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Post by timothylane on Mar 23, 2020 13:34:59 GMT -8
Of course, rosemary is an herb, so presumably there's an edible part of those plants. Incidentally, the article says that forget-me-nots (as distinct from the Avengers episode "The Forget-Me-Not", which provided the link from Diana Rigg as Emma Peel to Linda Thorson as Tara King) all have 5 petals, and the ones Brad shows have 7 petals.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 23, 2020 13:44:30 GMT -8
I like all those shots. They all show beauty to me. There is something about flower close-ups which is very soothing.
Funny thing about that rosemary shot. I knew I had seen it, and if I had looked closer, I would have seen the pointy leaves(?) which are something of a giveaway. I have a rosemary bush in my backyard and have seen the little blueish flowers for years.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 23, 2020 13:50:15 GMT -8
This is a close-up view of a Lemon Balm leaf. I suspect that little white grains you see are grains of Juniper pollen. Lightly shake a Juniper branch just now and it will give off a thick puff of smoke. Not thin. Very thick. You can get second-hand pollen from this thing. It’s right in season for the stuff.  [ Larger View] |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 23, 2020 13:51:49 GMT -8
Mr. Flu, now that my rosemary bushes (two large ones, scattered smaller ones) are getting large, they are much more apt to be covered with flowers. In fact, this is the first time I've seen both bushes covered in flowers. At best in the past, only a few branches or two would sprout flowers.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 23, 2020 13:57:13 GMT -8
These are a pile of flower petals from the plum trees gathered upon the ground, their beauty not quite spent.  [ Larger View] |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 23, 2020 14:07:27 GMT -8
I like find abstract forms in flowers and leaves. Here’s an edge of an Angel Wing leaf:  [ Larger View] You can see the rather narrow depth-of-field you have to work with when doing macro photography. But you can sort of use it to your benefit as well.
I've been using ƒ/13 for most of these shots. That stops it down fairly well (for maximum depth of field) while still letting in a fair amount of light. I could, of course, reduce the ƒ-stop further. The downside is, the sharpest part of the lens (of my lens, in particular) is between about ƒ/8 and ƒ.11.
As it is, with a shutter speed ranging generally from 1/500 to 1/2000 of a second (I'm in aperture priority mode), I have the ISO set at 1600. That used to be considered a bit on the high side. But these modern digital camera sensors can ramp up the ISO with relatively little grain. And cameras more expensive (and more modern) than the one I have can apparently do even better. It's very handy to be able to crank up that ISO. |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 23, 2020 14:24:32 GMT -8
I have a lot of ornamental grass in the garden. This macro photo might be a bit deceiving. The leaves themselves are about 1” wide and about as thick as leather. The entire plant looks something like this.  [ Larger View] Here’s a blow-up (pixel-for-pixel view) of the above photo:  [ Enlarged View] |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 23, 2020 14:39:42 GMT -8
This is a very small plant that grows wild (probably everywhere around here). Close-up, it looks like some kind of succulent.  [ Larger View] |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 23, 2020 14:45:06 GMT -8
I’ve shot this flower before and offhand I don't remember the name of it. But I’m having good luck today (in large part due to a cooperative sun) and am getting some very sharp shots. I uploaded this at 100% size and it looks as if Google Photos was able to handle it without downsampling it.
Click on the “Larger View” link. Click again. And then you can enlarge even further from there. Click the magnifying glass icon on the upper right. That will bring up a little slider box where you can slide the slider to the right to get full size.  [ Larger View] |
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Post by timothylane on Mar 23, 2020 15:33:58 GMT -8
Those last 2 plants are especially nice. One sort of looks like ice plant, but it's the wrong color as far I can recall. (That was 50 years ago.) The larger view of the purple flower is actually a smaller image, nor does it render the background less blurry or anything. In any case, I can't identify any of them. Botany was never my field. But I know what I like.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 23, 2020 15:59:39 GMT -8
Yes, it does. I have it planted all over and it’s never done well in my garden. But I did find one of the plastic markers. It’s saxifrage.
I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying. If you’re not seeing it right, it may be because you’re using an older browser. But if you click the “Larger View” link for the saxifrage, it will go to a page with a larger image. Click that image and you’ll get a still larger one. Click the magnifying glass icon in the upper right, and you can (via the slider that appears) get a pixel-for-pixel actual size view. If you don’t then likely you’re not doing it right or you’re using an old browser.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 23, 2020 16:32:59 GMT -8
Here’s a small blue flower. I don’t know what type of plant it belongs to.  [ Larger View] |
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 23, 2020 18:03:57 GMT -8
The resolution on those last few pictures is amazing.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 23, 2020 18:32:41 GMT -8
Thanks. Or thank Nikon. The standard or “kit” lenses they include with the camera bodies are pretty good. I also think mine just happens by chance to be a particularly good one. Still, I’ll loved to compare with a more expensive lens to see if there was any difference. But I really can’t complain about the sharpness of the lens.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 24, 2020 11:15:40 GMT -8
I added one more tube to the extension tubes on the camera to gain a little more magnification. Below is a white heather flower with a drop of rain on it. It seems to show a world inside a world.  [ Larger View] Here’s what the extension tube setup looks like:  [ Larger View] |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 24, 2020 11:21:34 GMT -8
Good focus with this kind of enlargement can be difficult. But it’s kind of cool when it works:  Larger View |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 24, 2020 11:37:32 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Mar 24, 2020 11:46:39 GMT -8
That's an impressive setup. Jimmy Stewart's character in Rear Window would be proud of it.
And that was an even more impressive photo of a drop of water and what it reflects.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 24, 2020 12:12:50 GMT -8
Here’s a two-extension-tube (as opposed to one) of the small blue flowers a couple posts up:  Larger ViewAgain, click the Larger View, click the image again, click the magnifying glass that appears in the upper right, and then slide the slider all the way over to the right to get the largest view. The sun isn’t quite so bright today (basically overcast). That, combined with the addition of the second extension tube, meant that hand-holding (or even bracing) was out of the question. So I got out my professional tripod and anchored the camera securely. Also, although auto-focus can help (and did) with most of the earlier shots, it’s just too touchy by the time you get to this kind of magnification. I had to manually focus.
Plus, I went into “mirror lockup” mode so that the internal mirror could produce no vibrations when the shutter was released. Also, I put the shutter on a 2-second delay although I didn’t go so far as to use a shutter release cable (which would have been best). With the shutter release cable, you can avoid the jiggle that is caused by pressing the shutter with your finger. But the camera was stable enough and I was careful so most of any wiggle was evened out by that 2-second delay. This was shot at ƒ/13 at 1/250 seconds at 1500 ISO at 55 mm. It's underexposed a little more than I wanted but I fixed it up. You can see that the flower is covered in what looks like powdered sugar. Whether that is a natural part of the petals or not, I don’t know. Again, there could be some juniper pollen doing that. You can see that frosting especially in the previous shot which was taken in the full sun. You really get that sparkle. An added benefit of the cloud cover was being able to capture the richer blue of the flowers — aided somewhat by the underexposure. |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 24, 2020 12:21:50 GMT -8
Drat. There are no Grace Kellys around my neighbor for a proper peeping Tom to make the object of harmless obsession.
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