Thanks a lot, Chris ji ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Chris Fraser-Jenkins" <[email protected]> Date: 19 Dec 2016 6:45 p.m. Subject: Re: Fwd: Photographing ferns To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> Cc:
Could I just say very emphatically, that what is usually needed is the LOWER half of the frond, including stipe and lowest to mid pinnae. This is so frequently ignored! Why needed? Because that is the part where the greatest degree of lobing, dissection etc. - and the greatest differentiation from other species is shown. Only when we need to see if there are subapical bulbils or flagellae is it normally important to photograph the upper half of the frond - as in the majority of these photos here. Hope this advice is disseminated and assimilated!! Cheers, Chris F.-J. ------------------------------ *From:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> *Cc:* [email protected] *Sent:* Sunday, 18 December 2016, 15:12 *Subject:* Fwd: Photographing ferns Thanks, Chadwell ji. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *C CHADWELL* <[email protected]> Date: 18 December 2016 at 14:52 Subject: Photographing ferns To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> I am attaching a selection of images of a Dryopteris I took beside woodland at Iver Heath Fields (not far from Pinewood Studios - where studio filming of James Bond takes place), county of Buckinghamshire, UK. Hopefully, they will meet with our fern expert's approval as an example of what can be done, rather than just taking one or two images. He can advise IF I have missed any important part of the fern and make and offer any other advice to encourage better images in future years to ENABLE him to identify the less common/more difficult to distinguish species more readily. As with photographing flowering plants, more images per plant, of good, in focus, close-ups of the important parts of a plant are INVALUABLE and at times ESSENTIAL for a DEFINITE, RELIABLE identification. The extra, quality images also reduce the time required for identifications and provides useful additional information plus better REFERENCE images to help others in the future. THERE IS SO MUCH POTENTIAL IN MODERN DIGITAL CAMERAS TO AID THE STUDY OF BOTH HIGHER AND SO-CALLED 'LOWER PLANTS'. THEY CAN BECOME INDISPENSIBLE TOOLS IN FIELD-BOTANY. There are limitations 'magnification-wise' but such progress compared to what could be done with slide cameras in the past. Keep forgetting to bring along a ruler to help dimension-wise in my photos! Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
