Simply Preparing to Take Over the 'Hood: Milkweed flowers, green pods and open dry pods spreading seeds. Not in the league of crab grass, Bermuda grass, dandelions or sow thistle but...

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Milkweed flowers, green pods and open dry pods spreading seeds.
Not in the league of crab grass, Bermuda grass, dandelions or sow thistle but they can spread really well if conditions are right.
More tests of the Yongnuo ring flash.
All three:
5DIV, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, 1/200 @ f/8, ISO-400
Hand held, spot meter, flash did fire.

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L-Fox

robertjerl wrote:

Milkweed flowers, green pods and open dry pods spreading seeds.
Not in the league of crab grass, Bermuda grass, dandelions or sow thistle but they can spread really well if conditions are right.
More tests of the Yongnuo ring flash.
All three:
5DIV, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, 1/200 @ f/8, ISO-400
Hand held, spot meter, flash did fire.

ORpilot Loc: Prineville, Or

nice examples of ringlight flash. I might have to look into one someday

CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

robertjerl wrote:

Milkweed flowers, green pods and open dry pods spreading seeds.
Not in the league of crab grass, Bermuda grass, dandelions or sow thistle but they can spread really well if conditions are right.
More tests of the Yongnuo ring flash.
All three:
5DIV, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, 1/200 @ f/8, ISO-400
Hand held, spot meter, flash did fire.

Robert, fantastic set and DDLs are awesome sharp details.

Greg

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

l-fox wrote:

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

ORpilot wrote:

nice examples of ringlight flash. I might have to look into one someday

It seems to do really well. Very good for a first try (and not reading the manual) just playing with the buttons to see what they do I got some good results.

The wife says I should see Kaiser about surgery for my cataracts when Covid goes back in its cave. They are effecting my colors when I edit.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

CLF wrote:

Robert, fantastic set and DDLs are awesome sharp details.

Greg

Thank you a whole lot.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

robertjerl wrote:

Milkweed flowers, green pods and open dry pods spreading seeds.
Not in the league of crab grass, Bermuda grass, dandelions or sow thistle but they can spread really well if conditions are right.
More tests of the Yongnuo ring flash.
All three:
5DIV, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, 1/200 @ f/8, ISO-400
Hand held, spot meter, flash did fire.

Good images of that host plant for monarch butterfly caterpillars.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

photophile wrote:

Good images of that host plant for monarch butterfly caterpillars.

Thank you, that is why I started raising Milk Weed in the yard a few years ago.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Excellent.

tcthome Loc: NJ

Nice work. Looks like the flash is working out pretty darn good.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice shooting of the milkweeds.

rv8striker Loc: St. Louis, MO area

robertjerl wrote:

Milkweed flowers, green pods and open dry pods spreading seeds.
Not in the league of crab grass, Bermuda grass, dandelions or sow thistle but they can spread really well if conditions are right.
More tests of the Yongnuo ring flash.
All three:
5DIV, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, 1/200 @ f/8, ISO-400
Hand held, spot meter, flash did fire.

Great series! When I downloaded number 2 my eye went to the seed pod and thought to myself, I’d love to see it close up. Then scrolled down to number 3 and there it was. It (No. 3) might be interesting in monochrome. Nice work!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

robertjerl wrote:

Milkweed flowers, green pods and open dry pods spreading seeds.
Not in the league of crab grass, Bermuda grass, dandelions or sow thistle but they can spread really well if conditions are right.
More tests of the Yongnuo ring flash.
All three:
5DIV, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, 1/200 @ f/8, ISO-400
Hand held, spot meter, flash did fire.

Very nice images Robert
I kind of miss the milkweeds here on my new place . On my old place I had milkweed all around the edge of the hayfield, the mowing of the hay seemed to keep them in check.