March 2015 - Lots of flowers

Post by **John Dos** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:47 pm

March is there and winter is leaving. First flowers everywhere.
So this will be the sujet for this month's photographs: Lots of flowers.

Aloe speciosa, Jardín Canario Viera y Clavijo, Gran Canaria.

Have a nice month!

Post by **Jim_Mercer** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:33 pm

Took these crassula pictures recently, might try a different composition/wider lens to get even more flowers in the shot.

: Crassula rupestris

: Crassula ovata

Post by **DaveW** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:27 am

I presume other years flowers qualify, since running a cold greenhouse I am too early for flowers yet and first buds are only just showing?

Rebutia heliosa.

Post by **Chris L** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:54 pm

: Gymnocalycium bruchii

: Gymnocalycium sp B69 quehlianum / stellatum[2012_001]

: Gymnocalycium sp B69 quehlianum / stellatum[2013_001]

: Mammillaria duwei ROG1[2013_001d]

Post by **IainS** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 4:48 pm

Hi Jim

Your photo of Crassula ovata is simply beautiful.

Any chance of also getting the second row in focus (i.e. as well as the first) if you're planning to re-shoot?

Iain

Post by **Jim_Mercer** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:27 pm

IainS wrote:Any chance of also getting the second row in focus (i.e. as well as the first) if you're planning to re-shoot?

The "planned" re-shoot was intended to get more flowers in the picture by standing further away from the plant

Getting more of a single flower head in focus is not really possible with my setup, a 100mm lens 30cm from the subject only allows a few millimetres to be in acceptable focus.

It is possible to "cheat" by taking several pictures with a slightly different focal point then merging the in focus bits to make a picture with more in focus than is physically possible in a single shot.