Interesting Flower.

aero-nut · November 13, 2004

Ok, I know you all are probably sick of flower macro shots by now, but I thought this flower at the train station was pretty cool.

photocat · November 13, 2004

aero-nut wrote:

Ok, I know you all are probably sick of flower macro shots by now, but I thought this flower at the train station was pretty cool.

Makes me think of a bird ready to take off...

photocat · November 13, 2004

photocat wrote:

aero-nut wrote:

Ok, I know you all are probably sick of flower macro shots by now, but I thought this flower at the train station was pretty cool.

Is that why my flower macro did not generate one single mail?
Are flower macro's "not done"?

aero-nut · November 13, 2004

photocat wrote:

photocat wrote:

aero-nut wrote:

Ok, I know you all are probably sick of flower macro shots by now, but I thought this flower at the train station was pretty cool.

Is that why my flower macro did not generate one single mail?
Are flower macro's "not done"?

Oh, I love flower and plant macros, mainly because they're always different, and have a lot of potential detail to be captured. I just remember seeing a few flower macro threads that went nuts...something like 100 posts in one of them. That's the only reason I made that comment.

aero-nut · November 13, 2004

photocat wrote:

photocat wrote:

aero-nut wrote:

Ok, I know you all are probably sick of flower macro shots by now, but I thought this flower at the train station was pretty cool.

Is that why my flower macro did not generate one single mail?
Are flower macro's "not done"?

Nice pic by the way. the dew really adds some cool texture.

photocat · November 13, 2004

aero-nut wrote:

Nice pic by the way. the dew really adds some cool texture.

Thanks... it is dew actually. Or rain. It was a gray day again (I live in UK), and thought that the day would be lost for pictures. But I came home with this one. I think this is one of the best shots I ever took. (Or am I bragging now?). I think I probably will never take one like it again.
Since that day, I rather go out on overcast days to shoot flowers. No hideous shadows that ruin everything.

pathfinder · November 13, 2004

photocat wrote:

Thanks... it is dew actually. Or rain. It was a gray day again (I live in UK), and thought that the day would be lost for pictures. But I came home with this one. I think this is one of the best shots I ever took. (Or am I bragging now?). I think I probably will never take one like it again.
Since that day, I rather go out on overcast days to shoot flowers. No hideous shadows that ruin everything.

Flower shots are quite welcome - There have been several threads on dgrin devoted to flowers. A search should turn up many. And you are right that grey overcast days are good days for detail close up shots and that includes flowers too.

jwear · November 13, 2004

bird of paradise
That is the flower. i look around for a perfect one to shoot but so far not .i shot this one on a shoot for fun far from a good one

aero-nut · November 13, 2004

jwear wrote:

That is the flower. i look around for a perfect one to shoot but so far not .i shot this one on a shoot for fun far from a good one

Ahh, cool! I was wondering what the heck kind of flower it was. It is probably the coolest looking flower I've ever seen. Did you have to go far to find one? Do they grow natively or are they exotic? They had the things planted all over the place at Union Station, Los Angeles, CA.

Thanks for the info!

fish · November 13, 2004

That flower is a "Bird of Paradise". Very interesting plant...quite nondescript when it's not blooming.

Plants are one of my favorite subjects.

Hey photocat...I was checking out your smugmug animals gallery and you've got some GREAT shots of your cats. I forwarded the link onto my 10yo son, who also loves cats. We've got two cats that are extremely difficult to shoot (no, not with bullets). One is your basic black domestic shorthair and the other is a tortie-point medium hair siamese. The black one is impossible to properly expose and the tortie is impossible to properly focus because of the fur. Fun to keep trying tho.

jwear · November 13, 2004

bird
they are all over the place in so.cal but i want one with two blue and great leaves i never have my camera at the right time i amd going to san diego next week were there are a ton maybe then i am a stones throw from union st. in l.a i have 2 growing but do not get great flowers on mine

ian408 · November 13, 2004

Aero, nice composition! I like how the BOP is framed by the door.

Ian

aero-nut · November 14, 2004

ian408 wrote:

Aero, nice composition! I like how the BOP is framed by the door.

Ian

I have to confess, that was unintentional.

Now that you point it out, it does seem to help draw the attention to the flower. Everyone here has such great comments that it makes me learn so much from my own photographs. I love it. Thank you.

photocat · November 14, 2004

Hey photocat...I was checking out your smugmug animals gallery and you've got some GREAT shots of your cats. I forwarded the link onto my 10yo son, who also loves cats. We've got two cats that are extremely difficult to shoot (no, not with bullets). One is your basic black domestic shorthair and the other is a tortie-point medium hair siamese. The black one is impossible to properly expose and the tortie is impossible to properly focus because of the fur. Fun to keep trying tho.[/QUOTE]

I am lucky with my two cats. They are hanging furballs. I can dangle the camera on macro about 2 inches from their nose, but they are not interested. They see me with a camera always, and they usually are very patient... I took shots from a black dog this week, and all I see is his nose and black hair. A big black blob with a nose.

Head in the Clouds · November 14, 2004

Beautiful flower shots! The 'Bird of Paradise' is lovely.
I am also a huge fan of macro flower shots..... here's this arvo's effort in that regard .....

aero-nut · November 14, 2004

AussieKate wrote:

Beautiful flower shots! The 'Bird of Paradise' is lovely.
I am also a huge fan of macro flower shots..... here's this arvo's effort in that regard .....

Ohhh! Cool shot. I like the lighting. Seems to be back-lit a little.

pathfinder · November 14, 2004

fish wrote:

..... One is your basic black domestic shorthair and the other is a tortie-point medium hair siamese. The black one is impossible to properly expose and the tortie is impossible to properly focus because of the fur. Fun to keep trying tho.

Fish - set your 10D to use the center focusing spot and set your exposure compensation to -1 2/3 ( minus one and 2/3 ) stops - The meter in your camera will overexpose a black animal, so dial back with exposure compensation, or meter off a 18% grey card. This should help get better results for ya....

Interesting Flower.

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