Flower Camera

Can you identify this plant from its flower? It is a creeper of some sort.?

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The link should be a picture of the flower. It is a climbing plant that grows like a weed in south Texas. The picture of the flower on the ground was all I could get before the camera batteries died or I'd have the flower on the actual plant with the leaves to help identify it.

It also apears to really like lightbulbs that are not the kind that are made for plants because it is growing up through the walls and into the house.

it is a desert creeping purple fashion low ground cover..

Maypop

Unique flowers and edible fruit on the luscious Maypop! Hardy perennial vine bears 1 1/2 to 2" bowl-shaped blooms with green centers accented by purple to cream filaments. Yellow egg-shaped fruit is a pleasure to see or eat! Freezes to ground in winter, returns each spring. Plant 4-6' apart.

Passiflora incarnata

Zone 5 to 8

Good luck
be careful it likes to creep

Flower Photography

When it comes to photographers selecting their subjects, flowers are right up there in popularity. But is there a market for taking and selling flower photography? How do you take a good shot in the first place? How do I go about selling my photography? These are the questions that thousands of photography enthusiasts are asking. There often comes a point when your shots get to a standard where relatives and friends are saying “they’re great, you should sell them”, and they’re not just being courteous.

So what do you do? Where do you go from here?

If the thought of selling your photos is an attractive option, then this is the EBOOK for you.

My name is Paul Hamilton and I’m a photographer living on the gorgeous Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Photography always started out as a hobby for me. I was inspired by the Lik’s and Orme’s of the world. I started taking photos at the age of 29. My first camera was not a digital camera. I must admit the expensive process of getting film developed, as I was beginning to learn, was incredibly testing and stifled the learning process. However, it was not long before I got my first digital SLR and although it was expensive, it became a magnificent investment, not only financially, but creatively as well. It is the same digital camera I’m using to this day! What a difference from the film developing process. I could shoot at will, learn immediately, and adjust to the feedback I had just received. My learning curve exploded. This is where I learnt the most, just me and my camera. As I look back on this time, I realise that the digital age had allowed me to learn faster. It fostered my imagination and worked with my “lack of patience”, an attribute I have never had in abundance.

I’m not sure when the hobby turned into much more, but it happened rapidly. In the past 5 years I have sold over 5,000 greeting cards and numerous canvas and photographic paper prints. I currently sell to design companies across Australia as well as continuing to sell to the general public through my website www.paulhamiltonphotography.com.au

To say it has been an easy process would be a complete lie. It has taken a great deal of time and energy to find my niche and to develop positive relationships with key figures in the design industry. I never set out to make money from my hobby. It was escapism from my 9-5 job that was the motivation. A creative outlet I hadn’t been in search of for a very long time.

This book will not sell your photos but it will give you the awareness and know how to give people the opportunity to see them and it will also give you the resources to allow people to buy them. This book is about sharing my experiences and hopefully giving others a structure for taking their art to the next level. It is about learning from my mistakes and speeding up the process, however, in the end it is you and your photos that will ultimately determine your success. Your ability to sell yourself and your name will leave an undeniable imprint on the success you have as a photographer.

 

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Regards

Paul

 

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Flower Camera

Flower Camera Lens

Can a Vivitar telephoto lens (500mm) made for a 35mm camera (Minolta) work on a Nikon digital SLR?

The Minolta is an older, 35mm model (SRT 202)and I want to purchase a digital, SLR, to be able to take bird/flower nature pictures (and of grand kids playing sports). I have the telescopic lens but was told it won't work with the newer cameras. ( I inherited camera and lens).

It won't work straight-out on a Nikon body.

There exist adapters to convert between different mounts, but in the case of Nikon's mount design it is possible to make converters from nikon lenses to other maker's bodies, but vice-versa is not practical (you lose the ability to focus at infinity). In addition you lose most if not all automation on the lens (autofocus, in some cases exposure metering and aperture actuation).

Photography Basics Camera Settings - How to use different Camera modes in your Photoshoots

Before taking great photos, you need to familiarize yourself with your camera and learn how to control your camera exposure, use different camera modes, flash and choose between optical or digital zoom.

Most digital cameras have both optical and digital zoom capabilities. Optical zoom is the camera lens which brings an object closer in focus while digital zoom uses in-camera software to digitally enlarge a portion of the object's image without necessarily using the zoom lens.

Optical zoom is better for digital photography since digital zoom only enlarges the image sorrounding using a portion of the image to enlarge back to full image size. This will normally cause loss of quality making your photos look blurry. In case you want to enlarge or crop your image, use a software program such as photoshop installed on your pc, to get better control over how your final image will look.

Most digital cameras allow you to set the camera when to start using digital zoom and when not to. Constantly reading your camera manual will also come in handy giving you enough time to concentrate on your image composition, background, and your subject.

It is very vital to learn how and when to use and control your camera flash more especially when using a digital camera, since most digital cameras have an in-built flash.

Flash feature often comes in handy during bright sunlight and helps eliminate dark shadows under the eyes and chin. It also emphasizes your focus object thus making it stand out from the background.

Turning your camera flash on, helps illuminate your object in a shade, when it is backlit, or where there's water reflecting sun's rays on your focus object. Such bright conditions often darkens your object's surface.

Always consider playing with your camera modes since most digital cameras have macro modes which helps with close-up shots of smaller objects or flowers. When using a macro mode setting, ensure that your camera is able to focus on your object before pressing the shutter button fully.

Digital cameras have different modes with tailor made settings suited for each camera. Feel free to use preset scene modes of your camera.

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