The challenge theme for the next two weeks is “Flowers”. There is a great opportunity next Saturday June 3 from 2:00 till 4:30 pm to take in some Jazz performed by Ron’s Jazz-Niks band and have a leisurely walk along the flowerbeds of the Silver Springs Botanical Gardens. Any flowers are legit subjects for this challenge.
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Griffith Woods walk 10 am today. Nice and cool. Saw this dandelion in the shade with an ant struggling through the petals. Took this image from a distance of approximately 1 m with my 200 mm zoom. f/8, 1/400 sec, ISO 800. Enhanced in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop. Cropped quite a bit then used exposure sharpening and curve adjustment then AI – Denoise. Final adjustment in Photoshop with the levels tool.
I like this new way of looking at a dandelion! That’s the flower I chose too.
Dandelions with airplane
ISO 800, 18 mm, f/14, 1/1250 sec
Dandelions with spider
ISO 800, 18 mm, f/14, 1/1250 sec
Interesting almost apocalyptic view.
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My husband had his cataract surgery years ago so he’s the one who noticed the spider in this one and the airplane in the first one.
I decided to concentrate on the centers of the flowers today. This really caught my eye as having a very oriental feel to the colors – royal colours of red and yellow. Taken with a Tamron 90 mm micro lens,F8, S 1/2500, Auto WB, CW Metering.
Nice detail shot Karen. After enlarging the post I really noticed the delicate spiral nature of some of the stamens. You probably could enhance it with a bit of noise reduction, contrast and sharpening.
irises ISO 360 f9 1/125
flowers in Waterton on the weekend
ISO 100 f14 32mm 1/125
Nice composition Della. Dramatic sky and distant (hazy) mountains make this special. I like the framing of the flowers in almost 2/3 foreground.
16 frame focus stack of the flowers on my front porch. Each frame was 1/10 s at f4.5, ISO 160. I used my macro lens and manually focused a variety of spots in the frame. Brought into Photoshop as layers, auto aligned and then auto blended the layers. Slight adjustment to contrast.
Beautiful composition Paul. Love the depth of field and then the sharp focus drop off. It seems there is just a small focus stacking flaw in the bottom portion
Columbine. Once the flower is open, the petals are a soft pink but the closed buds are a deep burgundy.
Aperture Priority f/8, 1/160 sec, ISO 100, 38 mm, center weighted metering.
I used a square crop to remove some of the background and focus on the flower.
Backyard pansy taken with 300 mm telephoto zoom. ISO 800, f/14, 1/500. Minor adjustments in Apple Photos.
Same photo sharpened a bit using GIMP.
The Alberta Wildrose flower crop was beautiful this morning. Took this image during our Griffith Woods walk this morning. Cropped and sharpened first, then AI Denoised and Auto Toned in Lightroom Classic. All I can take credit for is seeing the beauty and cropping it to it’s full advantage.
I never got out in the field so I shot around my yard. the first is a bug on my Solomons Seal. The next is a closeup of my sticky geranium.
The sticky geranium
The venerable Alberta Rose, Carburn Park. F/5.5, 1/200 sec, ISO 400, closeup using 547 mm eq. zoom. Sharpened in Topaz AI, slight saturation enhancement.
Yellow Lady’s slippers, Griffith Woods. f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO 500, 477mm eq. Sharpening and slight denoising in Topaz AI.
So many flower pictures, hard to choose! As with many flowers, each stage of life has its own story. The giant Alliums make great creative still life. This is taken with my very old T2i camera on Program setting at F5.6, 1/125 at ISO 1600
The Allium make great black and white photos. This is using a slate filter with enhanced saturation.
Backyard chive flowers taken with 300 mm telephoto zoom. ISO 800, f/22, 1/500. Minor adjustments in Apple Photos, sharpening in GIMP.
Fuchsia blossom taken in my garden. shot with my 19-55 lens at f/5.6, 1/180 sec ISO 250
Begonia taken in my garden. Increased saturation and got a dreamy artistic feel.
Shot with my 18-55 lens at f/4, 1/640 sec, ISO 250
Robert’s first orchid picture
Robert second orchid picture