POTD: Flowers

Discussion in 'Picture of the Day' started by Paul, Mar 20, 2010.

  1. Scottwdw

    Scottwdw Member

  2. RedOctober25

    RedOctober25 Member

    Looks like it might be "Calliandra Haematocephalla" or at least in the "Calliandra" family.

    Here's a link to some info on it... http://rareflora.com/calliandrahae.htm
     
  3. ELinder

    ELinder Member

    Thanks. Could be related, although the one I saw was definitely a large tree, not a shrub.

    Erich
     
  4. zackiedawg

    zackiedawg Member Staff Member

    Hey Erich...looks like you might have found yourself a New Zealand Christmas Tree - yet another invasive species to Florida - but a pretty one. ; If it was a large tree, and had those blooms, that's got to be it. ; Formal name is metrosideros excelsa. ; My neighbor has one in his front yard.
     
  5. hulagirl

    hulagirl Member

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  6. Paul

    Paul Member

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  7. Scottwdw

    Scottwdw Member

    Pretty purple Roni and Paul. ; Here's some yellow forsythia.

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  8. Ryan

    Ryan Member

    These are stunning! I need to work on my macro photography. For those interested, there is an orchid show this weekend at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown, NJ.
    For more information click here: http://www.njorchids.org/
    I'm not part of the society but saw a poster for it and thought I would share ; :)
     
  9. Scottwdw

    Scottwdw Member

    Ryan, I don't own a macro lens and get by with what I got. ; The forsythia was taken with my 18-200VR lens at 200mm focal length. I cropped the photo about 30% to get this closeup. I used f/8 to give the flowers good depth of field so you look right down into them.
     
  10. Paul

    Paul Member

    I wish I had a macro lens myself, but like Scott get by with what I have.
     
  11. Paul

    Paul Member

  12. zackiedawg

    zackiedawg Member Staff Member

    This one's not a macro. ; In fact, it's an anti-macro! ; I was 15 feet away and shooting at 750mm equivalent!!:

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    It's some kind of flower growing out of the water in the wetlands.
     
  13. Paul

    Paul Member

    Nice shot Justin, I like that, anti macro!

    Here is one from Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, not even sure you could classify as a flower; added some Topazian Adjustments

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  14. Roger

    Roger Member Staff Member

    I thought that there had been a long enough time from last night's storm that the wildflowers would have come out again this morning.

    Nope.

    But there were a few poppies left:



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  15. Ryan

    Ryan Member

    I honestly haven't really thought about doing that- thanks Scott! Owning a macro lens would be nice, but I'd rather save for my next Disney vacation.
     
  16. mSummers

    mSummers Member

    Cherry Blossoms with Forsythia:

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  17. ELinder

    ELinder Member

    I don't have a macro lens either, I just use whatever I have on the camera and zoom in as much as possible.

    This is the first time I went to the Epcot Flower and Garden festival to just look at the flowers. There really are some very interesting blooms there.

    Erich
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  18. Paul

    Paul Member

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  20. mSummers

    mSummers Member

    Nice work Roni!
     

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