Looks like it might be "Calliandra Haematocephalla" or at least in the "Calliandra" family. Here's a link to some info on it... http://rareflora.com/calliandrahae.htm
Hey Erich...looks like you might have found yourself a New Zealand Christmas Tree - yet another invasive species to Florida - but a pretty one. ; If it was a large tree, and had those blooms, that's got to be it. ; Formal name is metrosideros excelsa. ; My neighbor has one in his front yard.
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These are stunning! I need to work on my macro photography. For those interested, there is an orchid show this weekend at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown, NJ. For more information click here: http://www.njorchids.org/ I'm not part of the society but saw a poster for it and thought I would share ;
Ryan, I don't own a macro lens and get by with what I got. ; The forsythia was taken with my 18-200VR lens at 200mm focal length. I cropped the photo about 30% to get this closeup. I used f/8 to give the flowers good depth of field so you look right down into them.
I thought about buying one of these in the past, but never pulled the trigger: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-500D-77mm-Close-Lens/dp/B00009XVDB
This one's not a macro. ; In fact, it's an anti-macro! ; I was 15 feet away and shooting at 750mm equivalent!!: It's some kind of flower growing out of the water in the wetlands.
Nice shot Justin, I like that, anti macro! Here is one from Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, not even sure you could classify as a flower; added some Topazian Adjustments [attachments posted prior to 4/27/2010 have been deleted by admin. be sure to link images to make sure they don't get removed]
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I honestly haven't really thought about doing that- thanks Scott! Owning a macro lens would be nice, but I'd rather save for my next Disney vacation.
I don't have a macro lens either, I just use whatever I have on the camera and zoom in as much as possible. This is the first time I went to the Epcot Flower and Garden festival to just look at the flowers. There really are some very interesting blooms there. Erich [expando]http://gallery.mac.com/erichlinder/100151/DSC_5766_2/large.jpg[/expando] [expando]http://gallery.mac.com/erichlinder/100151/DSC_5778_2/large.jpg[/expando]
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