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Author Topic: romping in the gardens… with Mikey *giggle*  (Read 4104 times)
hwchoy
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« on: July 10, 2008, 01:02:03 AM »
mikey and I went frolicking in the gardens…  giggling... and here are the results…




The Lodoicea maldavica or coco-de-mer, endemic to the Seychelles

this is an prime example of my photographic mantra: buy the biggest flash you can afford. in this particular case, THREE of them  IHIH

in order to photograph the inflorescence which is at the top of a 20m tall palm tree, with the sun behind the tree, one would have gotten a severely underexposed picture. in order to lit the subject so far up the tree against the full power of the late morning sun, we used three 550EX, set to maximum power, triggered via ST-E2. I was holding the camera some distance away using a 70-200/4L at 163mm in order to get a side-on view of the flowers (rather than "up-skirt view"), and the flash were much nearer to the tree in order to have a match against the sunlight.

its not just about lighting the inflorescence, but lighting it enough so that we also get the blue sky behind the palm.



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male inflorescence
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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2008, 01:07:03 AM »
When Unker Choy goes frolicking in the gardens with Mikey Boy, be prepared for glowing, stuble-endowed phallus like results!  Laugh till drop
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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2008, 01:07:15 AM »
gingers aka Zingiberaceae…

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Curcuma alismatifolia










Kaempferia pulchra







Kaempferia galanga related to the "blue ginger" we use in curries.
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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2008, 01:08:17 AM »
Quote from: Dream Merchant on July 10, 2008, 01:07:03 AM
When Unker Choy goes frolicking in the gardens with Mikey Boy, be prepared for glowing, stuble-endowed phallus like results!  Laugh till drop


not to mention the hovering flies  Laugh till drop
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« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2008, 01:13:02 AM »
Flash info: E-TTL, Flash Compensation +1.5, Zoom @ 105mm...  IHIH
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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2008, 01:14:01 AM »
specially to satisfy DM's yearn for phallus-like photographic subjects

these are aroids, besides being phallus-like they also have a unique odour 



Alocasia denudata






Cyrtosperma johnstonii
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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2008, 01:15:11 AM »
Quote from: Michael on July 10, 2008, 01:13:02 AM
Flash info: E-TTL, Flash Compensation +1.5, Zoom @ 105mm...  IHIH


I thought it was +3?
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2008, 01:19:18 AM »
the wax flowers Hoya verticillata var. verticillata

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you'd probably miss them for the tree they were clinging from, until an EF 100mm ƒ/2.8 macro comes along  Group Wave
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2008, 01:21:42 AM »
sometimes you need a long macro lens just so you can reach those things dangling high above your head…


Pternandra echinata

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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2008, 01:34:34 AM »
Wah Choy, that last flower is very nice sia... Really pop out. Cute stuff...


Quote from: hwchoy on July 10, 2008, 01:15:11 AM
I thought it was +3?

We dialed it down a bit coz it too powerful remember? Or was it one of the many many flowers that we kept changing the exposures... LOL.
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« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2008, 01:36:57 AM »
I think we didn't dial down, I adjusted the aperture probably.

this is where the big gang of aunties were standing behind me oogling at my flash holder loh  giggling... giggling... giggling...
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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2008, 01:45:30 AM »
oh and wait till I get back to Singapore, I show you the filipino relative of our CB leaf  IHIH
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« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2008, 06:02:08 PM »
what CB leaves?
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« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2008, 06:58:23 PM »
you don't know CB leaf?
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« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2008, 08:29:42 AM »
This - Hoya verticillata var. verticillata  is still the most interesting for the whole series... 

I like this shot too - "Kaempferia galanga related to the "blue ginger""


Mike no need to "chiong sua" in the army so wont get to see them frequently to talk about it.

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