Dogwood

[Akira]

wonderful flower images Akira, very nice soft light, very precise focus and sufficient depth of field

Armando, thank you for your kind comment.

I'm largely helped by the excellent contrast detect AF and the articulating LCD of GH5.

[John Geerts]

Thanks for your explication and the photo's, Akira.  I like especially the 3rd one.

[Akira]

John, glad you enjoy the thread and like one of the images!

[Mongo]

Mongo enjoyed the story set to images. Good soft but still accurate light.  The focus in #3 renders very sharp and precise detail. Did not see a mention of the lens used ??

[Akira]

Mongo enjoyed the story set to images. Good soft but still accurate light.  The focus in #3 renders very sharp and precise detail. Did not see a mention of the lens used ??

Glad you enjoyed the thread, Mongo!  The lens used was Olympus M. Zuiko 25/1.8 on Panasonic GH5.

[Ron Scubadiver]

I wonder how the Japanese species is doing in the USA.  My next door neighbor has a Magnolia.  It's a huge tree for hot climates with big white flowers and thick leaves.

[Akira]

I wonder how the Japanese species is doing in the USA.  My next door neighbor has a Magnolia.  It's a huge tree for hot climates with big white flowers and thick leaves.

So far as the climate is appropriate, the foreign species can survive and flourish.  The magnolias commonly seen in Japan (Magnolia quinquepeta or Magnolia liliiflora) looks different from those in the States or in Europe.

Do you happen to have any image of the magnolia in your neighbor?

[Jack Dahlgren]

I wonder how the Japanese species is doing in the USA.  My next door neighbor has a Magnolia.  It's a huge tree for hot climates with big white flowers and thick leaves.

If you have seen any images I’ve posted recently from Washington you can see the Japanese cherries are doing fine. In fact, cuttings from the trees were sent back to Japan to help reestablish them after some devastation.