Wildflowers Close-up
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Wildflowers Close-up

I found a few old files of close-up wildflower images and enjoyed going over them once again.

Most of these wildflowers were photographed near home in the Mimosa Rocks National Park or in that general area.

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While not the sharpest images you ever saw, I think they’re worth publishing from the point of view of the colour, composition and feel for the subject.

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Imagine walking around the bush carrying minimal gear and there’s a little flower, close to the ground.

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I grab a bush stick to use as the third leg of a tripod in conjunction with my elbows. Yes, down on my belly with the ants, grubs, lizards and whatever else.

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I used an old Pentax Spotmatic camera with extension tubes, a standard lens and natural light.

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The metre wasn’t sufficiently reliable so I calculated the exposures according to the light reading with a hand held metre, the aperture, film speed and magnification. Of course, this gave me the correct shutter speed. It was a bit of a juggling act between shutter speed and aperture, given that I worked hand held.

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Mimosa Rocks National Park runs more or less along the coast of southern New South Wales from Tathra, half way to Bermagui, a distance of around 15km. The park also extends a few kilometres inland in some places.

Mimosa Rocks National Park is a fairly primitive park and reasonably pristine in many areas. The scene of many a walk for me and the inspiration for my coastal landscapes and wildflower images.

The wildflower images shown have been scanned from the original 6″ x 4″ prints. Any wonder that they are a bit soft, huh?

Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2008 by Laurie   

2 Responses

  1. Pete The Seeker
    November 30th, 2008 | 3:44 pm

    Makes me want to rush out and take photos. Lovely colour. Nicely isolated from the background. Time to go up the high country I think. Flowers should be coming out soon, if not already.

  2. December 1st, 2008 | 5:56 am

    G’day Peter, and thanks.

    The rain over the past few days should help with the high country wildflowers. Could be a great season for wildflowers up Kosciuszko way.

    Laurie.

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