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I like those Poppies Birma, very vibrant for a wild flower.
Greg
ps. Didn't I see a nice Rose from Yildiz with a spider? or was that in the Weather thread. I was going too say it's a good shot, including the greebly, I like greeblies as long as they are in the garden and not in the house, (or on my head)
pps. I almost forgot, the Pom Pom bush, (I forget what it's proper name is), is in flower at the moment, the Honeyeaters like it.
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Greg Beetham wrote:I like those Poppies Birma, very vibrant for a wild flower.
Greg
ps. Didn't I see a nice Rose from Yildiz with a spider? or was that in the Weather thread. I was going too say it's a good shot, including the greebly, I like greeblies as long as they are in the garden and not in the house, (or on my head)
pps. I almost forgot, the Pom Pom bush, (I forget what it's proper name is), is in flower at the moment, the Honeyeaters like it.
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Nice Pom Pom bush, Greg. Definitely Australian and not very usual one to see at this part of the world. : ) It has a cheerful and bouncy colour; looks as though it's going to jump down off the bush any moment and head to a super football match to cheer!
I was watching the Germany vs. England football match in the World Cup, therefore I understand the distraction, Greg.
Congratulations Germany and England! It was an interesting and neat game to watch. One side always has to win, so no worries England. : ))
The rose and the spider are in the Weather thread and thanks much! : )) I would agree that one or two small ones in the house is fine but the extremities should head out the window and visit the flowers instead...
david antony wrote:I really like that Pom Pom bush Greg.
Caught the light well showing off that
nice bouncy colour. Aster you could
take one to the football game. ;^)
My daughter Tilly has grown Sunflowers this year (with some help ) from some free seeds in a comic. This is the first one to flower. As with all our plants this year, it is already home to a small township of ugly buglies and creepy crawlies . It does have an amzing strcuture. They are very photogenic flowers.
All shots with A700 and Min 50/1.7, last 3 with CL49-200 added. (I'm really enjoying the 50/1.7 on the A700 at the moment.)
Nex 5, Nex 6 (IR), A7M2, A99 and a bunch of lenses.
Under every successful flower shot, lies an even more
successful photographer. Birma. ;^) really nice Birma.
The normal angle is especially good with excellent
light & bokeh.
Congrats on the Sunflowers Tilly, as I can see by
Dad's photos they are the best ;^) Well done.
Yes I like that as well with the backlight, sortof like Japanese art with the impression on white background. And yeah the Sunflower is an amazing flower alright, great detail Birma, did you know there is another colour (like most flowers), in it that we can't see? birds can, but we can't, we can only see the yellow as our eyes are descended from nocturnal mammels, whereas birds eyes are descended from reptiles that never had too hide away during the day and only come out at night like ours did. The birds apparently use that additional colour information to tell what 'state' the flower is in and how much pollen/nectar the flower has, and so head for the ones that display the most 'abundant' uv colour tone.
Greg
Greg Beetham wrote: did you know there is another colour (like most flowers), in it that we can't see? birds can, but we can't, we can only see the yellow as our eyes are descended from nocturnal mammels, whereas birds eyes are descended from reptiles that never had too hide away during the day and only come out at night like ours did. The birds apparently use that additional colour information to tell what 'state' the flower is in and how much pollen/nectar the flower has, and so head for the ones that display the most 'abundant' uv colour tone.
I didn't know this - very interesting. I wonder if bees etc. use a similar UV technique?
Nex 5, Nex 6 (IR), A7M2, A99 and a bunch of lenses.
If I remember correctly yes, that way the flower ensures that the most fertile flower get the most attention, with the colour tone that displays the strongest, and fades after the flower ages, I saw it in one of the issues of Scientific American, it had a graph of the colour spectrum that we can see and the colour spectrum that birds and most insects can see (we have recovered a lot of ground since our ancestors lost most of the colour spectrum and mainly saw in b&w. no need for colour vision at night or down a burrow in the day, being more or less certain death too venture out in the daylight), they can see on a Sunflower a different shade of vibrant colour corona around the centre, not visible to us unfortunately, ha ha they couldn't 'show' it in the picture of a Sunflower either for the same reason, so they depicted it with a colour that we can see, sort of very dark violet.
Greg
Second shot of the Cornflowers, with that backlighting is wonderful, although I like the other two as well.
Tilly, indeed has some nice Sunflowers this year and Dad has served them right by good photos of the Golden ratio pattern at the center. The pattern is mesmerising; hypnotic...
I saw this flower today in our garden and it reminded me of Tilly's sunflower in a completely different scale and central pattern. I always enjoyed the box-like folded central flowers of this plant and the vivid colours...
Thank you Yildiz . I should have given credit to Lonnie for the idea with the back-lit flowers. The effect is not as startling (imho) as Lonnie's so I may not be doing it quite right yet
I really like that unusual flower with the boxed central parts - and another lovely rose.
Nex 5, Nex 6 (IR), A7M2, A99 and a bunch of lenses.
I agree, that's an unusual flower, and well photographed, has a similar style to a plant that's regarded as a pest here though unfortunately, the Lantana plant, and another lovely Rose photo.
Greg
- it is certainly vibrant.
. It does have an amzing strcuture. They are very photogenic flowers.
