Thread: Post your native flora shots

The pics were taken at the Rockhampton botanical gardens. I think the garden dates back over 100 years or so. It's a good family day out and costs nothing. There's also a zoo there.

Thank you for the info, next time when I drive north I will have a look the place

Kangaroo Paw
Anigizanthos "Bush Spark"
Nikon D200
1/500s f/5.0 at 70.0mm iso400
21/09/09

This is the first flower of this specie in our garden. It is about 1 inch in diameter.
Perhaps was the most dificult shot to take in my full grevilleas collection because the bush is very dense and I was not prepared to cut the flower.
Was a long wait to have some light between the folliage to get a decent light on the bloom and the setting of the tripod an camera was not easy as well (10'from the ground.
It was impossible to use a difuser in this case
This is my best image of the flower and I appreciate your inputs.
I used the Nikon D300s with the combo Nikon 70-300VR and the 6T.
SS 1/20 sec aperture f/25, Focal @ 210mm, ISO 200

there is not one of your pics that I wouldnt be proud to lay claim to, love3ly pic, not that I have an expert eye, I never look at a pic for technical perfection but for the pleasure of my eye.
cheers
blaze

the 6t you use, does that screw onto the front of lens, can you still buy such a thing. Is it like those close up lens that come in sets
cheers
blaze

The 6T is a screw on Nikon closeup lens. It hasn't been available for sometime but very occasionally one will come up on ebay or somewhere.

The only equivalent is the Canon 500D closeup lens - there are others but they aren't as optically good. These are expensive in Australia but a lot cheaper if bought from overseas.

I carry one when travelling rather than the macro lens.

Also heis diopters work well in lens 100mm and over and help if they heve good optics
The Nikon 300mm f/4 is a fantastic combination with the Nikon and Canon diopters and also you can use extetion tubes to get closer to the subject.
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