Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Bob_B on July 18, 2016, 04:43:24 pm
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Tis the season for coneflowers. These were taken with a 70-200mm with 1.4x telextender ala John Koerner's recent post.
I hope you enjoy them, and thanks for viewing.
Bob
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Beautiful. Mine are only just starting to open. Is it dry and/or hot where you are? Also, did you notice any pollinating insects when you were shooting? I do not see any in the photo; perhaps it is the time of day? This year we have only about 1/3 the bees that we normally do.
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Thanks Sean. Yes, it's quite hot and humid here. We're supposed to get triple digit heat by Saturday. These coneflowers attract a lot of bees, mostly bumblebees, but some honeybees as well. I chose photos that lacked bees, but may post those in the future.
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They are beautiful Bob, well done.
Rich
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Interesting. I asked about the heat because I suspected that it was accelerating the flowering. I have seen this effect over the past month on other plants that have flowered earlier than expected.
Thanks Sean. Yes, it's quite hot and humid here. We're supposed to get triple digit heat by Saturday. These coneflowers attract a lot of bees, mostly bumblebees, but some honeybees as well. I chose photos that lacked bees, but may post those in the future.
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Thanks Rich.
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Interesting. I asked about the heat because I suspected that it was accelerating the flowering. I have seen this effect over the past month on other plants that have flowered earlier than expected.
That could well be true. I have seen a number of unusual things with my gardens this summer: hostas had few flowers, crepe myrtle also has few, coneflowers are going wild with many flowers, and lots of tiger mosquitoes.