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    The Illawarra Flame Tree in bloom…

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    The Illawarra Flame Tree (Brachychiton acerifolius) in the SBG is blooming.

    Went to shoot it yesterday. As I always maintained, buy the biggest flash you can afford, better still get more than one, and bring them along as you never know when you needed light.

    And I knew it was a good thing to hang on to Benny's EF 24/1.4L, the perfect glass for shooting backlit trees in difficult lighting.

    The tree itself was shot with the 24/1.4L wide-angle lens and flashed, because the sun was behind the tree.

    The close up of the flowers are taken with my workhorse 100/2.8 macro.

    * click pix for full res *






    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    I have something for CPLs these days. But will a CPL be helpful with your first picture?
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    It will probably help a little, but this is overcast day, not sunny. Will still need to flash to fill out the backlight. Unfortunately I have a 72mm CPL but the 24/1.4 is 77mm, plus I forgot to bring it along
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

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    I have some 77 mm Circular Polarising Filters if you need it.

    Is the flash sufficient to fill for such a large subject?

    Cheers,
    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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    ahhh let me see if I can find the ones without flash, would be an interesting photography discussion.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

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    ok flash/no-flash being posted in photogrpahy subforum.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Nice flowers!!!
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