Conifers in Bloom

Thusie

Hey have to take the shots that make the 'person who buys the camera equipment' happy:D Thanks for looking!

Acrocona, cones at the ends of the barnche so sort of self prunes



Aureospicata, flushes bright gold which looks pretty wild with the dark green older needles



Abies pinsapo ' Aurea' Don's pride and joy, probably the most beautiful conifer we have. Hard to find one with any size and the cost was, well a very good down payment on some L glass. We do have priority issues here:wxwax

saurora

Thusie, I can see why your sidekick is so taken with connifers! Those are gorgeous! I love the color in the first 2, but love the DOF in the last shot. Are they worth the price of an L glass??.....jury's out on that one!!! (Actually, I understand how it feels to be passionate, and willing to drop big $, when you collect just about anything!)

Thusie

Thanks Saurora. He actually has a very good eye, studies up on them and it is so bad the the surrounding nurseries set aside choice conifers they think he might like!
Hah! but I did get the 400 5.6L. here ya go chickie babe, your new toy, now not one word about the conifers. Couse he is well past the cost of that and it isn't even May yet Aha I do see the 35 f1.4L in my future.........

gluwater

Great shots Thusie! I like the colors and background in the second shot the best.

Thusie

Thnaks much Nick, glad you like them!

Skippy

Number #3

Thusie wrote:

Hey have to take the shots that make the 'person who buys the camera equipment' happy:D Thanks for looking!

Acrocona, cones at the ends of the barnche so sort of self prunes
Aureospicata, flushes bright gold which looks pretty wild with the dark green older needles
Abies pinsapo ' Aurea' Don's pride and joy, probably the most beautiful conifer we have. Hard to find one with any size and the cost was, well a very good down payment on some L glass. We do have priority issues here

Number #3 is real nice I like the others two but number #3 would be my choice if I had to pick just one......gosh they have pretty pink flowers don't they ........ Skippy (Australia)

Thusie

Skippy wrote:

Number #3 is real nice I like the others two but number #3 would be my choice if I had to pick just one......gosh they have pretty pink flowers don't they ........ Skippy (Australia)

Thank you for looking Skippy..Don will be quite pleased you like #3 best:):

Onrey

Thusie, great photos. But I dont believe any of them are Natural species in the USA ? : You see I have a "Plan" I have a degree in forestry and since Don loves conifers I can provide him several thousand good ole Southern Virginia Pine (Pinus Virginiana). he could start a new business (Christmas Tree Farm) and in return I only ask for a Canon 400f/2.8L Do we have a deal ?

Seriously, those trees look lovely. I have alot of wildfire and control burn photos nobody here has ever seen.

illuminati919

The colors are magnificent. Very beautiful plant. The DOF is amazing, you did a nice job. What type of lens are you using, im guessing a 50mm ????

Thusie

Onrey wrote:

Thusie, great photos. But I dont believe any of them are Natural species in the USA ? :

Hum the first one is a Picea abies..Norway spruce
#2 Picea orientalis, Asia
3# the pinsapo is a spanish fur

Now we do have a Pinus v. Wate's Golden, cool, green in summer gold in winter

You see I have a "Plan" I have a degree in forestry and since Don loves conifers I can provide him several thousand good ole Southern Virginia Pine (Pinus Virginiana). he could start a new business (Christmas Tree Farm) and in return I only ask for a Canon 400f/2.8L Do we have a deal ?

Ya think! In your DREAMS, heck that lens is in my dreams

Seriously, those trees look lovely. I have alot of wildfire and control burn photos nobody here has ever seen.

Thank you and if you have some of your burn shots up send me the link would like to see.

gus

Great T. Love that exposure.

Thusie

illuminati919 wrote:

The colors are magnificent. Very beautiful plant. The DOF is amazing, you did a nice job. What type of lens are you using, im guessing a 50mm ????

Thank you very much. The lens is the EF-S 60 f2.8 macro and the shots were stopped down to f7. I love that lens and it is sharp wide open. It (the lens) has a real learning curve for me, very useful, I use it quite a bit.

Thusie

Humungus wrote:

Great T. Love that exposure.

Thanks muchly Gus:):

DoctorIt

Gorgeous trees - i bet the whole tree looks pretty nice with all the purple cones in their young stage... any shots from further back?

Thusie

DoctorIt wrote:

Gorgeous trees - i bet the whole tree looks pretty nice with all the purple cones in their young stage... any shots from further back?

Not yet. They aren't really in full swing and I'm trying to figure out what lens to use. Sometimes whole tree shots work best with the 70-200 at 200 I seem to get more overall detail that way, operator issues probably:):

Thanks.

Awais Yaqub

nice pictures
nice investment in lens

Thusie

Awais Yaqub wrote:

nice pictures
nice investment in lens

Thank you Awais!