These flowers are all over Southern California and I've never known what they're called. A quick internet search leads me to believe that this is a "Torch Lily." Any help is appreciated.
What I learned in taking this photo: Modern full frame processors kick ass! Today's cameras can deliver stunningly sharp images, even when the ISO is pushed up to values that I previously considered to be ridiculous, 4000 in this case. Coming from the film world I can't imagine asking for some of that 4000 speed Kodachrome.
I don't know what the flower is but it's beautiful!! What a gorgeous rich colour!! ISO on the latest cameras is fantastic isn't it. I used 3200 on my shot yesterday on the duck and was blown away by how much light I managed to get. Fav!
@tigerdreamer i try to use the lowest possible with my camera - ISO 100, only venturing from that for b&w and i've never used above ISO 800. in order to keep the ISO low i use a tripod and a release..
your present camera is more than capable.. besides which you can use up to ISO 6400 and if really pushed can manage up to 25,600.. if that sensitivity is not enough then nothing ever will be enough.. :-)
Whatever is the name of this stunningly gorgeous flower seems quite irrelevant..
it is gorgeous and this image is superb.. fab focus and vibrant colours.. great background too..
Stunning result from using high ISO, gorgeous colour, detail and point of focus plus your clever use of a shallow depth of field to focus the eye on the subject an instant Fav Ron:)
No, would never had guessed this has a 4000 ISO setting. There's barely a smidgeon of grain! Beautiful flower; the others made a very nice backdrop for the star of the show.
it's an african flower, that much i know because i see this so many times in the arrangements we have in our reception area. the clarity is fantastic but amazingly the noise is not so apparent. aces, ron. aces!
@maggiemae Thank you Maggie - OK, I expect to see your version sometime soon. I learned that these bloom here pretty much only around Christmas time, and then for the remaining ten months or so just look kind of ugly.
@pamknowler Thanks Pam, yeah, I'm still having trouble getting used to the fact that you can crank up the ISO and still get a quality shot as far as noise is concerned. Maybe not if we end up making wall size posters of our photos, but that's pretty unlikely - in my case anyway.
@tigerdreamer Uh oh, when thoughts of a new camera start creeping into your head, there's almost no going back! However, judging by the quality and clarity of your photos I'd say you're just fine with what you've got. Thanks for the comment!
@jorlam Good tips for Karen and the others regarding exposure techniques. I've been so ingrained into using low ISO, I'm like you, rarely going above 400 in my case, but damn, I just shake my head at the lack of noise. One complication, though, is the high resolution cameras result in such massive size files, at least the raw versions, that you can fill a memory card, and even a hard drive quite quickly! Oh, and thanks for the nice comments!
@salza Aha! That was one of the candidates that I thought might match, and now you've confirmed. I ended up getting similar confirmation from some of my local botany experts too. Now we know - thanks!!
@naomi Thanks Naomi. I'm not sure I know that much more than you, as your images are very impressive. I just like to spout off terms such as ISO and aperture to sound cool. ;-)
@pickerandagrinner Sorry Lou! I've been following the weather up your way - quite a display from Mother Nature. The foliage will be there before you know it, though - I don't care what Punxatawney Phil says.
@lyndemc Thanks so much Denise. I'm sure you'd get similar results with your amazing 5D Mk III. It's just not intuitive to push it up high to old photographers from the old days - like you and me. :-)
@summerfield Yep, Sally and others have confirmed that its a Kniphofia (and I have no idea how to pronounce that - I imagine you just make a sound like you just choked on one of those chocolates that you snarfed). Thanks for weighing in!
@terryliv Thanks Terry. The cameras these days are really quite amazing - as you are no doubt discovering with your new toy. Can you imagine the abilities we'll have ten years from now? (I guess that assumes that Japan remains intact during that time too.)
@stray_shooter The shots of the singing ship were taken with ISO 200 on my old EOS 350D and you can see grain in them. That was 11 years ago in terms of camera age
@stray_shooter Little by little I dare to try the higher ISOs but like you said, it's rather engrained in the mind to try and keep those numbers on the low side so I rarely think to do it.
February 12th, 2017
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your present camera is more than capable.. besides which you can use up to ISO 6400 and if really pushed can manage up to 25,600.. if that sensitivity is not enough then nothing ever will be enough.. :-)
it is gorgeous and this image is superb.. fab focus and vibrant colours.. great background too..