Gardening thread

[trdsf]

I gave up on serious cameras when I discovered that f stops made as much sense to me as E=Mc sq.

It's really just a matter of practice.  One thing I did when I got my DSLR was to take a series of pictures of the same thing at different f-stops, so I could have in-hand (or on-screen) a visual reference that made sense.  It's one thing to be told there's an inverse relationship between the stop number and the depth the focal field, and another to actually see how it works in the same image as various bits come into and out of focus.

I get good enough pics for my blogs with a Canon Powershot ELPH 1130 IS (and that was a step back from a previous camera that was harder to manage)  But it takes pretty good pictures...

I've had really good luck with a couple point-and-shoot digitals; my first ten years ago was a Sony Cybreshot W70 that I still use -- the only downside to it is that it's a Sony, which means proprietary everything (battery, memory chip, and adapter cable).  I picked up a Sanyo S1414 five years ago when I thought I'd lost the Sony on a bus, and that's still in use too.

Me, I prefer having my old Nikon glassâ€"lenses and filters bothâ€"back in use; a (D)SLR is more capable than a point-and-shoot, just on the basis of exchangeable lenses, although it's overkill if all you're really after is straight imaging.  I fancy myself a wanna-be photographic artist, so I need the extra bells and whistles, and the Nikon D40 is a good gateway drug for me.

[pr126]

The roof garden this morning.

[trdsf]

Speaking of gardening, my basil, shot through three different IR filters (680, 730, 850nm), reduced to B&W, and combined as RGB, basically shifting the wavelengths into the visual (680nm to blue, 730 to green, 850 to red).  Because I can't do anything normally.  :D

[pr126]

Basil:



Herbs for cooking:


Springtime:

[Cavebear]

Basil:



Herbs for cooking:


Springtime:

I can't get it to load, but check my Spring slideshow at https://marksmews.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-time-machine-garden-tour.html  PS.  Why those chess pics etc show up after seems like some targeted ads. and not anything I included...

[pr126]

I made a short video (5 minutes) of my roof garden.
It will take another month or so for all the flowers to bloom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYw0VshlCuU

[Shiranu]

For what it's worth pr, I really enjoy your gardening stuff and think the videos and pictures are absolutely beautiful.

[pr126]

Weekend, relaxing on the patio.

[Cavebear]

Weekend, relaxing on the patio.

You have some of the best containers plants!  Very nice.

[Munch]

It's really cool pr. Makes me think of my aunt's garden, she lives on a boat in a small canal off the themes, no real land around to plant stuff, so she turned roof of a storage barge my uncle brought next to their houseboat into a garden

Kind of like this.



Never underestimate what potted plants can do for small spaces

[pr126]

I have made a slideshow of the photos taken from my patio in the Summer of 2016.

Enjoy the colors. Hope you like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVGHQPAXZSw

[Baruch]

For what it's worth pr, I really enjoy your gardening stuff and think the videos and pictures are absolutely beautiful.

Maybe you should be studying botany?

[Munch]

Maybe you should be studying botany?

there is only one true botanist out there who shall rise to the occasion!

[Baruch]

Nymphs and dryads ... they tend to be shy around horny demi-gods.  And in the case of Artemis ... deadly as well.

[pr126]

Basil has grown from seed, week 2.

Taken with the Oneplus 5T + macro lens attachment.