the elegant color!
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Wisteria flowers
April 22
D850, afs 24mm f/1.4g
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on a vase
I like the colors, like Rembrandt.
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Aloe vera flowers, analog photo
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Bidens ferulifolia, setting sun as a backdrop.
Adding extension the the fast Viltrox 75mm f/1.2 is a surefire way of getting poor image quality with massive chromatic and spherical aberrations and of course a heavy loss of image sharpness. Oh well. I for one don't care in this case.
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Classic Birna. Lovely as always
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Classic Birna. Lovely as always
Me or the flower? :)
I added 29mm extension to the Viltrox 75mm lens and that is way more than it can handle in a decent manner. In fact, even my thinnest Z extension ring of 11mm is too much. That is, if one cares for the stellar image quality this lens provides under normal usage.
Never, ever, believe extension has no impact because there is no glass inside it. A myth that takes many believers.
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Both, of course :)
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As a hay fever sufferer, photos such as yours are much the best way to interact with pollen. :)
Does flower pollen count? ;D
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Hello, yesterday I photographed these small flowers, they were in a dry river in Perín (Cartagena)
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Vinca Minor
Z9 105MC
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Maybe this is the seed stage (mid august) and not the flower stage. Resembles a Goldmoss stonecrop (Sedum acre) but they normally have yellow flowers as far as I know.
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Looks like Harebell/Bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia). Maybe a tad too large to be a true Li'l flower :-\
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July 10
Interesting colour pattern on a Phlox seedling.
Z7_2 - Z 105mm f/2.8S
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Ok, the main subject here is a Dahlia flower around 7cm across, so not very "Li'l"
But what caught my eye when I saw the image was the yellow micro petals lurking amongst the larger crimson ones
I was experimenting with a recently acquired 35mm f1.8 (maybe not the best lens for this subject) and I also like what the bokeh has done to the condensation droplets
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Pastel
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Autumn
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I like this a lot Fons!
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Autumn
I like this a lot Fons!
So do I but I can´t put my finger on why.
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So do I but I can´t put my finger on why.
Many thanks to you both!
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It perfectly conveys the sense of cool and humid - much more than a sterile and sharp photo
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Autumn
Love the delicate rendition!
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Thank you, thank you!!
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Lille, jardin des géants. Voigtländer 40/2 @4.5, close to MFD
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Soothing
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After the last rains, we can now see lilies in Campillo de Adentro. (Iridaceae)
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Small worlds
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Murajes (Anagallis arvensis)
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fading hyacinth
Zf - Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5
now you can set the true value of the lens in the Zf menu
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Moonlight
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Flower of a creeping plant
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With flavor
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Li'l spring flowers popping up in the forest floor. Corydalis sp. - called Lærkespore in Danish.
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Where I clean the canary feeders these little flowers appear
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Harmony
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Sooo delicate and fragile....
Wonderfully captured Akira-San!
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Sooo delicate and fragile....
Wonderfully captured Akira-San!
If you are referring to the images with which I started the thread, I'm glad you like them. This delicate rendition in the close range is one of the reason for my preference of SIGMA 45/2.8 DN lens.
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Lille, 11 May. Zf + FTZii + Zeiss Milvus 50/2 at f/5.0. Handheld. Certainly not my best shot, but I particularly like this lens' backgrounds, even at mid apertures. It is not an APO lens, but LoCA never disturbs.
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Lavender, in Campillo de Adentro, Perín
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Lewisia / Bitterroot
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Easy.
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Lewisia / Bitterroot
Beautifully delicate Klaus
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Li'l flower in a safe spot between tall grasses and a rock.
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Li'l flower in a safe spot between tall grasses and a rock.
Stellaria graminea
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A breeze
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Li'l flowers with tiny beetles - these flowers also attracts a lot of bees these days. It's from a large shrub on the house wall in my backyard, so it's causing a lot of humming and buzzing.
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One of several Bee Orchids found in Herefordshire today
D500 & 105mm micro, 5 shot Zerene stack
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3D
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Bee orchids Ophrys spp. are so intriguingly beautiful -- and their taxonomy a real mess. Is this related to O. apifera? Would be nice to see it in UV. I did a French O. apifera in UV, but haven't had a go at our local species O. insectifera yet.
The plant must keep itself patiently still for focus stacking in the field?
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Hi Birna
This was in a small area of scrubland near a wildfowl reserve. The area was strewn with rabbit droppings but the Bee Orchids were plentiful. Sorry i can't help with detailed identification and don't posses any UV equipment
My more Botanically minded friends pointed out two other orchids - i will post pics when i get a bit more time
The plant must keep itself patiently still for focus stacking in the field?
It was very still today (plus humid and around 28C) so that plants weren't moving.
I took a tripod. No tracking rail, so i did the 2nd best option of focusing at different points across the range.
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Stellaria graminea
Thanks, Birna! :)
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One of several Bee Orchids found in Herefordshire today
D500 & 105mm micro, 5 shot Zerene stack
Beautiful orchid and great shot/processing, Colin. That D500/lens combo (still..) overshadow your mobile for such subjects :)
Unfortunately, I missed the marsh-orchid season this year - luckily there are other species starting their season soon.
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Palomilla de muros (Cymbalaria muralis), I saw it in Puebla de Mula.
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We have Cymbalaria muralis with scattered occurrences along the southern Norwegian coastline. It is so cheerful a sight when it covers stone walls and fences. If the arrival of winter snow is late, it can even flower into the frost night season, I've seen it flowering in December.
Botanists think it was introduced by ballast dumping regularly conducted in the sail ship era.
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Scentless Mayweed goes under a number of scientific names, the latest may be Tripleurospermum inodorum. Oh well, it is a mayweed by any other name and one of my favourites.
Despite its scientific epithet 'inodorum' (=scentless) I find it smells quite nice and the smell makes it easily recognisable in the field as well. The plant shows a huge variation in appearance depending on the site characteristics. It flowers from spring into late autumn and is often killed by the first severe frost nights. Making the frost-ridden specimens a spectacular motif in itself.
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Scentless Mayweed goes under a number of scientific names, the latest may be Tripleurospermum inodorum. Oh well, it is a mayweed by any other name and one of my favourites.
Despite its scientific epithet 'inodorum' (=scentless) I find it smells quite nice and the smell makes it easily recognisable in the field as well. The plant shows a huge variation in appearance depending on the site characteristics. It flowers from spring into late autumn and is often killed by the first severe frost nights. Making the frost-ridden specimens a spectacular motif in itself.
what a beautiful photo.
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what a beautiful photo.
An acquired taste, I presume. But I like it too :)
The problem of getting an identity as a photographer is understanding you cannot please everyone. Which is fine by me. Choose your own path.
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The main lesson, if any, is that there is not a given answer as to how a subject should be photographed. Perhaps if we start in an opposite direction by asking what is the purpose of the given image. Why was it taken? For what audience?
A flower can be documented in stunning detail, or used as a pictorial element in a composition. Or anything in between. Asking ourselves about the purpose might help the image making.
On a tangential note, I'd like to advertise for the benefit of revisiting a location several times. There will always be more to discover, and you have the advantage of not starting at scratch next time. The bridge depicted with the mayweed is a typical example of a place I often go.
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Beautiful orchid and great shot/processing, Colin. That D500/lens combo (still..) overshadow your mobile for such subjects :)
Unfortunately, I missed the marsh-orchid season this year - luckily there are other species starting their season soon.
Thanks Lars
Undoubtedly about the kit. I did take some pics with my mobile but havent compared them.
Theres one task I've seen mobiles excell in:
Taking shots very near the ground, pointing upwards. The gills of a mushroom for example.
Sadly for me, my Pixel mobile won't reliably focus closer than around 8-9 cm.
Also the tricksy ergonomics of:
- holding the phone in these angles, and
- pressing the "shutter" spot or
- trying the other lens in selfie mode
all usually drive me to distraction!
Yet people with other phones get stunning results
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Fresh summer feeling
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I spy Nymphoides peltata
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I spy Nymphoides peltata
May iphone says yes, but the picture is not a documention for a plant identification paper, important is the mood.
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I was "looking through" the mood :)
Kind of a [mental] deconvolution test
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The main lesson, if any, is that there is not a given answer as to how a subject should be photographed. Perhaps if we start in an opposite direction by asking what is the purpose of the given image. Why was it taken? For what audience?
A flower can be documented in stunning detail, or used as a pictorial element in a composition. Or anything in between. Asking ourselves about the purpose might help the image making.
On a tangential note, I'd like to advertise for the benefit of revisiting a location several times. There will always be more to discover, and you have the advantage of not starting at scratch next time. The bridge depicted with the mayweed is a typical example of a place I often go.
I know what you're saying. You have to know what you want, but also master the photographic techniques and then let your intuition guide you. I practice photography for personal reasons related to my artistic endeavors.
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Nothing like Dandelions for testing out my shaved 10.5mm:
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Nothing like Dandelions for testing out my shaved 10.5mm:
great, it's a photographic bubble
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Thanks, ARTUROARTISTA.
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garden flowers, Phlox etc.
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No summer without fireweeds.
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Moderate
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rosemary flower