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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Previous FWG blogs >> 2009 Blogs >> FWG blog: February 2009 > Birch seed close up
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Christine Hanrahan

Birch seed close up

I'm also attaching a photo most of you have seen before, which shows one tiny seed from a catkin cluster, photographed under a microscope. It is interesting to see the whole and the part together. These seeds are gobbled down by many of the finch species such as redpolls and goldfinches and seeing how minute they are, you can imagine how many it would take to keep even a small bird satisfied.

Canon PowerShot A85
1/6s f/3.2 at 7.8mm iso50 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time01-Jan-1980 01:40:12
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot A85
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length7.8 mm
Exposure Time1/6 sec
Aperturef/3.2
ISO Equivalent50
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto
Bob K 27-Jun-2012 13:04
Great composition. May I ask how you obtained the diffuse, uniform background. I am trying to take photos of individual, very small seeds using a glass support, but the glass remains in focus even by changing the f stop. Whtever you did is perfect.
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