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Posted: Thu May 17th, 2018 05:18 |
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Robert
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On my way back home from Frampton RSPB I visited ness Gardens, the day was perfect, slight wind but for a casual session that didn't matter too much. I had wanted to see if I could catch the peris formosa Forrestii at it's peak. I wasn't disappointed although I am now kicking myself for not using the tripod which I had with me in the car. Because of the lighting, quite sunny, I bracketed most of my exposures, hand held not ideal. Anyway, enough excuses, here are my photo's from almost 500 shots. Taken with D3, ISO 400, Nikkor 24-120 f/4.0. This is perhaps my favourite plant, spectacular yet so delicate. Discovered by George Forrest during his thirty years in the Hindo Chinese, Tibetan region searching for plants to send back to his employer, Arthur Kingpin Bulley, who owned Bees nurseries near Chester. This example is one of three surviving from the original shipment of seeds sent home by Forrest. My framing leaves a little to be desired... What possessed the garden to put a grey wooden box right in the middle of such a picturesque scene I don't know. I refrained from cloning it out. A lovely Iris. Another view. Cotoneaster Corokia. A view of the rockery garden. As with most of the others, this is an HDR image from three exposures, suffering slightly from wind movement between the exposures. The splendid Laburnum arch. Laburnum X Vossii Leguminosae Thanks for looking!
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