When the flowers turn their faces up, their "bells" catch water when it rains. I snapped this image after heavy overnight rains using extension tubes along with my macro lens. I think I used the 36mm Kenko extension tube with my Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 lens on a Nikon D90 body for this shot. ((I really MUST start taking notes... the other possibility would have been with the 12mm AND 20mm Kenko extension tubes together instead of the 36mm tube.) Using extension tubes allows for really tight focus on a very little bit of the field of view... leaving the rest as a dreamy wash of color. The stigma is about 1 cm (3/8 inch) in diameter.
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beautiful!!!!
ReplyDeleteI like the elegance of the flower
The focus and DoF are SUPERB!
ReplyDeleteWell, you've totally surprised me, Victoria, because I didn't expect my name here. However, THANK YOU. And thank you for your tricks of the trade. I do have extension tubes, along with a good macro lens, so now all I need to do is get to work and start experimenting. THANK YOU!
ReplyDeleteThe water make it look as if the stigma is made of blue glass. Very pretty!
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