I came home last Friday to discover that all three of the packages I ordered had arrived! I must admit, the one I was anticipating the most was the first live plant I've ever ordered, a little Bristletooth baby flytrap. It was very exciting to open the mailbox, find a key, and discover a small box labelled "Live Tropical Plant" waiting for me! Now, I also have some fantastic humidity domes I can adjust the ventilation of, and new Nepenthes seeds; N.( viking x ampullaria black miracle) x (viking x ampullaria black miracle); hopefully this time they'll be viable and will germinate! Plus, I got an adorable little bonus from the kind dome sender, an Aloe Vera chinensis plant. I am looking forward to watching the growth of these new plants, under the new materials I have to care for them!
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Hello, first actual blog post here for a real life update, not just a photo shoot! So, lately I've been wanting a macro camera for my birthday so I could take better-resolution closeups of my plants and the tiny seedlings. My family has had an underwater camera for years now that we've really only ever used while on vacation for taking pictures when snorkeling and etc. I never knew anything more about it other than that. But when my dad saw that I had written "Olympus TG-4" as one of the macro camera candidates for my birthday wishlist (a $650 one), he wanted me to try one of the cameras we already had (and the only one I hadn't tried to take photos of my plants with yet). As fate would have it, I never realized after all this time that it was an Olympus TG-3! And I never could have predicted just how incredible and perfectly suited it was for taking macro pictures. Every single photo I took turned out astronomically better than any I had ever taken with my phone + a magnifying glass. I was amazed and so happy to make this discovery, because it means from now on you're going to be seeing WAY more beautiful pictures of my plants and seedlings! And I won't even have to worry about my shaky hands, because the camera has a built-in stabilizer too so the image won't get blurred. Before I knew it, after finding out how fun and incredible it is to take proper macro photos, I had captured more than 40 of them, and had to stop when the camera ran out of battery ^^; But seriously, this is an amazing camera, and I would really recommend it to anybody wanting to get into macro photography. Not only is it an Olympus TG (which means it is waterproof, scratchproof, awesome, high-tech, etc.) but it is a LOT cheaper than the Olympus TG-4 (Around $300 compared to $650- which is incredibly cheap in the camera world), and with just about the same quality I'd say from what I've seen, although I guess I'd have to give the TG-4 a try to compare. But it's more than good enough for me! :) Also, one feature of the 3 I actually like more than I would with the 4 is that the lens are in the center of the camera, not in the top corner like the TG-4 is. But I digress. Either way, I'd say Olympus TGs are amazing and built to last, as well as to give you all the quality in a photograph you ever dreamed of and more. Now all I need is an LED light accessory to put around the lens so the camera doesn't cast such a giant shadow over my seedlings! Well, I guess I know what I'll ask for my birthday next instead of a camera.... wahahaha! I feel as though my passion for carnivorous plants has been rekindled all over again! Sundews are just so photogenic, aren't they? Now I remember why they are -sh!- my favorites... ;) |
AuthorHi, I'm Stephanie, but you may know me as Shelilla on many CP forums. I mainly grow Nepenthes, Dionaea and Drosera. I'm a Canadian grower, as well as the author of this blog and creator of the Mesojedi Notes. ArchivesCategories |