It was flowering near a European wasp nest. This made it interesting to get lie down and take photos. C&C welcome.
Regards Colin
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This is a native orchid from up in the Blue mountains. Diplodium coccinum.
It was flowering near a European wasp nest. This made it interesting to get lie down and take photos. C&C welcome. Regards Colin
Great shot. I've never noticed these on my block (Just a little further up the hill!) What is their micro-climate? I have noticed the Europeans though. Buggers aren't they!
Can you give details of your setup? I am looking at Macro lenses at the moment, and would love to be able to achieve results like this (or at least be unable to blame the tools  )Greg
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Hello Mr Darcy,
These grow on the Tomah side of our area. I use a Nikon 105 macro. The onboard flash works well for me but I also have a ring flash. The ring flash I have does not pack as big a punch as the onboard though. This was taken about F32ish at 60th ISO200. Remember not to pick these litte fellows as they are protected plants. Regards Colin
Thanks for that. I guess that would put them in the vicinity of Empire Pass, or a little lower down. Perhaps Fern Gully.
I'll keep an eye out for them next time I am over that way. When in WF (back in Canberra at the moment), I am on the Jamieson Creek Side just above a hanging swamp, so we see lots of variety, but not these. I couldn't find the name in any of my books though. Found the Genus, but not the species. The 105 is definitely on my list, but is right at the top of my price range. Greg
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It used to be Pterostylus coccina.
I have the older non VR version of the 105. That may be an option to save some dollars? The shots Xerubus has taken with the tamron 90 have been quite sharp as well. Regards Colin
Ahh. That explains my partner's email:
Greg
It's easy to be good... when there is nothing else to do
This is a much larger flower than P. concinna. That can be a problem when the picture has no thing to scale the subject.
This is one of the things that can be hard to include in macro shots. Regards Colin
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