Trivia that matter
Yesterday the Yoshino cherry was in peak bloom at the botanical garden. Unlike the crypto-British Okame cherry in flower last week, Prunus x yedoensis really is a Japanese hybrid.
The early Ranunculaceae are also putting on a good show.
There are more pictures here.
As always, click the pictures to see them larger and with better color.
As always, click the pictures to see them larger and with better color.
At Botanica in Wichita. I get tired of lugging the tripod along on photo expeditions, so I’ve been looking for alternative methods of taking close-ups. All but the last picture here were taken with an inexpensive but quite nice 18-55mm zoom lens, with a diffuser on the hotshoe flash. The real test of the system … Continue reading “Orchid society meeting, October 21”
At Botanica in Wichita.
I get tired of lugging the tripod along on photo expeditions, so I’ve been looking for alternative methods of taking close-ups. All but the last picture here were taken with an inexpensive but quite nice 18-55mm zoom lens, with a diffuser on the hotshoe flash. The real test of the system will come at the orchid show in two weeks.
As always, click to enlarge and see in better color. To see at full size, right-click and open in a new window.
Pictures from another damp, dreary morning. As usual, click to enlarge and see in better color.
Pictures from another damp, dreary morning. As usual, click to enlarge and see in better color.
Pictures from a dull, overcast day.
Pictures from a dull, overcast day.
At the Kansas Orchid Society meeting at Botanica. The lighting in the hall was miserable, so I needed to use the camera’s built-in flash. As usual, click to embiggen and see with better color.
At the Kansas Orchid Society meeting at Botanica. The lighting in the hall was miserable, so I needed to use the camera’s built-in flash. As usual, click to embiggen and see with better color.
Botanica, July 14, 2018.
As usual, click to embiggen and see with better color; right-click and open in a new window to see at full size (recommended for the vertical panoramas).
As usual, click to embiggen and see with better color; right-click and open in a new window to see at full size (recommended for the vertical panoramas).
As always, click to embiggen and see in better color.
As always, click to embiggen.
As always, click to embiggen.
A pair from Thursday’s trip to Botanica.
A pair from Thursday’s trip to Botanica.
Click to embiggen and see in better color.
Click to embiggen and see in better color.
Click to embiggen. Stacked focus close-ups are always iffy outdoors. If the images don’t line up well, use a lot of filters and pretend it’s art.
Click to embiggen.
Stacked focus close-ups are always iffy outdoors. If the images don’t line up well, use a lot of filters and pretend it’s art.
