West Head 2x2: Flowers

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West Head 2x2: Flowers

Postby ATJ on Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:07 pm

Some flowers from the walk. All shots taken with D300 and Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D, SB-800 and DIY collapsible softbox.

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Fuchsia heath, Epacris longiflora

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Mountain devil, Lambertia formosa

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Wax flower, Leptospermum sp.
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Re: West Head 2x2: Flowers

Postby Matt. K on Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:36 pm

Brilliant!
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Re: West Head 2x2: Flowers

Postby Jenno on Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:17 pm

Really nailed the focus which is a fair achievement given that slight breeze that seemed to crop up whenever you stopped to take a pic
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Re: West Head 2x2: Flowers

Postby surenj on Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:36 pm

Love #1. Nice DOF, color and composition. Good to see some Macro junkies doing their thing on this walk.
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Re: West Head 2x2: Flowers

Postby biggerry on Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:04 pm

Fuchsia heath, Epacris longiflora


a whosy-what? hey but nice picture :up:

I noticed with my shots of the bell flower, getting the white part to 'appear' in focus was quite difficult, whilst the red portion was sharp, I found the white portion in mine just looked crap.

Nonetheless, I think you have done very nicely here - that softbox is working a charm for you too also..

The remaining two images are also very good, just what you would expect from a flower identification book :up: I think thats a compliment too :cough:
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Re: West Head 2x2: Flowers

Postby aim54x on Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:23 pm

Wow....very nice work there Andrew...as Gerry has said, great ID photos
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Re: West Head 2x2: Flowers

Postby biggerry on Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:54 pm

I just read my response - holy crap, how bad is my grammar, spelling and keyboard bashing! apologies, I will edit that.. :oops:
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