Friday Photo

[ellarien]

Ground-covering stuffLantana I had no idea what this was until pollyc identified it, but there's a lot of it around, in various colourways. Butterflies seem to like it. This clump is just outside the entrance to my workplace that I usually use. It's surprisingly difficult to photograph, being small, highly three-dimensional, and prone to quivering in the slightest breeze.

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[dendrophilous.livejournal.com]

Lantana.

Your photo is nicer than this one:
http://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/perennials/lantanaper.html

(I can't believe I knew that.)

What kind of digital camera do you have? Is it anything special? I am hoping to learn about plants and keep thinking about getting a camera - my film camera can't do close-ups at all.

[ellarien]

Thank you!

My camera's a Sony Cyber-shot P73 -- 4Mp, 3x optical zoom, and it has a 'macro' mode for closeups, and a bunch of adjustments I don't usually fuss with. It's not professional quality, but better than the sort that come in hang-up bubble-packs from Walmart. It's small and light enough to carry around, goes a couple of weeks on one battery charge (and will use AA alkaline batteries in pinch), and stores the pictures on Memory Sticks, which are conveniently compatible with my Sony laptop. I'm very happy with it, though there are times when more telephoto would be nice.