Thanks Ann. They have some Snowfountain Cherries at the Japanese Garden in Brooklyn. Paul On Apr 26, 2008, at 12:23 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > I didnt see the close-up until I went back to this post -- lovely -- > I find white flowers sooo hard to photograph - I've seen those trees > but didn't know > what they were... > > ann > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> I'm an avid gardener, and I have hundreds of trees, shrubs and >> perennials. But my Snowfountain Cherry tree is number one. >> Unfortunately, there's no real perfect shooting angle. It's in front >> of the house, so I can either shoot it with the bare trees across the >> street in the background or with the house in the background. This >> year I chose the former. So this is more about the tree than the >> photo. But It's a tree worth seeing. It produces literally thousands >> of blooms that extend nearly to the ground. (They would extend all >> the way to the ground save for the fact that the rabbits eat the >> branches:-). I've also included a tight shot of a bloom cluster. The >> tree was shot with the DA* 16-50 and flash fill, the branch ( a >> better shot) with the DA* 50-135. Love the bokeh that lens delivers. >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202288&size=lg >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202289&size=lg >> >> Paul >> >> >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions.
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