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Chilean Lantern Tree (Crinodendron Hookerianum)
Have this tree growing in relative shade. Must be getting on for 10 years old or more. Once in a while it gets pruned to promote new growth. If left alone it would be quite tall and wide, I have it around 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide.
C. hookerianum is a dense, hardy medium-sized evergreen shrub to 6m, with rigid, narrow, dark green leaves and fleshy, lantern-shaped, crimson flowers 2.5cm in length from late spring to late summer.
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Conocí esté pequeño Membracido en el Jardín Botánico de Medellín. Media seis milímetros aproximadamente.
© Felipe Toro
The unmistakable Araucaria araucana, commonly known as the Monkey puzzle tree. An evergreen ornamental and timber conifer. Seen this in the gardens of Hodsock Priory, North Nottinghamshire.
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I love taking photos of rain droplets on little moss plants, or other tiny plants. You never know what the camera will reflect and magnify, and I do enjoy opening the pictures in the computer to see what's there. Often the detail has been so tiny, I've been unable to see it with my eyes.
My garden. A crimson Peony (Paeonia) bud begins to break open :)
Best viewed full screen. Looks far better on a PC/Laptop monitor.
Recently visited Oldmoor Wood, Nottinghamshire. Oldmoor Wood is a woodland in Nottinghamshire, near the village of Strelley. It covers a total area of 15.11 hectares. It is owned and managed by The Woodland Trust.
I went primarily for the beautiful Bluebells. There is a mix of Native and Spanish Bluebells.
Native Bluebells are protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.
How to tell the difference.
English Bluebells: Flowers on one side of the stem.
Spanish Bluebells: Flowers all around the stem.
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These Allium Siculums are beginning to unfurl in my garden. They need a thin garden cane to help support them at this stage.
Nectaroscordum (Allium).
Alliums are part of the onion family. They bloom with bell-shaped flowers offering reddish-purple markings as you can see. Known as the Honey Garlic, Sicilian Honey Lily, Sicilian Honey Garlic, or Mediterranean Bells, is a European and Turkish species of plants genus Allium. It is native to the regions around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and grown in other regions as an ornamental and as a culinary herb.
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Male Tufted Duck (Aythya Fuligula).
Seen at Attenborough Nature Reserve, here in Nottinghamshire.
The centre and the reserve is named after naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.
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Santa brought me a late Christmas present ... indirectly. My eldest daughter who also is into photography like me gave me a LED light ring for taking macro captures. She thought it would be cool to use. The issue was that I really did not have a macro lens, and also all my lenses have 77mm filter rings ... and the light kit only had adapters up to 67mm.
She was disappointed when I told her this, and was going to return it and see if she could get a LED light kit for larger lenses ... I told her NOT to, and that this was FINALLY my sign to go ahead and get the Macro lens. I had been toying with getting the 100mm 2.8 by Canon for well over a year now figuring it would be great for portraits and also taking true macros.
Mrs. Krach was fine with me taking the plunge with the new lens, and I ordered it Christmas night. Amazingly without even express shipping, the lens arrived today already (guess the delivery trucks are empty ;)
So yeah, after working all day at the office, quite the fun to come home and start testing it out.
This capture here was taken with the LED Ring Light attached to the end of the lens. Was also taking these captures with the lens connected to the 7D Mark II body. The one image was taken back a little to get the entire Hershey Kiss in the frame ... liked how the LED Ring light worked here, still creating shadows nicely giving the image some nice depth ... then the light came in real nice with the capture taken above very close in for the extreme magnification of the candy's paper wrap. Without the ring light, the candy would have been in complete shadow from the overhead kitchen light. Neither image is cropped, so when viewed large, the details in the paper wrap are quite amazing.
BTW ... by having the 100mm around for portraits, my daughter will be happy now as my 5 year old trusty Sigma 70/200 f2.8 that I was using as my portrait lens, she will be able to now 'borrow'. Hence I think this was her whole idea all along by getting me the LED filter ring light.
Meanwhile at the rear of Thrumpton Hall, we can tap into its fascinating history.
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With the blossom showing, daffodils out, Birds beginning to nest, Spring is certainly on the way!
First day of Spring is 20th March and ends 20th June.
With bonus skink. Still trying the Halide app, this time in conjunction with an iPad Mini 4 (thanks Todd). The larger screen is a big help, separating exposure controls from the viewfinder frame, but reflections can become more problematic. With this iPad I wasn't able to activate RAW or Macro captures either, despite recent iOs.
Here's the latest update on my Chilean Lantern Tree. It looks to be one of the best shows it's had in many a year. (Tricuspidaria hookerianum). I have this tree growing in relative shade. Must be getting on for 10 years old or more. Once in a while it gets pruned to promote new growth. If left alone it would be quite tall and wide, I have it around 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide.
C. hookerianum is a dense, hardy medium-sized evergreen shrub to 6m, with rigid, narrow, dark green leaves and fleshy, lantern-shaped, crimson flowers 2.5cm in length from late spring to late summer.
My eyes are definitely bigger than yours...
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Well first off let me say that Santa brought me a late Christmas present ... indirectly. My eldest daughter who is into photography like me gave me a LED light ring for taking macro captures. She thought it would be cool to use. The issue was that I really did not have a macro lens, and also all my lenses have 77mm filter rings ... and the light kit only had adapters up to 67mm.
She was disappointed when I told her this, and was going to return it and see if she could get a LED light kit for larger lenses ... I told her NOT to, and that this was FINALLY my sign to go ahead and get the Macro lens. I had been toying with getting the 100mm 2.8 by Canon for well over a year now figuring it would be great for portraits and also taking true macros.
Mrs. Krach was fine with me taking the plunge with the new lens, and I ordered it Christmas night. Amazingly without even express shipping, the lens arrived today already (guess the delivery trucks are empty ;)
So yeah, after working all day at the office, quite the fun to come home and start testing it out.
This capture here was taken on the full frame camera hand held pretty much at the 1:1 magnification of one of the lights on our Christmas tree. Certainly cannot even see this detail when staring at the light (with my bifocals), but was really amazed when viewing the capture there of the small solar system there inside the end of the Christmas Light.
Will now be trying out the lens and taking the same capture with the Canon 7D Mark II, which should get us even closer in magnification. Maybe it will reveal some small moons around those planets :)
Who needs Hubble anyways ...
Also will be harassing the dogs taking some portraits in the low light ... they will be thrilled no doubt.
BTW ... by having the 100mm around for portraits, my daughter will be happy now as my 5 year old Sigma 70/200 2.8 that I was using as my portrait lens, she will be able to now 'borrow'. Hence I think this was her whole idea all along by getting me the LED filter ring light.
A macro capture of some lovely 'Honeysuckle' 'Lonicera' I took last week.. best on black.. just click on image
HGGT..!! Thanks for your lovely comments..
Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis).
Seen at Wollaton Hall, Gardens and Deer Park, Nottingham.
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A fern is a member of a group of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialised tissues that conduct water and nutrients and in having life cycles in which the sporophyte is the dominant phase.
Zoom in for more detail.
Blink and it was gone! Great while it lasted :)
Shot while at Sutton Scarsdale Hall (English Heritage), Derbyshire.
Makroaufnahme eines Rüsselkäfers (Curculionidae) auf einer weißen Blüte. Der Rüsselkäfer, bekannt für seinen charakteristischen langen Rüssel, gehört zu einer der artenreichsten Familien im Tierreich. Das Bild ist ein Stack aus 22 Aufnahmen, wodurch die feinen Details des Käfers und der Blütenblätter deutlich hervorgehoben werden. Die Textur des Käfers sowie die Staubblätter der Blüte sind klar erkennbar. Rüsselkäfer ernähren sich meist von Pflanzen und sind wichtige Bestäuber, aber einige Arten können auch als Schädlinge auftreten.
Macro photograph of a weevil (Curculionidae) on a white blossom. The weevil, known for its distinctive long snout, belongs to one of the most diverse families in the animal kingdom. This image is a stack of 22 shots, which highlights the fine details of the beetle and the petals. The texture of the beetle and the stamens of the flower are clearly visible. Weevils primarily feed on plants and are important pollinators, although some species can also be pests.
These Allium Siculums are beginning to unfurl in my garden. They need a thin garden cane to help support them at this stage.
Nectaroscordum (Allium).
Alliums are part of the onion family. They bloom with bell-shaped flowers offering reddish-purple markings as you can see. Known as the Honey Garlic, Sicilian Honey Lily, Sicilian Honey Garlic, or Mediterranean Bells, is a European and Turkish species of plants genus Allium. It is native to the regions around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and grown in other regions as an ornamental and as a culinary herb.
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