cereus improvement

[peeperita]

Originally Posted by stefanie_s

Sadly, mine died before it got any buds on it. For some reason it started withering and I couldn't stop the damage. Very nice pics of the blooms. They make me sad I missed mine and miss the plant I had.

so sorry to hear that, steph.....cuz, i know how long i had to wait for my first blooms to come.....these plants are epiphites in nature....growing in the crotches of trees.....the less you dote on them the better they do.....

the first blooms i ever saw were of my neighbor's....she had it in a too small pot and just baking on the driveway.....i went home, gave it no water,no fertilizer,never again repotted it, and cussed it up one side and down the other till it budded for me..........

peeper

[jiminyClickit]

peep,

Cussing is a little-known and highly effective form of fertilizer in gardening, as long as you stay away from "blue streaks," which can wither leaves.

You raised a fine neglected plant specimen and got some wonderful portraits of it. Better than last year, yes. Great in any year.

[OK_to_Point]

Very nice shots! You say you were about 4 feet from the flowers, can you tell me the exif info? Very interested to see how the settings were made. You also have a very fine Flickr collection. Do I see some stock photos there as well?

[peeperita]

Originally Posted by jiminyClickit

peep,

Cussing is a little-known and highly effective form of fertilizer in gardening, as long as you stay away from "blue streaks," which can wither leaves.

"bloom or i'll toss you in mary deanne's driveway and leave!".....that and a finger waggle was all it took....

thanks, jc....

Originally Posted by OK_to_Point

Very nice shots! You say you were about 4 feet from the flowers, can you tell me the exif info? Very interested to see how the settings were made. You also have a very fine Flickr collection. Do I see some stock photos there as well?

no stock work...and to be honest with you, i'm not all that sure what stock means....the exif is as follows...

Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/18
Focal Length: 53 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -5/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

i have yet to memorize settings, so basically what i did was set my camera to spot metering....keeping a bloom central in the frame and then bracketing my exposures down.....each shot is the best of four exposures....i knew in advance that i have a devil of a time clipping white things....

thanks...

peeper

[Shutterbugdeb]

Wonderful shots, Peeper!

[muddy250]

Beautiful shots of beautiful flowers. Love the way you've isolated them.

[FocalFrenzy]

Great shots Peeper. Your work never ceases to amaze me. Shots like this make me truly miss my camera. Thanks for sharing your How-to.

[xxpinballxx]

That was a year ago Peep? Iremember the shots last time around.....
I think you have much improved on these.....
Well done and kudos for the patience and keeping with a goal of yours.
I cnt remember to set the DVR in an hour for something let alone wait a year to reshoot an event!

The first is just perfect!

[jsteele]

Great work!!! I am an early to bed person myself but I must say this paid off for you!!

[dizwold]

so cool a flower and photo
thanks peeps for linking me to this thread, the hard work and sleep deprivation paid off lol!!
amazing
mike