Just wanted to add one secret of this pic which I find good. I am not trying to boost but just wanted to share this technology. The speed light set of SB900 has three flash lights. One fixed over the cam and the other two came be attached to the ring in front of the lens or they can be left on ground at various angles. There is infra-red remote on the main flash above the cam. So once you click it, the other two flash also blinks. I kept the two flash on ground facing upwards towards the right and left side of the flower from ground. So one flash from front and two from below and the result is no shadow one the image. It really helps a lot for macro and it can be used also for portraits. I never tried how far the remote works. Have to experiment more :). I am not allowed to carry office camera home as I was in India!!
In India I also tried the same technique using mirrors and white paper reflectors. It worked well in close distance. Hope I am not boring... Happy Photography...... Best wishes. Pankaj On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Pankaj ji for sharing the plant and the precious moments > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Pankaj Ji. >> Were the pictures taken with your iPhone? >> If yes then I will say your skill of photography >> is more powerful than the machine you use. >> Thanks >> Tanay >> >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Paphiopedilum purpuratum (Lindl.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 481 (1892). >>> Synonyms: >>> Cypripedium purpuratum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1991 (1837). >>> Cordula purpurata (Lindl.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 20: 2 (1912). >>> Menephora bicolor Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 46 (1838). >>> Cypripedium sinicum Hance ex Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. >>> 3: 602 (1852). >>> Paphiopedilum sinicum (Hance ex Rchb.f.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 481 (1892). >>> Paphiopedilum aestivum Z.J.Liu & J.Yong Zhang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 39: >>> 568 (2001). >>> Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. hainanense F.Y.Liu & Perner, Orchidee >>> (Hamburg) 52: 64 (2001). >>> Paphiopedilum purpuratum f. album O.Gruss & Koop., Orchid Digest 72: >>> 130 (2008), contrary Art. 37.4 ICBN (2006). >>> >>> Family: Orchidaceae >>> >>> Distribution: China, Hong Kong, Vietnam >>> Current pic: Hong Kong. Locality not revealed for security reasons. >>> The plant is extracted very badly from wild and the population has >>> depleted drastically over the years. >>> >>> Note: This trip was undertaken with Dr. Phillip Cribb who is one of >>> the foremost Orchid experts of the world from Royal Botanic Gardens, >>> Kew and Dr. Gunter Fischer (my HoD) and Dr. Ruy Baretto, one of the >>> eminent bird watcher from Hong Kong. Care was taken not to trample any >>> plant scattered around and trust me it was really inconvenient sitting >>> there because they were all around us. >>> >>> Best wishes. >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ********************************************************************** >>> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >>> >>> >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>> Conservation Officer >>> >>> Office: >>> Flora Conservation Department >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> Residence: >>> 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun >>> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> email: [email protected] >>> [email protected] >>> [email protected] >>> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) >>> +852 9436 6251 (mobile) >> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >> Department of Botany. >> University of British Columbia . >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> [email protected] >> Webpages: >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >> > > > > -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Conservation Officer Office: Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) +852 9436 6251 (mobile)
