The following photos were taken on 21 December 2015 at Huntley Meadows Park while field-testing a new Nissin i40 external flash unit with my Fujifilm X-T1 mirrorless digital camera and 55-200mm zoom lens (88-320mm, 35mm equivalent). The camera was set for “Forced Flash”: “Flash On, Fired” appears in the EXIF information for all shots.
The camera was set for Manual Mode: both Aperture and Shutter Speed were operator-selected; ISO was set to “Auto.” Notice the camera used ISO 800 for every shot. One obvious advantage of using a digital camera featuring a larger sensor — in this case, an APS-C sensor — is the camera can shoot relatively noise-free photos at higher ISOs.
Also notice the rich color in each photo, something for which the Fujifilm X-series of cameras is well-known.
Cattails (Typha sp.) gone to seed.
70.5mm (106mm, 35mm equivalent) | f/6.3 | 1/250s | ISO 800
Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris) hips.
200mm (300mm) | f/6.9 | 1/640s | ISO 800
An insect gall on Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris). This gall was made by parasitic gall wasps (Diplolepis sp.).
200mm (300mm) | f/9 | 1/640s | ISO 800
Unknown blue-black berries. Alonso Abugattas, moderator of the “Capital Naturalist” Facebook group, speculates this is probably a species of greenbrier (Smilax sp.).
200mm (300mm) | f/6 | 1/640s | ISO 800
Unknown seed pods, probably Crimsoneyed Rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos).
200mm (300mm) | f/6.9 | 1/640s | ISO 800
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Tags: Crimsoneyed Rosemallow, gall, gall wasp, greenbrier, Hibiscus moscheutos, Huntley Meadows Park, Rosa palustris, Smilax sp., Swamp Rose
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