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Images => Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM => Topic started by: David H. Hartman on December 15, 2017, 02:24:26
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I know, this is almost as bad as kittens but I searched for "[THEME] Flowers" and got no hits so I thought I'd give it a try. A few here make photographs of flowers, yes?
Dave Hartman who now dons his fire suite and puts the peddle to the metal.
...or view the photo on Flickr :)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_speedlight/38340149944/in/dateposted-public/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_speedlight/38340149944/in/dateposted-public/)
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Dave, I would think that the theme "Flowers" is too generic, which is why there is no thread for this particular theme. Whenever people have the images to share, they would simply start individual thread in the "Nature, Flora Fauna & Landscapes" section with the more specific titles.
That being said, your finding does look unique and worth sharing. Kudos to you and the flower!
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How is the second try at a title?
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How is the second try at a title?
Yeah, that should work!
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Thank you for your suggestion. :)
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I didnt know you took pictures David :)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4686/39068358001_a7d4570f35_o.jpg)
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Flowers 8)
I like Flowers :)
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Too late to eat this one
(http://www.pbase.com/celidh/image/47323008/original.jpg)
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You don't eat Thistles?!? :o ??? :D
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You don't eat Thistles?!? :o ??? :D
This was a globe artichoke (which I love).
The aroma from its flower was heavenly!
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It's still a thistle! :D
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This one is certainly weird and it smells bad.
Thank you John...
The plant is indeed a Dracunculus vulgaris (Dragon Arum). I was able to pronounce the name close enough that the plant's owner knew she had one. Everyone mentions it stinks. She said it's pollinated by flies. It's wicked strange to look at. It usually doesn't flower for several years but this one did the first year. It's planted against a north facing wall in full shade but it's still pulling the grade.
Dave Hartman
Updated as I said once I knew what it was and again lest I forget it stinks! :o
I may work a bit on the crop. I started the development on my home computer and finished up on a laptop with a gloss and totally calibrated display.
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Dracunculus vulgaris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculus_vulgaris
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David,
I do not have a kitten, so I have to shoot flowers. :) Thank you for opening this thread.
Shot outdoors November 4 at 6:15 PM. Used a 105/4 wide open to catch a moment of calm air.
Sam
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The topic does say weird. so here is another one. This flower appears to have a mascot.
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Another one with a small pet.
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Another one with a small pet.
And here's one with a large pet
(http://www.pbase.com/celidh/image/83444017/original.jpg)
And some shy sweet peas
(http://www.pbase.com/celidh/image/147155380/original.jpg)
A risky handheld attempt that came out better than I expected
(http://www.pbase.com/celidh/image/165297955/original.jpg)
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And here's one with a large pet
Colin, looks like a healthy and handsome one as well. I admire all three of these. -Sam
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Wonderful closeups, Colin!
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Nice work Basker and Colin.
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Keith, I do appreciate your comment. -Sam
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Well ... some wonderful examples of flowers, weird and wonderful.
A flower, a rosebud, not necessarily weird, but i find it quite wonderful. 15 image focus stack.
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Hans, that is an informative perspective at an interesting moment, and a very attractive image. I should give stacking another try. -Sam
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Thank you Basker & Pluton
Wonderful closeups, Colin!
Thanks Akira. Both were taken with the 105mm VR f2.8
The cricket was one of my early attempts using a ringflash. I found a cheap older Nikon ringflash on eBay and was amazed at what it allowed me to do.
It was pretty simple, with few options, but was sturdy enough to be portable, so I could walk in the woods & fields, then shoot quickly & easily.
I decided this was worth investigating further and saved up for the Grown Up version (Nikon R1C1). This offered far more control & sophitication than the simpler one i'd previously had. But in practice, the flexible mounting options meant the guns were never as stable on the lens mounting. The ability to control the power levels on each flash reduced the number of quick captures I ended up with (too many options). Turned out that, despite the clever technology, simpler really was better for me...
The second one was shot in daylight & tripod as a Zerene Stacked image.
Sometime you end up being grateful for rain :)
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Hans, that is an informative perspective at an interesting moment, and a very attractive image. I should give stacking another try. -Sam
Thanks Sam, i appreciate that.
Look at Michael Erlewine's work on this forum if you want to pick up focus stacking (don't know whether you've done that before), it's awesome.
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Look at Michael Erlewine's work on this forum if you want to pick up focus stacking (don't know whether you've done that before), it's awesome.
Hans,
Awesome indeed, and he generously shares helpful information. I am still learning basic photography, but I did attempt stacking recently. My post above is a crop from an image that I could not use in this stack. The set was with a 105/2.5 P.C and 6T outdoors.
Thanks for the encouraging words.
-Sam
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After seeing Michael Erlewines and the images in this thread I too had to try as I "got" PB-4 bellows with the 105mm f4 attached.
I tried some days ago if I could get the things working, had to read in one of Michaels book in order to really understand the procedure.
I used PS for the stacking. The PB-4 has double rails so the focusing shift can be done easily, by moving the setup on the tripod.
The image is not of high artistic value.
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Some spring wild flowers from the Columbia River Gorge.
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Inula helenium bud
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Before and After
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Flowers 8)
I like Flowers :)
Brute, excellent images!
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hello, interesting thread, with some great images
Love-in-a-mist, I call it the Wild One
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Thank You..
Very nice images you have also :)
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first try using Topaz
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Hibiscus started blooming.
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excellent capture
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Hello DNSJR. Thank you!
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Brute these look like Camassia.
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Here's a few photographs I took at Monet's garden in Giverny, France. The place was so crowded with people that it was hard to avoid having people in the frame. I'd never done any macro or nature photography and I found it very fun to see huge versions of tiny, beautiful things that the naked eye might miss.
(https://i.imgur.com/bEg3iAx.jpg)
Link to imgur album (https://imgur.com/a/9DwzdmO)
The last one was not from Monet's garden.
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Love-in-a-mist, I call it the Wild One
These first 2 are quite nice...deep focus!
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Spectacular flower displays, Brute. May I assume your home location ('Podunk') is somewhere in the great Pacific NorthWest ('PNW") of the USA?
In our southern California coastal sage biome, spring is when the rain stops, and the race to bloom and fruit/seed before everything dries out is on.
Nikon D800/16/3.5 at f/16, processed in free trial of ON 1 Raw. Yes, I keep trying to shoot flowers with wide angle lenses.
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Guys , I'll play ;) . Not up to your standard but a paddy filed Weed shot from my old jeep and not so weird shot from my office window. Both with Sony a7rii, handheld first with 70-200 f4 and second with Batis 135 f2.8 at f2.8
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Nice images also here :)
Here is my capture -not weird- with 55/2.8 1:1 (f5.6) D750
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Guys , I'll play ;) . Not up to your standard but a paddy filed Weed shot from my old jeep and not so weird shot from my office window. Both with Sony a7rii, handheld first with 70-200 f4 and second with Batis 135 f2.8 at f2.8
Both shots show the benefit of good lighting. The weed shot mixes in a bit of decay, which I always like.
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Same approach with 105 2.5 (f5.6)
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Tulips (to you lips)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47778790751_03a7847bb8_o.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32835261197_4d8c04603b_o.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32835261237_081fd17a66_o.jpg)
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Brute these look like Camassia.
Yes I believe you are right.
Spectacular flower displays, Brute. May I assume your home location ('Podunk') is somewhere in the great Pacific NorthWest ('PNW") of the USA?
In our southern California coastal sage biome, spring is when the rain stops, and the race to bloom and fruit/seed before everything dries out is on.
Nikon D800/16/3.5 at f/16, processed in free trial of ON 1 Raw. Yes, I keep trying to shoot flowers with wide angle lenses.
Thanks. Yes in the NW corner of Oregon.
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This one is certainly weird and it smells bad.
Thank you John...
The plant is indeed a Dracunculus vulgaris (Dragon Arum). I was able to pronounce the name close enough that the plant's owner knew she had one. Everyone mentions it stinks. She said it's pollinated by flies. It's wicked strange to look at. It usually doesn't flower for several years but this one did the first year. It's planted against a north facing wall in full shade but it's still pulling the grade.
Dave Hartman
Updated as I said once I knew what it was and again lest I forget it stinks! :o
Dave - that brings back some memories. I guess I've always been interested in Arum species and when I was a kid I bought a similar species in a flower pot as a "kit": remove lid, add water .. and wait. Placed it indoor on a windowsill and waited .. it started to grow and a fascinating flower bud appeared - flower bud unfolding and bingo! .. horrific smell indoors! I was even more fascinated - my family was not and it went outdoors.
Here is a weird and wonderful orchid I grew for a while - a Brassia that looks like large spiders.
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Tulips (to you lips)
Fons - that's pure Tulip poetry.
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Ophrys apifera
This bumblebee-looking orchid grows in the wild throughout Europe
Ciao from Massimo
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Here is a weird and wonderful orchid I grew for a while - a Brassia that looks like large spiders.
Beautiful representation, Lars!
Ophrys apifera
This bumblebee-looking orchid grows in the wild throughout Europe
Ciao from Massimo
It looks like a beard man's face. :)
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Angel's trumpet. The shape is not necessarily weird, but its size is weirdly huge! It is also toxic...
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Good to see that beautiful flowers start to blossom in other parts of the world. It is mushroom and brown-yellow-leaves time over here. ;-)
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Angel's trumpet. The shape is not necessarily weird, but its size is weirdly huge! It is also toxic...
Brugmansia suaveolens, was named Datura before, lovely image Akira.
At least something with ......lens ;)
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Good to see that beautiful flowers start to blossom in other parts of the world. It is mushroom and brown-yellow-leaves time over here. ;-)
Thank you, Peter, for kind words. The mushroom is nice, so long as it is edible. :)
Brugmansia suaveolens, was named Datura before, lovely image Akira.
At least something with ......lens ;)
Thank you, Fons. I found the Zeiss Touit 32/1.8 a nice combination of vintage character and modern performance.
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Beautiful representation, Lars!
Angel's trumpet. The shape is not necessarily weird, but its size is weirdly huge! It is also toxic...
Many thanks Akira :)
I like your Angel's trumpet surrounded by white orbs in the background. The flowers have a special scent with a citrus note - I live adjacent to a park that have small Angel's trumpet trees during summer and when I drive through the park on my bike in the evening the scent can be quite intense. There are both white and yellow and recent years also a mixed colour in yellow+red.
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Many thanks Akira :)
I like your Angel's trumpet surrounded by white orbs in the background. The flowers have a special scent with a citrus note - I live adjacent to a park that have small Angel's trumpet trees during summer and when I drive through the park on my bike in the evening the scent can be quite intense. There are both white and yellow and recent years also a mixed colour in yellow+red.
Thank you, Lars. There are some angel's trumpet trees in my neighbors as well. Their flowers are much smaller than the white ones, but the amount of the flowers blooming in one tree is insane!
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I received today a Neewer carbon fiber tripod, rated 15kg, for under 80 euros... have to try. It does work with the d200 ir and 5300 ir. It is lightweith and sturdy enough for what I pretend to use it for. Small enough to fit in the motorcycle´s trunk -a must- So, I took it for a spin using exactly that combo and shutter speeds to give trouble: from 1/30s to 1s. It passed the test with flying colours. MLU and remote release.
Here, a color floating flower. D200 Ir, 18-70mm
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The Rape of Brassica. Seen through IR "goggles". Swell.
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Thanks Birna. The color stain is actually another of the same flowers in front of the one in focus, very close to the camera. I didn't expect to look like this at all.
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Bokeh has two aspects; in front and in the background. Sometimes the appearance of either is wildly different. Mostly a good thing, I think.
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I received today a Neewer carbon fiber tripod, rated 15kg, for under 80 euros... have to try. It does work with the d200 ir and 5300 ir. It is lightweith and sturdy enough for what I pretend to use it for. Small enough to fit in the motorcycle´s trunk -a must- So, I took it for a spin using exactly that combo and shutter speeds to give trouble: from 1/30s to 1s. It passed the test with flying colours. MLU and remote release.
Here, a color floating flower. D200 Ir, 18-70mm
Love the composition and the stunning color!
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Unsharp bouquet for a 70th birthday
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49696028853_854e04d0ae_o.jpg)
D850 - 105mm f/1.4
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Unsharp bouquet for a 70th birthday
Fons, this has great design and the placement of the focus is totally successful.
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Fons, this has great design and the placement of the focus is totally successful.
Thank you Keith.
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Coronavirus is blooming on the street....
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Unsharp bouquet for a 70th birthday
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49696028853_854e04d0ae_o.jpg)
D850 - 105mm f/1.4
Really like it, fons !
Pastel shades...
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Thank you Francis
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Coronavirus is blooming on the street....
I like it; I'm still searching for a definitive dandelion-on-the-street shot in my neighborhood!
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Salvia Leucopylla, Purple Sage, in the late afternoon shade. Nikon 180/2.8 AiS. Native to California, but in this case planted as landscaping by the Department Of Transportation.
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Nice flower, and nice colors.
I like the way the background is rendered.
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Salvia Leucopylla, Purple Sage, in the late afternoon shade. Nikon 180/2.8 AiS. Native to California, but in this case planted as landscaping by the Department Of Transportation.
Quite a beauty reminds me a bit of a Monarda and also Phlomis, the stacked flowering.
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Ken, Does Skunk Cabbage have a smell? Are you in the southeast USA? Just wondering...
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Ken, Does Skunk Cabbage have a smell? Are you in the southeast USA? Just wondering...
Yes
Not as bad as it sounds. But you would be glad that it's not smell-o-vision.
No
Just a state north of you ,but in the NW corner
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Ken's skunk cabbage is western skunk cabbage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysichiton_americanus), common in the Northwest, different from eastern skunk cabbage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symplocarpus_foetidus) or California Corn Lily (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symplocarpus_foetidus), which I grew up calling skunk cabbage, common up near Lassen National Park close to where I grew up.
Western skunk cabbage can have a definite odor but has never much bothered me. Here's an image of one near where I camped several weeks ago, in that same NW corner of Ken's state:
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Ken and Tim: Thanks for the additional info!
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Just a state north of you ,but in the NW corner
Astoria?
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Keith - nice light in that Salvia shot.
Tim and Ken - nice flowers! Do you know what kind of insects these plants attract?
Spring time.. willow flowers.
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Pasqueflower from the garden...
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No not Astoria.
Not sure about insects. Maybe flies ;)
I hear Bears like to eat it.
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Some indoor work on a rainy corona day.
At least this herb smells delightful.
Z6 2x104mm f4. Stack of 10 images
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Some indoor work on a rainy corona day.
At least this herb smells delightful.
Z6 2x104mm f4. Stack of 10 images
Rosmarinus
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Fons you are right :)
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Another pasqueflower...
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Hairy flower bud.
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Lars...nice shot. I'd love it if you could give us a hint on the closeness, field of view, or reproduction ratio please. Just so that we know how small a thing we are looking at.
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Lars...nice shot. I'd love it if you could give us a hint on the closeness, field of view, or reproduction ratio please. Just so that we know how small a thing we are looking at.
Thanks Keith. Best guess is that the frame of flower bud+stalk covers 3 cm and "close" - difficult to be exact because I was trying out a set of extension rings with an old Minolta lens on my Fuji X-E1 - so not much in the meta data. Probably a 50mm but cannot remember the extension rings used.
It's a white Paphiopedilum slipper orchid I grew for a while - a few older pics added.
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Thank you Lars.
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This is photographically average, but I suspect only a few of you will have come across the flowers of Murraya Koenigii (as the herb "curry leaves" in Indian food, maybe)
I've been lucky enough to keep 2 plants going in pots for over 10 years.
In all those years, I've only ever seen flowers form twice.
The aroma I experienced from the flowers whilst taking their portraits today was heavenly.
I also played around with DigiCameraControl to try some stacked shots. Since I'm getting all my programs & data transferred to a replacement PC, these will have to wait until I've got Zerene installed on it
(https://pbase.com/celidh/image/170682205.jpg)
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Another pasqueflower...
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No streets our our way, but plenty of dandelions. It's been a grand year for them, for some reason. Trying to get just the right background. Not there yet, but closing in....
Indoors there's a cactus that blooms with great gusto, though it's inconveniently hanging over the washing machine, and hard to get.
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No streets our our way, but plenty of dandelions. It's been a grand year for them, for some reason.
I've noticed it here in England.
Your cactus flower is a delight. A little too big in the frame, tough. (just my taste). ;)
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Your cactus flower is a delight. A little too big in the frame, tough. (just my taste). ;)
Totally agree!
And this is not weird but wonderful.
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Totally agree!
And this is not weird but wonderful.
Very nice Akira! Very delicate.
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Very nice Akira! Very delicate.
Thank you, Hans!
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Matthew, love the bold color in these shots. Our local Dandelion flowers don't seem to have that slightly darker, slightly more orange-y center.
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Red and yellow flowers
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Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
Sigma fp with 45/2.8 wide open, ISO25600.
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Columbine flower with the Schneider Macro-Varon 85mm f.4.5
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Leftovers from the garden, Z6, 70-200/2.8S, Zerene Stacker, ca 150 layers,
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Nice images here !
@ Andrew, did you use the focus stacking function of the Z6 ?
@ Michael, I had a look on Ebay about your lens : just one on sale (in your country)...Rather elusive lens.
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No, I did use Zerene Stacker, ca 150 layers...
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FujiFilm GFX 50R ,Makro-Symmar SR 5.6/120 0080
1/30s f/5.6 iso100 60-stack
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Michael and Andrew, great captures!
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Hydrangea aspera.
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Tall Thistle (Cirsium altissimum). Stem snapped due to wind gusts. CV 125. Stack of 25.
(https://nikongear.net/revival/gallery/0/2227-261020133433.jpeg)
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Nikon Z7 and Nikon NOCT 0.95
Datura inoxia
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Rosa
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Striking Fons. Are those real colors?
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Striking Fons. Are those real colors?
I am creative thats what matters in my book ;)
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In mine too :)
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Rosa
Yet another fabulous color statement...thank you, Fons, for posting.
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Flowers with the 300mm PF lens and Z6.
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Recent flowers.
SIGMA fp with Zeiss ZF2 Planar 1,4/50.
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I see a lot of wonderful flowers, not so many weird.
This one is not a weird flower, but maybe a weird perspective. Tulips.
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No idea. Just...weird.
Not even sure if it's a flower. Saw it in a Texas nursery 10 years ago, thought it was an oddity and snapped a shot or two with an Olympus E-P1 with 17mm lens.
Any ideas?
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No idea. Just...weird.
Not even sure if it's a flower. Saw it in a Texas nursery 10 years ago, thought it was an oddity and snapped a shot or two with an Olympus E-P1 with 17mm lens.
Any ideas?
They should be of Nepenthes species, a kind of carnivorous plant. Each "pot" contains digestive fluid of sweet flavor which attracts insects. The insects fall into the pot and, alas, are digested in the fluid.
I'm not sure which part of the plant the "pot" would belong to, but the species is very well reserved to this thread!
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Not quite( ;D) the quality of Dogman's photo, but here is one in the wild near Ankanin'Nofy in central, Eastern Madagascar. Practitioners of traditional medicine in the area used the fluid in the pitchers to alleviate cardiac complaints. Canon G9 12mp
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Closer to home...our front yard. Crop of a New Holland Honeyeater in a Hakea Laurina. D750 200-500G
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Although dogwoods can be commonly seen here in Tokyo, I'm always attracted by their peculiar shapes. (I know that the petal-like parts are actually involucres.)
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Hellborus
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Hyacinth, windy day.
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"Ponerle puertas al campo" is an Spanish expression to point out something impossible to do. The loose translation will be "to fence the countryside"
D5, 35mm 1.4 ai
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Prairie Onion with visitors :)
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Hyacinth, windy day.
Your Hyacinth looks like Muscaris, Bob ! ;)
Below, an unknow flower. Any suggestion ?
This is a ''manual'' stack of 3 images, but you can notice some artifacts...(Combine ZP). ::)
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Prairie Onion with visitors :)
Amazing Nasos - your visitor looks like a cross between a beetle and a bee!
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Leopoldia comosa
aka Muscari comosum. Same family (Liliaceae) as hyacinth and onions, they have an edible bulb and are known -and heavily collected- in Southern Italy as Lampascioni (but pronounced Lambascioni, letters P and B are very interchangeable in S Italian pronounciation, like B and V in Spanish). You can even buy cans of vinegar-treated Lambascioni at the supermarket!
Honeybees crave them too and they storm the surviving plants...
Ciao from Massimo
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Kalmia: beautiful but a bit weird.
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The vild tulip we never found on Crete.
Found on west coast of Jutland near Rømø
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The vild tulip we never found on Crete.
Found on west coast of Jutland near Rømø
Lovely great find, but sideways?!
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Lovely great find, but sideways?!
Must see if I can correct it, upload from my phone ;)
Edit: Didn’t succeed :(
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I like it!
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... and I fixed it for you, Bent :)
These are quite common on the southern coastline in Norway, by the way. Arrived via ballast from the tall ships hundreds of years ago.
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Eventually to become persimmons.
Shot with K Nikkor 400/5.6 ED and SIGMA fp. Heavily cropped.
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... and I fixed it for you, Bent :)
These are quite common on the southern coastline in Norway, by the way. Arrived via ballast from the tall ships hundreds of years ago.
Tulipa sylvestris they spread in the northern part of our country, Friesland, and in the west, Holland and Zeeland, i have never seen them.
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... and I fixed it for you, Bent :)
These are quite common on the southern coastline in Norway, by the way. Arrived via ballast from the tall ships hundreds of years ago.
Thank you Birna, I am travelling so have only phone and iPad
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51233015903_51cf73d007_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2m4hAGp)
Globe Artichoke (https://flic.kr/p/2m4hAGp) by Dave Hartman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_speedlight/), on Flickr
Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) or so I surmise.
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Kalmia: beautiful but a bit weird.
I agree Akira - don't remember having seen that flower before.
Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) or so I surmise.
Nice Artichoke flower David.
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Every summer I look forward to the blue spots appearing in the fields :)
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I agree Akira - don't remember having seen that flower before.
Every summer I look forward to the blue spots appearing in the fields :)
Thank you for the comment, Lars.
Nice blue color. Bachelor's buttons?
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Thank you for the comment, Lars.
Nice blue color. Bachelor's buttons?
And the same to you, Akira - yes, correct :)
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Here is a shot of an Austin Davis rose with visitor in my friend's garden. It was take with a friend's D300 and AF-S 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR DX Nikkor...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7568/15937817648_23a0415dd5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qhntVs)
Off of My Cloud! (Reprise) (https://flic.kr/p/qhntVs) by Dave Hartman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_speedlight/), on Flickr
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Ophrys sp. (apifera?)
A rare wild orchid in my area, various types impersonating different insects
Nikon Df, μNikkor 70-180mm
Ciao from Massimo
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/5651/20538323771_9a60d124cf_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xhUh7x)Dahlias with Interloper (https://flic.kr/p/xhUh7x) by Dave Hartman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_speedlight/), on Flickr
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The eye catcher of today's midsummer afternoon walk.
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When I was a kid these where both weird, wonderful and lots of fun when throwing them at friends - especially at girls with long hair ;D
These needs more time to become "sticky" enough for that.
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The eye catcher of today's midsummer afternoon walk.
Kudos, Lars...This is one of better wide angle flower close up shots I've seen.
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Kudos, Lars...This is one of better wide angle flower close up shots I've seen.
Many thanks Keith! - a kudos from you makes a difference :)
Akira's mantra "Limitation is inspiration" seems to have become an inspiration to me ;)
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Weird and wonderful enough for this theme. Haven't nailed the species yet, but probably ordinary.
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I have never seen these before in my life. Just found some today during hiking.
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I do not know this flower's name
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I have never seen these before in my life. Just found some today during hiking.
That looks unique for sure. I like the way you arrange them!
I do not know this flower's name
Looks like Spiraea cantoniensis which can be commonly seen here in Tokyo.
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Looks like Spiraea cantoniensis which can be commonly seen here in Tokyo.
Bingo! I agree, my flower looks like Spiraea cantoniensis. Must have been planted by the previous homeowner. We bought the house twenty years ago, why now does it make an appearance? One of life's mysteries...
Thanks Akira.
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I have never seen these before in my life. Just found some today during hiking.
This looks like some variety of the wild onion family. There are similar plants here.
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Thanks Akira, Tom. I learn a lot about flowers and plan here :)
Another one from today.
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Aquilegia -
(https://nikon-dslr.net/gallery/590/aquil.jpg)
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Thanks Akira, Tom. I learn a lot about flowers and plan here :)
Another one from today.
Nice on, Zang. Lovely 'white on white' graphic look.
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Nice on, Zang. Lovely 'white on white' graphic look.
Thank you Keith! Glad you like it.
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I don't know their name either but they are everywhere here...
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I don't know their name either but they are everywhere here...
We call it teasel. Here it is dried out in the summer.
Have seen it used in floral arrangements.
I think of it more as a weed though.
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We call it teasel. Here it is dried out in the summer.
Have seen it used in floral arrangements.
I think of it more as a weed though.
Thanks Ken. Good to know.
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Aquilegia -
It's called Thalictrum aquilegifolium. The second part of the name means that the leaves look like those of Aquilegia.
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The same as #154. Arctium species.
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We call it teasel. Here it is dried out in the summer.
Have seen it used in floral arrangements.
I think of it more as a weed though.
Thanks Ken. Good to know.
Zang and Ken,
found a Danish specimen the other day :)
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Zang and Ken,
found a Danish specimen the other day :)
Wow, they look exactly the same despite a vast geological distance. I found some of the flowers have purple rings around them.
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From yesterday. I do not know the name either.
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Wow, they look exactly the same despite a vast geological distance. I found some of the flowers have purple rings around them.
The S.E. Australian version in summer.
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Flower along driveway
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Flowers
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I saw some Monarda flowerheads on the page!
Ammophila arenaria, wild helm, marram or E. beachgrass
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A few from today...
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Being part of everyday life.
Colorful windows.
Z6, 24-70mm f4S
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How about just wonderful. Nikon Z 105mm Macro.
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I found some of the flowers have purple rings around them.
Nice! - when I saw your shot with purple flowers I went back to check - also found flowers and busy bumble bees.
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Quote from: Zang on July 17, 2021, 19:38:05
I found some of the flowers have purple rings around them.
Nice! - when I saw your shot with purple flowers I went back to check - also found flowers and busy bumble bees.
Great shots guy's :)
I also saw some like that recently.
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I do not know this flower's name
Achillea millefolium. commonly called Yarrow. A few bloom pink and red, at least one cultivar has yellow flowers.
Df, Cosina-Carl Zeiss Apo Sonnar 135mm f2 T* ZF.2, 1/250, f7.1, ISO 400
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Too windy to stack outside today. Helianthus mollis, known as Ashy Sunflower. Stack of 15, D850, Cambo Actus XL 35, APO EL Nikkor 105mm f5.6, 1/200, f6.3, ISO 64. Elinchrom Studio light in 60 X 80cm softbox.
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May not be wonderful, but something is weird...
Update: For two years the plant has produced flowers with 5 petals, except for this one.
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Hibiscuses in the rain.
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Lily of the valley...
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Oranges & lemons -
(https://octarine-services.uk/DSC_4588.jpg)
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There is a little cheat in this image. Can you spot it?
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Nope David ???
Yellow complementing blue.
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From my walk today...
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Standard spring flower.
Tussilago farfara Colt's Foot
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Coolpix A, November bee
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Standard spring flower.
Tussilago farfara Colt's Foot
I love to look at this beautiful yellowish orange hue...seems rarely seen on my computer display! (Post #194 above)
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A bunch of roses, captured with the Z50 and Rodenstock TV-Heligon 50mm f/0.75.
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A bunch of roses, captured with the Z50 and Rodenstock TV-Heligon 50mm f/0.75.
Nice one Birna. Suitable for impressionist pictures thread as well :)
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Cirsium heterophyllum Melancholy Thistle. It shows.
From the Wikipedia page
The plant was considered a possible cure for sadness. Nicholas Culpepper in 1669 said that it "makes a man as merry as a cricket".
Nikon D500, 300/4 PF
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Cirsium heterophyllum Melancholy Thistle.
This wonderful image has cured my January Melancholy - thank you Birna
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You're most welcome, Colin :)
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Datura
APO El Nikkor 105mm f/5.6
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A very crisp rendition of the Jimsonweed indeed. Good that the smell and poisons remain locked inside the photo :)
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A very crisp rendition of the Jimsonweed indeed. Good that the smell and poisons remain locked inside the photo :)
Yes, I raise these flowers. Here is another variety and, in winter, in a small studio, even the smell of of these flowers (and plants) is overpowering and potentially dangerous.
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A Christmas Rose Helleborus cultiv. up close. Nikon D3200 (built-in Baader U filter) UV-Nikkor 105mm f/4.5 lens, Broncolor studio flash. 40 frames stacked in Zerene.
(https://www.ultravioletphotography.com/content/uploads/monthly_2022_01/I202201024729_Helleborus_sp_UV_100pct.jpg.235784775e2e1957ca5555b8a7e9b0a7.jpg)
It is recommended to open the image in a separate tag and click it to up to full size. The amount of detail is staggering. Do note this is a 100% crop of the original.
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A Christmas Rose Helleborus cultiv. up close. Nikon D3200 (built-in Baader U filter) UV-Nikkor 105mm f/4.5 lens, Broncolor studio flash. 40 frames stacked in Zerene.
Nice image.
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I must have missed a few of these.
Outstanding images Michael & Birna
(I only became familiar with Datura after reading Castaneda & have never met one)
Nice one Brute - is it warm with you or is this from last year?
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A Christmas Rose Helleborus cultiv. up close. Nikon D3200 (built-in Baader U filter) UV-Nikkor 105mm f/4.5 lens, Broncolor studio flash. 40 frames stacked in Zerene.
(https://www.ultravioletphotography.com/content/uploads/monthly_2022_01/I202201024729_Helleborus_sp_UV_100pct.jpg.235784775e2e1957ca5555b8a7e9b0a7.jpg)
It is recommended to open the image in a separate tag and click it to up to full size. The amount of detail is staggering. Do note this is a 100% crop of the original.
Just stunning!
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Nice one Brute - is it warm with you or is this from last year?
Thanks
No that was from July of 2015.
From this evening. Bees getting busy on the wild currant.
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March 25
Bee on Euphorbia amygloides
D850, Voigtländer 90mm f/3.5
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A nice succulent, I believe some form of Echeveria.
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A nice succulent, I believe some form of Euphorbia.
Maybe a E. horrida type but i am not sure.
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Tulips
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A nice succulent, I believe some form of Euphorbia.
I would exclude Euphorbias and maybe concentrate on Crassula and Echeveria sp.
Ciao from Massimo
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... Possibly Echeveria setosa, but the sample I had (a young one), despite having almost the same type of flowers, was not having any branches (possibly branches will develop with age). Branches look very much like those of a Crassula, they have segments which leave a clear cut (with a new skin already at the edges) if you rip off a branch.
Ciao from Massimo
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I would exclude Euphorbias and maybe concentrate on Crassula and Echeveria sp.
You are correct, my mind-numbness. I changed the word above. Thanks.
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A nice succulent, I believe some form of Echeveria.
Thats stunning Michael.
Both the image and the plant
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Shadbush
D850, 105mm f/2dc
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Betula
D850, 105mm f/2dc
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Acer
D850, 105mm f/2dc
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I have a lot of wisteria in the yard, but it can be a struggle to get an image which conveys the nature of it, as it is both linear and a mass of color. Here are some scenes from that struggle. Comments welcome.
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Moss blooming.
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I have a lot of wisteria in the yard,
Comments welcome.
I find the 1st and the last ones convey the most vibrant images Jack
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Shadbush# , Amelanchier
D850, 105mm f/2
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Magnolia
Taken with an iPhone SE, and then I noticed there was a buzzard passing by at a height of abt 100 m ... (see 100% crop)
Ciao from Massimo
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Taken with an iPhone SE, and then I noticed there was a buzzard passing by at a height of abt 100 m ... (see 100% crop)
Ciao from Massimo
Its a nice start, iPhone for BIF :)
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Its a nice start, iPhone for BIF :)
It's unusual, at least for Italy, to have a buzzard within the city limits. One of the effects of lockdown has been that wild animals (foxes, prey birds, boars, deer, and even wolves) have advanced towards the city from nearby mountains/hills, so an encounter with a wild animal is not-so-unusual...
Ciao from Massimo
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It's unusual, at least for Italy, to have a buzzard within the city limits. One of the effects of lockdown has been that wild animals (foxes, prey birds, boars, deer, and even wolves) have advanced towards the city from nearby mountains/hills, so an encounter with a wild animal is not-so-unusual...
Ciao from Massimo
Yes I noticed too, most of my bird photos presented here is in the city limits among them a kestrel :)
Even a fox is coming sometimes to be feed from people near a cantina :D
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Some wild animals can be most resilient and most adaptive.
For example, here in Melbourne even in pre-COVID times, foxes were and still are are quite prevalent in most suburbs, eagles have been seen to return to nests on top of high skyscrapers, and Australian animals such as possums and fruit bats have invaded suburbs and the city alike. Climate change has been cited in the case of the bats, but the general ability of these species to find adequate food sources is I feel the real answer.
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Olga like this one. "I can see the energy"
D200 ir, 18-70mm 3.5-5.6
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Larch flowers-femele-pinkish and male-greenish.
Laowa 100/2.8, f/8, Z6 monopod...
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Erythronium 'Pagoda'
Z6, Kiron 105mm f/2.8
Zfc, Voigtländer 90mm f/3.5
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The willow flower.
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Larch flowers-femele-pinkish and male-greenish.
Beautiful Andrew, I've not seen these before
Roughly what size were they?
Meanwhile here's some Pussy Willow from the first weeks of Lockdown 2020 in the UK
(https://pbase.com/celidh/image/170529856.jpg)
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A spring classic around here.
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Water violet (Hottonia palustris)
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Beautiful space, lines and use of the frame in 3D Fons
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Thank you Paco.
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Some time ago
D700, 50mm f/1.2
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Tulips lined up as eye candy bars ... from Denmark's largest tulip festival.
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Some time ago
D700, 50mm f/1.2
Great flower abstract Fons - the thin edges of the flower leaf reveals it as a flower.
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Great flower abstract Fons - the thin edges of the flower leaf reveals it as a flower.
Thank you Lars
Tulips lined up as eye candy bars ... from Denmark's largest tulip festival.
Whats the name of the place?
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King's spear (Asphodeline lutea)
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Flowers can be small in size, however have a big impact :( Birches are bearing catkins now and the heavy release of air-borne pollen makes a lot of people quite sick. Yours truly inclusive, by the way.
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The best remedy is fasting or at least to avoid rich foods etc :)
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Thank you Lars
Whats the name of the place?
It's the castle "Gavnø" south of Næstved city:
https://www.gavnoe.dk/en/event/denmarks-largest-tulip-festival/
There is also a Lily festival during the summer - and other flowers in the gardens. Also a beautiful castle in beautiful surroundings :-)
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A bit weird, but a popular perennial - bleeding heart or fallopian buds (Lamprocapnos spectabilis).
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Ragged robin, Lychnis flos-cucli, Silene flos-cuculi
Z6, 105mm f/2.8Z
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Wisteria
Z6, 35mm f/1.8s
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Wisteria
Z6, 35mm f/1.8s
Very nice Fons - this shot definitely belongs to wonderful :) Also for bees!
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The horse-chestnut trees are in bloom here now.
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The chestnut trees are in bloom here now.
Thank you Lars, i didnt know chestnuts grow in DK thought it was too northern.
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Thank you Lars, i didnt know chestnuts grow in DK thought it was too northern.
Sorry, should have wrote horse-chestnut - they are common in DK. The chestnuts are probably more rare and grown in gardens and parks.
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Foxglove
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Foxglove
Well spotted! The spider looks sensitive and beautiful.
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Thank you Akira
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Foxglove
Very nice Fons - flowers can have interesting visitors :-) I echo Akira's comment, but it looks more like a Harvestman (spiders have two "body parts").
Last year I had an Odiellus spinosus Harvestman as a visitor in my home - a fairly large Harvestman species called Monstermejer in danish (Monster harvestman) ;D
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This years last cherry blossoms in the local park.
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Cornus kousa.
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May 23
Pelargonium tomentosum, ('peppermint geranium')
Z fc - 105mm f/2.8s
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Rosa x 'Shropshire lass'
Z6, TTArtisan 90mm f/1.25
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May 24
Begonia
Z6, 105mm f/2.8S
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A fine example of the possibilities with this lens, Fons. Impressive.
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Thank you John definitely a highly recommended piece of glass!
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A fine example of the possibilities with this lens, Fons. Impressive.
Ditto.
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I haven't use the Rodenstock for a while so I'm going to indulge myself with two images. :)
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Digitalis purpurea white specimen
May 25
Z6 - 105mm f/2.8S
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Ditto.
thank you
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May 23
Pelargonium tomentosum, ('peppermint geranium')
Z fc - 105mm f/2.8s
Exquisit one, Fons! ;)
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Buttercup (Ranunculus).
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I haven't use the Rodenstock for a while so I'm going to indulge myself with two images. :)
Great you did Paco - dreamy expression with that lens.
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Ditto.
One more ditto, Fons.
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Thank you Lars
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One more ditto, Fons.
thank you Lars
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I'm currently borrowing a Z7 with the Z 50/1.8 S, Z 35/1.8 S and Z 24-70/4.
This is shot with the 50 at 1.8.
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Digitalis purpurea
Many foxgloves this year, D. is used in homeopathic therapy as a treatment for heart problems!
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Digitalis purpurea
.. as a treatment for heart problems!
Very Nice Fons - I guess too much of these will give your heart problems!
I've never seen that many at the same place but sometimes in small groups.
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Taken with the Z9 and 105VR F mount - Kodachrome day but breezy so used AF-C to keep them in focus. Many of these are blooming right now but no one here seems to know what they are. Not in Flora of Alaska and not listed in the invasive species list.
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Blueweed, Echium vulgare, an inhabitant of ruderal areas
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Mignonette, Reseda lutea
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Yarrow, Achillea millefolium generally in white, some pink flowers occassionally occur.
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Since posting a few days ago I learned (thanks to social media) the identity. They are Red Campion (Silene dioica, a plant which is native to northern Europe, that is an invasive plant in Alaska. I made social media posts of this and two other invasive species after further pp in Lightroom and a more obvious watermark. Here is the new version of the image posted earlier in this thread.
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Branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum) I guess - in dusk light.
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Leonurus cardiaca, known as motherwort,
is an herbaceous perennial plant in the mint family,
Lamiaceae. (wikipedia)
very thrifty on my plot, plant is also used medicinally, nature medicine,
not big pharma.
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Gardenshot
Erigeron, Sanguisorba, Phlox in the mix
Df, 28mm f/2
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Mixed border with Df and 35mm f/1.4ai wide open for that painterly look
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Summertime in unadulterated fashion by
Df, nikkor-s 58mm f/1.4 auto
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Note:
in image 2 you may spot a hummingbird-hawkmoth
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I didnt check the foliage, the Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a large family of plants and quite a few are lethally poisonous, think of Socrates and hemlock. But our carrots are related family.
Here with Artimisia vulgaris on an industrial site.
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Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea, is a very common wild flower in the family Asteraceae that is native to northern Eurasia, usually in dry, open places, and has also been widely distributed as a weed elsewhere.
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Lilium cultivar called by some tiger lily, by others Turk's cap. Some are vibrant orange, many are pink. This particular plant greatly prefers limited sunlight: it receives about two hours of direct sunshine in mid morning and dappled light through the grove of Post Oak (Quercus stellata) for the remainder of the day.
D850, 1/80, Otus 55/1,4 @ f16, ISO 800. Conditions were far too windy to consider making a stack at a more reasonable aperture. The flowers point down, I used a Saucier FlowerPod to adjust the flower to point perhaps 30° below horizontal.
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We got these from someone..
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Another one from June...
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The same rose from a different angle...
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I really like the second rose - what lens did you use Zang?
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I really like the second rose - what lens did you use Zang?
Thanks Daniel,
The Lily was taken using Canon FD 85mm f1.8 that I have rebuilt recently. Both the roses were taken using Contax Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.4 that I ordered new from Germany in 1997.
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We are getting free flowers from a friend :) This one from today...
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For some reason the photo got lost from the previous post. Adding it again...
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The Clematis in my garden has started blooming.
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The site was acting up and the picture got lost some how. Trying again...
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Zang- Thanks for the photo of the rose posted as #294. You've truly captured the pastel delicacy of this cultivar.
Bob
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Setaria parviflora - Knotroot (or Perennial) Foxtail (or Bristlegrass), a problem in pastures and hay fields.
The spikes, when dried out, cause ulceration in the mouth of horses. At any stage of its life this plant is of marginal value as feed for livestock. Even spot application of glyphosphate (Roundup) will not surely kill it. Provided that you don't have a severe infestation the most certain way to rid your land of this species is to dig each plant out being sure to remove all of the rhizomes from the soil. Here on the southern plains of the U.S. this weed seems to thrive best following an exceptionally wet spring.
It's a shame that something as attractive as this will halve the value if it is present in hay that you sell.
D850 CV 125 1/20 f11 ISO 400
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Zang- Thanks for the photo of the rose posted as #294. You've truly captured the pastel delicacy of this cultivar.
Bob
Hi Bob, you are very welcome and thank you for your kind words!
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Setaria parviflora - Knotroot (or Perennial) Foxtail (or Bristlegrass), a problem in pastures and hay fields.
The spikes, when dried out, cause ulceration in the mouth of horses. At any stage of its life this plant is of marginal value as feed for livestock. Even spot application of glyphosphate (Roundup) will not surely kill it. Provided that you don't have a severe infestation the most certain way to rid your land of this species is to dig each plant out being sure to remove all of the rhizomes from the soil. Here on the southern plains of the U.S. this weed seems to thrive best following an exceptionally wet spring.
It's a shame that something as attractive as this will halve the value if it is present in hay that you sell.
D850 CV 125 1/20 f11 ISO 400
Thank you Bob for the very educational information. This is very interesting and I don't think I have ever seen these flowers in my life. And the picture itself looks stunning as well!
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Rosa
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Faded, blooming and overgrown. D700, 105/2.8D Micro lens.
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Hollyhocks, Alcea
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add
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Stay in the light! Japanese anemone.
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Chicoryflower
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Salicornia in flower
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Chicoryflower
Thats beautiful Fons.
Also the last rose in your collection higher up.
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Thanks Colin
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I've watched these plants become more and more blue over the last few weeks.
Birna may be able to advise, but they remind me of the Eryngium family
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Colin, Eryngium planum i think,
Here i have an image from last month in the dunes of texel of E. campestre.
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Sunflower
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Sunflower
Nice idea and execution!
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Nice idea and execution!
Thanks :-)
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Nice idea and execution!
Indeed!
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Tanacetum vulgare, syn. eng. Tancy
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Colin, Eryngium planum i think,
Here i have an image from last month in the dunes of texel of E. campestre.
Sorry Fons, only just found your reply.
Thanks - do you know if your ones have since changed colour?
Mine started a similar green, but the stalks and much of the flowers are now quite blue - unusual in the plant kingdom
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Take a look here Colin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium_planum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium_planum)
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Knautia arvensis - Field scabious.
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Colin, Eryngium planum i think,
Here i have an image from last month in the dunes of texel of E. campestre.
A cousin - Eryngium maritimum: Sea holly. Rare in Denmark.
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A humble sunflower, no longer in the wild.
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A cousin - Eryngium maritimum: Sea holly. Rare in Denmark.
Thanks Lars
Sea Holly occurs quite a bit in the UK
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August 29
Panicum virgatum "Northwind"
one of my favourite tall grasses, slighly desaturated to emphasize its grey-green colours
Z6, 105mm f/2.8
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Probably Cirsium altissimum "Tall thistle"
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September 2
Alternative take of the september 2 blog entry
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Reminds me of a moment as some bomb erases a delicate flower. Well done Fons.
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Thank you Tom.
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Panicum virgatum
and detail
Z6, 105mm f/2.8S
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Panicum virgatum
and detail
Z6, 105mm f/2.8S
Great detail and colors Fons
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Thank you Lars.
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rose
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Beautiful floating representation Fons. Makes the flower ethereal
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Thank you Paco.
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rose
This is really good, Fons. Original visualization.
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Do any of you like an occasional glass of beer?
I'm blessed to live in an area where many farmers grow hops.
Some plants can be over 6m tall and the aroma from them is mesmeric....
Actually right now is harvest time for hops, potatoes & Cider apples so things are looking up!
Here are some different stages of the hop flower lifecycle (D500, 105mm AFS)
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A bright spot in an exceptionally droughty summer. Perhaps this is an escapee from cultivation: genus Coreopsis?
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September 30
D850, distagon 35mm f/1.4
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September 30
D850, distagon 35mm f/1.4
These shots reward a second and third look...hard to do! Fons: Are these done with the 'classic' Distagon 35/1.4 or the newer Milvus 35/1.4?
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Fons, your series on post 342 is provocative and much appreciated. Thanks.
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September 30
D850, distagon 35mm f/1.4
Beautiful use of the distagon Fons. For me, the first two stand out even in this set. The placement of items in the first with story-telling colors, and the spatial effect you created with the dof in the second...
Thanks for sharing it!
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Thank you Keith, Bob, Paco.
The Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/1.4 is the original distagon not the Milvus.
I think its comparable with the nikons 35mm f/1.4, the ai/s and g versions,
but very large and heavy.
For that reason i am still interested in the Tamron 35/1.4.
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I love Dahlias Brute.
I'm also fascinated by hummingbirds (though its been 3 years since I was somewhere they live!)
What a beautiful collection
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Geometry
A thistle in its early stage of development
NIKON 1V1, 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G AF-P DX VR IF-ED zoom-Nikkor @78mm + FT1
Ciao from Massimo
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I love Dahlias Brute.
I'm also fascinated by hummingbirds (though its been 3 years since I was somewhere they live!)
What a beautiful collection
They are a beautiful flower for sure. It was just a bonus surprise with the hummingbirds.
Thank You :)
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June 11
Tuinen in Demen,
Gardens in Demen, 'open-garden-day' with the emphasis on roses.
a few shots.
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Some roses
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Overview of a gardenchamber
Z7, 24mm f/1.8S
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A rose from my backyard. We had a lot of rain yesterday after a longer dry and sunny period.
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Wreath Flowers -Lechenaultia macrantha
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Rudbeckia cultivar
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Rudbeckia cultivar
There is a slew of these Rudbeckia cultivars in many different colours, you see them all over in... France :)
They are annuals not hardy and all that, Thanks for reminding!
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Walking around a lake region and this little one caught my eye
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Zinnia's
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Dahlias
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Fons, I like specially the second one. I think the monochromatic choice makes more evident and enjoyable the play with repetition, spatial arrangement and fade-out bokeh
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Thank you Paco!
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August 24
Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus'
Z7, MC 105mm f/2.8S
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Dahlias
Beautiful work with that 28mm, Fons. I wish not to acquire any more F mount lenses, but that one is the biggest temptation.
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Beautiful work with that 28mm, Fons. I wish not to acquire any more F mount lenses, but that one is the biggest temtation.
Thank you Keith! The afs 28mm f/1.4E indeed one of Nikons' best. Some ca's in high contrast areas.
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Some more Zinnia's.
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Water Lilies
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(https://bergholt.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/flora-hafniensis-kandidat-filter-pure-gold.jpg)
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No idea of the name, but the shape of the flowers and the way it grows the leaves are definitely weird.
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No idea of the name, but the shape of the flowers and the way it grows the leaves are definitely weird.
Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii
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Magnolia lilliflora
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No idea of the name, but the shape of the flowers and the way it grows the leaves are definitely weird.
Very unusual, but quite pretty.
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Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii
Fons, thank you for the ID!
Very unusual, but quite pretty.
Yes, very attractive.
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Viola rafinesquii also known as Viola bicolour. D850 and CV 125.
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A pretty little flower, well portrayed by the legendary APO-Lanthar 125mm lens.
I'm reminded to pull out some of my own APO-Lanthars -- they have been overshadowed by the onslaught of the Z system. However, I suspect the 125/2.5 will handle better on the Zf than on the Z6/7 models. Or maybe even on the Z9?
The Z 105/2.8 MC Nikkor is a very nice lens, but compared to the Lanthars, perhaps a little too perfect? It is not labelled 'APO' by Nikon, but shows very well controlled axial colour aberration unlike most of Nikon's 105 Micro-Nikkors in F mount.
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Thank you Birna.
I'm old and old fashioned: I prefer manual focus to auto focus. My eyes and the EVF system on the several Z series cameras that I've tried do not work well together in many situations so I still use the D series cameras.
If I apprehend your "handle better" correctly you mean this a holistic sense. For me, when the CV 125 f2.5 is mounted on my Df images seem to present themselves. What a "more capable" camera can produce does not necessarily contribute to an image.
Bob
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Night flowers.
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In between raindrops - D850 & AF-S 58mm f/1.4
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Looking back on the Summer just gone, all taken with the 105MC.