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Watch the Flowers Grow

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Watch the Flowers Grow

4 May 2021 7:46PM   Views : 513 Unique : 391

It is hard to beat nature, which is full of natural beauty, and no more so that with the glorious colour and texture of flowers and plants. They are a huge subject in themselves, so today a celebration of the mass of colour that they offer. I usually tackle flowers on a bright overcast day, and a few rain drops to enhance things still further can sometimes be an added bonus. Lenses are usually a telephoto zoom, as for most flowers a macro lens, although probably seeming an obvious choice, is not necessary. Most tele zooms will focus close enough, and the pulling power of say a 55-300mm zoom on crop format brings those flowers at the back of a large border into range.

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