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   I especially like this one, beautiful bokeh, excellent dof where the whole of the flower is crisp. I shoot little in f6, i'll try more!

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      With flowers I like a soft blur bokeh, so if possible I use a diafragma around 6.3 or 8 and "play" with the sunlight on the flower.

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         I fully agree with Ludo, you really nail those flower shots, they are perfect!

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            Thanks for the compliments. Hope you had a nice holiday and met a lot of king Juliens. Curious about your photos.

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               Thanks, it was fabulous. Here is a little summary:
               
               http://www.ferdychristant.com/blog/archive/DOMM-8YDDDB
               
               I will be sharing photos soon.

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               Wow what a trip you both made! Nice to read about it on your blog! Makes me even more curious of all the species you photographed. Something to look forward the next months or year.
               
               (can't put this comment on your comment underneath about the blog because there is no reply button...)

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            Hi Ferdy, don't know what you did at my jellyfish photo but it's now identified as a spider and can't put the name aurelia aurita back. Automatically it becomes still a jumping spider ??

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               I noticed that. I saw a spider photo as part of the jellyfish specie and wanted to correct it, but no matter what I do, both specie names always end up as the spider. I'm not sure yet what is wrong, will try to solve it soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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   Yeay, I have received a letter from Rick, as did you I bet. We'll have fun on this photo coarse;)

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   About the ID, could it be a cosmea?
   Like this one: http://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_plants/cosmos/cosmos_0787.php

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      I took this photo in a garden of a Nature and Environment centre, and there was a nametag at this flower "coreopsis nudata".
      You're right it looks indeed also like a cosmea, but also like Georgia Tickseed (Coreopsis Nudata) and that's what the nametag said... So for now I let the identification the way it was :)

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      I read at your description that the cosmea is a medium sized plant, but this plant I photographed was pretty high! It was at eyesight or even higher.
      May be that is a remarkable difference between the two? Can't see from your photo how high "your plant" is?

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         When the nametag says it is the tickseed then it is.
         The cosmea becomes about 'navelhoogte' high.

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