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Bottle Brush
Bottle Brush
Alicia


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Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Sanford Zoo, Florida
Date: Dec 31, 2007
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2008

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 This is the bottle brush bloom. The bushes are quite impressive. I couldn't get the red to look red enough, despite hours of editing. So just imagine a redder bottle brush.

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 01/04/2008 06:19:42 PM
On further 'research', this looks like it may be a Calliandra haematocephala - Red Powder Puff. In the 'mimosa' family, but not the same genus. More info below if interested:

Dave's Garden:
Family: Mimosaceae
Genus: Calliandra (kal-ee-AN-druh)
Species: haematocephala (hee-mat-oh-SEF-uh-luh)

University of Florida (click on Red Powderpuff)

Crowley Nursery

Zone Ten Nursery, Florida

More about the mimosaceae family:
Arboles Ornamentales

An image from reZOOM - Flowers of Leu Gardens:


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 01/04/2008 12:31:26 AM
great macro and love the color and textures of this one.....l
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 01/03/2008 07:53:24 AM
This looks like it may be a mimosa flower, aka Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin). Although you mention a red flower and the mimosa/silk tree has pink flowers. More info here (Dave's Garden) and here(National Park Service) and here (Duke University) and here (Garden Bits).

They have lovely flowers, which are difficult to photograph because of their delicacy - a still day, fast shutter speed and/or tripod may help you.
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 01/03/2008 05:44:16 AM
What a beautiful bottle brush. Ours are different .... the bottles are longer. I'll see if I can find one over the month and post it to show you.
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 01/03/2008 01:44:47 AM
If you have a cloudy day WB setting, try shooting flowers using that WB. You may have to desat a little. I usually shoot flowers under exposed a bit, then brighten up in pp. Flowers do strange things with UV light, and the camera picks up on some of it I think.
Lovely composition with the curving branch under the bloom.
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 01/02/2008 08:34:24 PM
Awesome macro and nice bokeh also.
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