4346. PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE CREPE GINGER. Use tripod and backlit sunlight

 

  PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE CREPE GINGER. Use tripod and BACKLIT sunlight

 SINGAPORE - 14 DEC 2025: 11.33am. Bird Paradise

 

The Crepe Ginger (Cheilocostus speciosus) is cultivated as an ornamental plant in public gardens such as those of the Bird Paradise. Its flowering spike is dark red, and the white funnel-like flowers emerge from between the bracts. Its flowers attract carpenter bees and sunbirds.

With a tripod and tv mode, you can see the details of the yellow throat of the white flower as compared to the hand-held blurry yellow throats seen in NParks Flora and Fauna website.

Canon R5, 105mm, 1/500 sec, f/4.5, iso 160. 
14 Dec 2025, 11.33am
Backlit sunlight on white flower shows up details of the yellow throat very well. 

Sending you a new bloom of the Crepe Ginger showing details of the yellow throat of the white flower from the back lights of the sun rays. If you view this flower in NParks website, it is a dull image with blurry yellow throat as you need the sunlight from behind to back light it.