Cananga odorata -- really? you sure?

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Wisley Gardens have some interesting ideas for species identification :lmao:

f13, ISO 200, 1/200sec
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didn't want to temp fate of him flying off as I changed settings, so I just flashed and shot - close distance so flash was able to bring up the lighting a lot.

f8, ISO 200, 1/200sec
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A little robin that broke into the butterfly exhibition and was posing round the place (And doing quite a bit of singing too)

f8, ISO 200, 1/200sec
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not too pleased with this shot - it came out with a lot more noise than I would have liked, probably as I was using flash on whites rather than a longer exposure on a tripod so to prevent blowout I had to shoot with a lower power.

 

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*boo!*

 

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how can you lot not like robins ?

 

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This is the first time I see the thread on this little "cananga" ... erm ... ROBIN, of course, one of my favourite birds, I like them a lot! You were lucky to be able to get this close, though I believe that when they get into the butterfly exhibition, they're kind of used to flying about in amongst the visitors!?