I have taken a few photos of Leycesteria formosa (also known as Himalayan Honeysuckle) that is growing in the flower garden at Orchard View:
For this set of photos I used my fish-eye lens. This enables me to get on close (I am only a few inches away from the flowers in the above image) yet still show the surroundings to give context to the planting. The fish-eye lens does distort the view quite significantly, but it is not too noticeable in the above image.
However, in this view the distortion is noticeable:
You can see the edge of the trellis on the left of this photo – it has quite a distinct curve. But with a little judicious editing we can remove the worst:
The weather was quite windy – I took many photos just to get 3 usable images; this is the third:
I am quite pleased with the results. For me, taking a photo of a plant within its setting is far more satisfying, and informative, than just showing the pretty flowers (although I do that too!)
These are now in the Garden Gallery.