Flowers and other Flora

dpc · Dec 3, 2023

Baby conifer out in the cold

Click · Dec 3, 2023

I really like this shot. Nicely done, dpc.

Jethro · Dec 7, 2023

Lovely textural contrasts dpc. Very effective - I could imagine it in a contrasty B&W format too, but the colours work well as they are.

Jethro · Dec 7, 2023

Vanilla orchids, very early in the season and which normally emerge around New Year. Overpowering vanilla smell especially in the mornings:

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Click · Dec 7, 2023

Lovely!

dpc · Dec 7, 2023

Click · Dec 7, 2023

Has it been lately? There is very little snow on the ground.

dpc · Dec 7, 2023

Click said:
Has it been lately? There is very little snow on the ground.

It's been hovering just over or just under the freezing point for a while. Most of the snow we had is gone.

ISv · Dec 11, 2023

Click · Dec 11, 2023

Lovely flowers. Nicely done, ISv.

Nemorino · Dec 11, 2023

A little hommage to @Del Paso
R 5 + RF 100 one picture the SAC is plus, the other minus

Canon Patent Application: Some Crazy DS Zooms

Over the years I’ve seen some crazy designs patented by Canon and applications like this one are fun to read. I mean, here’s a patent application where someone was told. “Go nuts, see what you can do”. Let’s make no mistake the lenses described here would be big, heavy, and frighteningly...

www.canonrumors.com

Nemorino · Dec 22, 2023

R5 + RF 100L macro
both at sunrise and the sun in the BG
@ f/3.2

and f/4

Click · Dec 22, 2023

Nice! Well done, Nemorino.

ISv · Dec 25, 2023

These are from yesterday, botanical garden. Not much bloom right now...

ISv · Dec 25, 2023

And few more

Click · Dec 26, 2023

Beautiful flowers. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

ISv · Dec 28, 2023

Another day another Botanical garden, sorry but I'm trying to do a guide to a previous student of mine who now is in New York. Great personality and hard to say "I'm busy" when she wants botanical gardens! First five are from the same bush of Gardenia (the last one is the fruit: size +/- 1.5 big orange)! After that -what ever it is...