A different perspective

[Tracy]

Sometimes it is fun to look at things anew with a different perspective.  On this occasion it meant getting a different tool out of the bag so I could see things differently.  Ever get frustrated that you just can't get the entire palm into view because its too big and when you step back you have too many other things in the foreground?  Well that is when a fish eye view and in this case a 15mm lens does the trick on a standard full frame DSLR camera.  Come take a look at things with me.

[realarch]

Fantastic shots Tracy, the garden is looking pretty fine. The palm in the first shot is about as good as it gets. Howea?

Tim

[Tracy]

3 hours ago, realarch said:

Howea?

Yes Tim, H belmoreana.  Due to it's location with palms adjacent and the house nearby, it is always a difficult palm to get a straight on photo without getting out a really wide angle lens.  Starting with my Copernicia x textillis in this next round.  They are still small enough that I can reach up and over and shoot down into the crown.

[Butch]

Great pics... Love the "Fisheye" perspective... What camera and lens are you using?

 

Butch

[Tracy]

A couple of Dypsis in the center focus this time (D ambositrae, D heteromorpha).

Just now, Butch said:

Great pics... Love the "Fisheye" perspective... What camera and lens are you using?

 

Butch

Canon 5DS with the Canon F2.8 15mm lens.  I had to be careful not to get my feet in the photos, as it is pretty easy to do.

[Butch]

Thanks for the camera info... I don't have a full frame or anything going smaller than 16mm... So that look is out for me...

 

Butch

[Tracy]

5 hours ago, Butch said:

I don't have a full frame or anything going smaller than 16mm... So that look is out for me...

Butch, you can go with a different perspective then.  I went back out today with the 15mm and then switched to a 300mm to get the contrasting look.  Same Dypsis bef, first shot with the fisheye and second standing across the driveway so I could get the entire plant in with the telephoto lens.

[Tracy]

21 hours ago, Tracy said:

Starting with my Copernicia x textillis in this next round.  They are still small enough that I can reach up and over and shoot down into the crown.

 

The one in the front yard is in the second photo above and here it is from across the street in my neighbor's yard using the telephoto perspective.   Pseudophoenix sargentii with the telephoto really shows how distance can be distorted .

[Tracy]

Back to the fisheye

Dypsis heteromorpha from under the foliage

Coccothrinax argentea

Dypsis prestoniana looking up

Chamaedorea neurochlamys

Pritchardia NoID (bought as martii)

Burretiokentia hapala looking up from underneath

Chambeyronia houailou

and finally Ficus dammaropsis new leaf opening and fruit

[Silas_Sancona]

Great stuff Tracy.. Agree that the fisheye/ wide angle tend to be one of the more under-rated lenses.. Can get some really great shots using them.

Looks like the Cussonia ( Cabbage Tree ) has grown a bit also 9 second to last picture in the set above ).

[Butch]

Great pics.... AND plants...

[Tracy]

19 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Looks like the Cussonia ( Cabbage Tree ) has grown a bit also 9 second to last picture in the set above ).

Both Cussonia spicata have gotten bigger.  The fence to the left in both photos is 6 1/2' high.  I planted the  one as a screen before the neighbor behind wanted to replace the fence which is 7 1/2 or 8' tall now, and the other Cussonia between the fence and house was planted to provide some afternoon shade for my Cyphosperm balansae so it wouldn't get the summer's late afternoon sun.  Neither has branched yet which is a little disappointing because I was hoping to be able to mount more orchids on them.