new plants and new camera

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1997.07.25 at 13:04:18(994) It's amazing how resources breed resources! A bit over a year ago, I thought I had finally located every Alocasia that could be easily obtained. I had found one at Home Depot and had ordered 3 more from the Glasshouseworks in Ohio. All were in adequate shape and until I discovered that they don't do well with a surprise frost, they did fine. Four Alocasias and I thought I had 'em all. Now that I've joined this group, I've finally asked Dewey Fisk for his list of plants, reviewed his list and ordered seven more. They arrived promptly, were in great shape and showed little if any wear and tear from the move. I then added some Globbas from him which were huge and in bloom. That's a better product than I've received from any of the big name establishments. The problem is that his catalog now lists 13 other Alocasias and a huge assortment of other aroids! With the new expanding collection, I'm going to attempt to develop my skills at plant photography. I've taken slides of plants before but rarely do they reproduce what I wanted to show. Certainly they're not up to the standards set by so many of the others in this group. Consequently, I've ordered a Kodak DC120 to see the resulting photograph immediately. Anyway, I'd like to get some information from any of you who are using the DC120 to capture plant photos. Does the built in flash supply adequate lighting or are you using an accessory flash? I see that it gets down to eight inch closeups. Do you ever use closeup lenses to capture the inflorescence or is eight inches enough? Les

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