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Okay... these first ones are all free-handed, some with flash, etc... Not the best pictures in the world. The second bunch of pictures will be the good'ns. ;p
First, my new DIY humidifier. This thing is a beast; it holds 4 gallons of water, is super easily refilled by the screw cap on the lid, and puts out a pretty wicked stream of fog. I'll do a video and more detail on it tomorrow.
'kay, now the plants...
No post-processing on any of these, click any image for full size.
The rack, currently:
And each shelf at a time:
Closer up:
Utric tray:
The Cobra minibog thing, now with new inhabitants:
The Nepenthes window. The N. ventrata has taken off and is vining like mad, the 'Miranda' took a little longer to get used to its new home, but it seems happy now, it's inflating two pitchers.
And a little gift I put together for someone. Waiting for it to mature a little in my care first.
I shoot in aperture priority (Av) mode most of the time, typically at f/10, switching to full manual when necessary. Manual focus, the "Sunlight" (5200K) setting for white balance. 100 ISO. These settings necessitate a pretty long exposure (around 1/10 of a second), so camera's always on a tripod, the Auto Stabilizer turned off, and I always use my DIY remote shutter release (super, super easy to make). I don't really know what I'm doing with a camera yet, so these may not be optimal settings, but they seem to work okay for me. Hope it helps any!
Everything looks fantastic!! Wish I could see results like that from my utrics. And whoever is getting that gift is a lucky dog. That thing is gorgeous!
Thank ya much, ladies, for the possible IDs. It definitely does look like it could be either. I got it from Lowes, any idea which would be more likely? Oh wait, it wasn't from Lowes, it was from a nursery... but it was in one of those death "cups" (the inverted clear cup over the top of a pot) from Gubler, I think.
@Lucanidae: I DIYd a pretty ghetto light tent with a cardboard box. I cut the left and right sides out along with the top and replaced them with white tissue paper. Then I just light it with lights from the plant room. This is how I set up for the last timelapse I did:
@Everyone: Thank you very much! Those two Utrics have been obnoxiously happy for me for a while. None of the others have flowered, though. ;c Well, limeslide's bit of U. subulata is starting to flower, but they look like they're going to be cleistogamous, ew. I don't know why it wouldn't be as happy as the other two. I can't wait for time to tell if the 5 Utrics I got in the auction with be as happy with me. Trying a new media with them (1/1/1 peat/perlite/hydroton), so we'll see how that works out.
Scarlett Belle is a cultivar from the grex, which is Wrigleyana, which is why there's such similarities. IIRC, the cultivar is what's super TC'd, so it's probably that. But I know I got both from a nursery once without realizing it.
Ohboy, another big update. It's been quite some time and I just bought a new macro lens (Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM) and I built myself a new light tent with PVC and fabric, so I figured a big update was in order.
Where to begin... I guess I should try to organize these...
Levels adjustments on three or four of these, cropping on maybe a dozen, no post-processing at all on the rest.
Click any picture for full-size (and I recommend it on some of them. )
Utricularia uniflora
Pinguicula 'Titan'
Pinguicula "Fraser Beaut"
Nepenthes 'Miranda'
Nepenthes spectabilis x aristolochioides
Nepenthes ramispina (Genting)
Nepenthes 'Judith Finn'
Sarracenia purpurea
Sarracenia <insert species here> (A Lowe's plant I never bothered to ID)
Dionaea 'B52'
Dionaea 'Cupped Trap'
Cephalotus follicularis
To be continued...
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Post #2 of this update: The Dew Fest
Click any picture for full-size (and I recommend it on some of them. )
Drosera binata var. dichotoma
Drosera capensis "Red" young'ns
Drosera capensis 'Albino'
Drosera spatulata x capensis
Drosera spatulata (I'm guessing)
Drosera spatulata "Pink Flower"
Drosera burmannii
Drosera 'Watari'
Drosera dielsiana
Drosera enodes "Scott River"
Drosera allantostigma x ericksoniae
Drosera ericksoniae x pulchella
To be continued...
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Post #3 of this update: From the Cobra Bog, the grow rack, and the sphagnum chamber
Click any picture for full-size (and I recommend it on some of them. )
Couple from the Cobra Bog
The Drosera capensis and Drosera capensis "Red" farm
The Drosera adelae farm
Some from the sphagnum chamber (which makes a great dew propagation chamber, too! ^.^)
Click any picture for full-size (and I recommend it on some of them. )
Overviews
Drosera adelae
Drosera enodes "Scott River" center, D. spatulata top, D. adelae top right, D capensis "Red" right, D. adelae bottom right, D. capensis 'Albino' bottom, D. prolifera left. Whew.
Drosera enodes "Scott River"
Drosera spatulata
A pair of Drosera capensis
Drosera capensis "Wide Leaf"
Drosera aliciae
Drosera capensis "Red"
Drosera prolifera
A Drosera adelae... pilgrim? I don't know, but it's settling new territory...
Utricularia bisquamata
Dionaea muscipula
And that wraps this update up.
Wonder how many people will actually bother looking at all of them, lol.
THAT's how to do it! everything is looking nice and healthy! great job! although, i wish the uniflora was more focused--im betting it was such a pain to photograph?
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