Lovely image.
I can almost smell its perfume...
Apples blossom are nice...I love the aroma but eating them should be in moderation. I usually just have a few to decorate my dishes as it can cause cyanide poisoning if eaten too much of it.
Thanks Izzie. I didn't realize that people ate the blossom. I don't actally much like the apples from this tree: they're very sweet and juicy but seem to have a bit of a "mashed potato" texture. Not sure what variety, but the flesh is pinkish. Having said that, I think I picked one off the tree last autumn and it was nice and crisp, so maybe they just don't keep well.
In any case, I tend to avoid apples because they give me sensitive teeth. Maybe I'd be O.K. with the flowers...
I was wondering about the lighting and I see in the data that you used a flash! I like your picture. It is beautiful!
Thank you Sandy. It was a very dull, overcast (and rather windy) day. I was experimenting with my 430EX flash hand held off-camera. This was about the only shot I found acceptable. The metadata says the flash was set -3EV, I think. I need to read up more on flash, because I wasn't aware that was what I'd set (I'm pretty sure I'd got the flash set at +/-0 on the unit for this). I had earlier tried the flash wirelessly (cheap transmitter) but couldn't turn it down enough manually, so resorted to ETTL with cord.
Last edited by Davejl; 20th April 2017 at 06:34 AM.
Hi Dave ~ Thank you for the explanation. I'm trying to figure out lighting still so every bit of information helps me.