This is funny, because somebody just asked me if I'd ever had my Hatiora salicornioides bloom, and I answered no, it's never bloomed, and then a week or two later, bam! We have flower buds. .jpg)
It doesn't look like much yet (dead center in the photo, if you're having trouble seeing it), and it's my understanding that the flowers aren't amazing either. Plus I only have two buds, so far. But still. I've only ever seen pictures, so I'm excited about the possibility of getting to see the flowers in person. I'll do my best to get pictures, but the reader is warned that I had a hell of a time getting my camera to focus on the buds (I've taken at least fifty photos, trying to get something in focus, and even though this picture is more or less in focus, it doesn't show what's going on well.), so we may or may not manage to document this properly.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Random plant event: Hatiora salicornioides flower bud
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Oh, I remember the previous post with the 'chicken-scratch' drawing of this plant ;) Cool that it's blooming now for you...but you're right...not a big tada!
Good for you, Mr. S. Enjoy your triumph!!! Just because it's subtle doesn't mean it's insignificant!
Hey, it may be just a tiny flower, but it's YOUR tiny flower. ;-)
Looks like Santa needs to bring you a camera with a macro function!
It has a macro function; the problem is more that there's no manual focus. The auto-focus tries hard, but it sometimes has trouble figuring out what it is that I'm interested in seeing, so I wind up with crystal-clear pictures of the background or something. And that's when the lighting is good enough to get a clear picture, which small glossy objects like these buds are very difficult to light in a way such that the glare doesn't obscure the details of the bud.
Most of the time I can work around these issues well enough to get a functional, if not beautiful, picture anyway. But this one tried my patience.
For your macro issues:
Try putting a card (my preference would be a dark one) or other large object immediately behind the bud/flower -- even to the point of resting the bud/flower on the object. This gives the camera less choice in what to focus upon.
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