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ChrisRoss
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« on: November 15, 2007, 06:18:34 AM »


Matchstick Banksia Banksia cuneata

This was growing in King's Park Botanical Gardens in Perth, it's declared rare flora and is now virtually restricted to roadside verges, West Aust declared roadside verges should be 3-10 chains wide many years ago and have proven to be a refuge for many plant species.  Can be difficult to grow away from the soil & climate experienced in SW West Australia.

Canon AE-1P + 200mm f4 macro, diffuser, reflector, About 1/30 @ f11 on Provia 100F.  All comments welcome.
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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2007, 07:21:51 AM »
Beautiful looking flower, I love the colours. The leaves look quite interesting too. A nice capture as always.
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2007, 02:44:02 AM »
Great shot Chris, nice and sharp with plenty of fine detail. BG works well. Are you using a "L" series?
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2007, 04:26:43 AM »
Nice shot of a variety that I did not that exist.
Very beautiful flower, I wander if it can be grafted in a common Banksia stock to make it grow in the east ?

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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2007, 06:23:06 AM »
Nice colour and nice and sharp.
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2007, 06:56:44 AM »
No it's the 200mm macro, not an L lens, but very sharp, up there with the best Canon lenses.
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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2007, 04:11:21 PM »
Again a great image
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« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2007, 04:55:59 PM »
This is unreal Chris! Again a great composition. The leaves looked broken at first, of course they are not though. Doooooh to me!  Cheesy

Congrats on IOM.
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« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2007, 10:23:17 PM »
AND!!!!  Grin Grin Grin Grin


About time the HOME page pic has been changed to another one!  Grin
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« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2007, 06:05:51 AM »
Thanks Guys, just spotted this getting IOM.
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