Re: [Aroid-l] Aridarum zygosetum S.Y.Wong, S.L.Low & P.C.Boyce

From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at gmail.com> on 2015.05.05 at 07:01:23(23286) That's very sweet of you Hermine, but I hasten to add that I am by no means a "photographer" I carry two cameras. An old-as-the hills 10MP Olympus E-450 with a 1:3.5 macro for general shots, and a 24MP Nikon D-7100 with a 105mm Micro Nikkor for close-ups. After a tip from a ginger-fanatic friend who IS a photographer I favour apertaure priority and try to get the fstop as high as possible. I also try not to go any higher than ISO 400 equivalent. I detest carrying loads of gear (tripod,etc) into the woods (I even don't like using a tripod on the nursery), so I also use as fast shutter speed as possible given the light and use flash quite a lot, although on a reduced setting to avoid colour distortion. I tried a ring-flash for a while but found it unbalanced the camera, that the cable got tangled in things like rattans, and that it was also very fragile - for example it didn't take kindly to being bashed against a rock when I was climbing to photograph on waterfalls... HTML +More That's about it! On 5 May 2015 at 05:36, Hermine Stover wrote: At 07:00 AM 5/4/2015, D. Christopher Rogers wrote: >That is a lovely plant, Peter! And the quality of the photographs! I am tempted to smash my own camera. Seriously. hermine --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --001a113482c0140feb0515503f70-- --==============r71940440700056118==

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