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Looking good TJ. Glad to see you are rebuilding. I know how Family and the rest of life can put a damper on our hobbies. Way worth it though!
 
The newest addition to my little cp family! N. villosa Tambuyukon (possibly x kinabaluensis) ;







I will try to take better pictures later. I took these with my phone.
 
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I was playing with the new camera, trying to figure out the manual focus. its a Sony a5100 with the kit lens. I really need a tripod! lol
Here are some pictures;

D. capensis "alba"

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16074637800" title="D. capensis "alba" by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7581/16074637800_e08df32aa8_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="D. capensis "alba""></a>

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16074358818" title="D. capensis by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7536/16074358818_55725036e9_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="D. capensis"></a>

N. maxima (hybrid) upper inflating

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16076018037" title="N. maxima hybrid upper by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7481/16076018037_4c9ed612aa_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. maxima hybrid upper"></a>

Little baby D. schizandra

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16235970206" title="D. schizandra by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7553/16235970206_500af049d4_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="D. schizandra"></a>

N. lowii x truncata "wide peristome" inflating a new pitcher. This plant has always been my favorite in the collection so far:)

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16261885955" title="N. lowii x truncata "wide paristome" by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7568/16261885955_637f76bc16_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. lowii x truncata "wide paristome""></a>

N. veitchii "HL" x eymae poppin its lid ;)

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16261886975" title="N. veitchii "HL" x eymae by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7510/16261886975_7cd1357618_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. veitchii "HL" x eymae"></a>

N. villosa "Tambuyukon" (possibly N. x Kinabaluensis)

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16074541438" title="N. villosa "tambuyukon" by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7563/16074541438_dc7ce540fd_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. villosa "tambuyukon""></a>

Cephalotus "Phil Mann" leaf pullings & the little green dot in the center is a seed grown ceph.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16075759799" title="Cephalotus "phil mann" leaf pullings and seed grown by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7464/16075759799_a8e69f82cc_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Cephalotus "phil mann" leaf pullings and seed grown"></a>

Thank you all for looking!
Feel free to leave a reply.
 
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Wow nice update man. I love the developing pitchers. that seed grown ceph is tiny haha :jester:
 
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Felt like practicing with the camera a bit...cant tell if I'm getting better or not. What do you guys think? Any suggestions? I'm running a Sony a5100 w/ 16-50mm lens.

D. aliciae

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16313440291" title="D. aliciae by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/16313440291_2b12dea8bf_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="D. aliciae"></a>

N. ventricosa x spectabilis

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16127659758" title="N. ventricosa x spectabilis by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7572/16127659758_669300ca71_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. ventricosa x spectabilis"></a>

N. x gentle This one is really cool, if you zoom in on the water drop you can see an inverted image of the leaves in it!

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16129040189" title="N. x gentle by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8644/16129040189_f089397de3_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. x gentle"></a>

N. villosa "Tambuyukon" Putting out a larger new leaf

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16315080825" title="N. villosa Tambuyukon by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7577/16315080825_d41b66c227_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. villosa Tambuyukon"></a>

N. lowii x truncata "wide peristome" Upcoming pitcher

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/15692662124" title="N. lowii x truncata "WP" by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8627/15692662124_e38a56b959_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. lowii x truncata "WP""></a>

N. maxima "hybrid" Upper pitcher

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16127789200" title="N. maxima "hybrid" upper by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7478/16127789200_7d508428d0_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. maxima "hybrid" upper"></a>

N. truncata x spectabilis

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16128960199" title="N. truncata x spectabilis by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7548/16128960199_7fbc6f6c29_b.jpg" width="1024" height="635" alt="N. truncata x spectabilis"></a>

Cephalotus "Phil Mann" leaf pullings & a seedling that's chugging along

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16128943719" title="Ceph leaf pullings & seedling by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8570/16128943719_0a5f2becd5_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Ceph leaf pullings & seedling"></a>

Thanks for looking ;)
 
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Nice pics and plants travis...

don't know much bout plant photography, I do it by taking lot and lots of pics and keeping the few that seem to look good to me.
We do have some really technically talented and artistic photographers amongst the membership though.

one of the things I found that really helped me (or at least made life easier) was a lateral tripod and remote shutter release.

tripodkit.jpg


once you get a tripod and remote shutter, you can play with longer exposure settings, lower ISO, increased DOF, focus bracketing... etc
it opens up a whole new world of options.

my tripod is an entry level Oben brand sold by B&H, I love it!
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ihft26m_kZE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

IIRC mine has a 16lb capacity, and handles my 100mm macro and T3i w/o issue at any angle
 
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Cool! Thanks a lot Butch! I'm definitely going to look into one of those. Prolly a whole lot better then using my hands and a bucket for support lol. I might get a shutter control too but I may not need one since I can controll the shutter with my phone.
 
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16137512710" title="N. villosa Tambuyukon by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8614/16137512710_024beac025_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. villosa Tambuyukon"></a>
 
Play with the camera day again! Took a few pics, hopefully soon ill have a larger selection so I'm not taking pics of the same plants weekly lol. It is fun to see the weekly changes though:)

This little Cephalotus seedling is growing faster then I expected it to. I've never had a ceph before and always assumed they grew much slower.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16183493897" title="Ceph "Phil Mann" leaf pullings and sg by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7326/16183493897_1a62a0d30a_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Ceph "Phil Mann" leaf pullings and sg"></a>

Tiny baby D. schizandra is dewing up nicely

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16183495337" title="D. schizandra by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8575/16183495337_136962dea1_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="D. schizandra"></a>

N. x gentle

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/15749393453" title="N. x gentle by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7357/15749393453_53c5786788_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. x gentle"></a>

N. villosa "Tambuyukon"'s newest leaf and future pitcher kicking butt:)

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/15746937404" title="N. villosa "Tambuyukon" by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/15746937404_21392dafc6_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. villosa "Tambuyukon""></a>

N. veitchii "HL" x eymae Showing some slight stripeage. The next pitcher looks to be larger so we will see what it looks like, I may keep this one after all

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16181749138" title="N. veitchii "HL" x eymae by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/16181749138_edc1229ccf_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. veitchii "HL" x eymae"></a>

N. lowii x truncata "wide peristome" newest pitcher fattening up still

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/15749398793" title="N. lowii x truncata "wide peristome" by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/15749398793_6c1bb02dd0_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. lowii x truncata "wide peristome""></a>

N. maxima "poi dog" upper looking all fancy

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16343410056" title="N. maxima "hybrid" upper by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/16343410056_960fca5fb9_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. maxima "hybrid" upper"></a>
 
I can't wait to see if that villosa is actually x kiabaluensis or not.
 
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I got a tripod and a few new plants! Thank you dionae for the great sarrs!

I also attempted my fist couple of focus stacks:)

Here the S. leuco I was given focus stacked;

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16425088022" title="S. leuco stack 1 by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8658/16425088022_9c53d54e79_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="S. leuco stack 1"></a>

S. (x areolata "giant") x (x moorei "pinkish top")

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16240128937" title="Sarr hybrid by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/16240128937_f5435a8f95_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Sarr hybrid"></a>

S. flava I believe

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16240129817" title="S. flava by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8613/16240129817_dca9edbf7c_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="S. flava"></a>

S. flava

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/15803520024" title="S. flava by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/15803520024_916047de76_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="S. flava"></a>

D. capensis "alba"

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/16400050706" title="D. capensis by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8667/16400050706_67219f3c43_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="D. capensis"></a>

D. capensis "alba" stacked

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129296903@N08/15803521534" title="Cape stack 1 by Travis Edwards, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7445/15803521534_8b21bdb317_b.jpg" width="818" height="666" alt="Cape stack 1"></a>

Thanks for looking!
 
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