Bloom of the Day Photos: February 12th, 2011: Passion Flower 'Sherry' (Passiflora ) by atisch, 0 by atisch

atisch wrote:
Kell,

Not at all. I've been able to get excellent detail with the Powershot. The thing expanded here is the magnification. The other advantage is the ability to take macros over a wider range of focal points, from wide angle to long telephoto, which can make some difference in the impression one can get of flowers with larger, more 3-dimensional flowers (below). But I'd guess that I can do as well with the Powershot for over 80% of the floral pictures I want to take.

One good example of the type of flower that convinced me that I would like more capability was in the photography of Peruvian Brugmansias, like Brug. sanguinea and 'Vulsa'. These are Brugs that have longer, narrower trumpets and do not flare as wide at the opening compared to most Brug hybrids. Their main attraction for me is that they can have much deeper color, but can only flourish in very cool and mild climates like the SF Bay Area where I live. With the Powershot, when I get close to the flower lip the picture gets distorted...(much like a face does when a wide-angle shot is take physically close...the nose looks disproportionately large) The brug's flare (foreground) looks much wider relative to the trumpet (background). This gives an extremely flattering photo, in that it looks much more like the traditional Brug hybrids, but its misleading. I discussed this effect in the Brug forum for photos of my Brug. 'Vulsa', particularly the posts on 12/23/10, where I also included photos from the side to show how my previous pictures were somewhat over-dramatized. In fact, I can only take pictures like these with the Powershot as I get much closer to the subject. Therefore the new camera system is more to complement the capabilities of the Powershot than to replace it.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1145943/

The photo here was taken with the new DSLR. This isn't one I was planning on posting, but it does better show the flower as one sees it.

I hope this makes some sense,

Allan





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