Posts Tagged ‘Flowers’
Summer’s End
The end of summer is in sight – at least so far as the weather is concerned, it seem s more like autumn than summer. The flowers seem to think so as well. These Shasta Daisies are reminders of how ephemeral all life is. I find these fading flowers rather moving. Both these shots were […]
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Dandelion and Dew
This was just an exercise in trying to isolate a subject using as wide an aperture as possible with a telephoto lens. Very simply dealt with: exposure reduced slightly, recovery for the dew drops, definition to bring out the texture of the grass and a vignette applied.
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Broom Pod
Brooms are legumes, which is to say that they are related to beans and similar plants. This is easy to see when the seed pods have formed. I was experimenting with a new B&W setting on my GX200 when I took this macro on the shores of Loch Leven. Since this was a jpeg there […]
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Bumble Bee
This bee was seen clinging on to the Ragged Robin in breezy conditions. However, as it just clung there and didn’t move at all I wonder if it had died while feeding on the plant and remained locked in place by rigor mortis. Cropped square from a file converted in RPP, the principal adjustments were […]
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Raindrops like diamonds
Back from a business trip to the south of England, I was greeted with light rain back in Scotland. However, once it has passed there are great opportunities with the light. Cropped square, the main issue was to make sure that the flowers’ colour did not end up over saturated. To get round this maximum […]
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Clover Flower
This is an experiment with a manually focused macro lens that allowed me to get within an a couple of inches of this clover flower in our lawn. The camera was resting on the ground and the shutter was on delayed release. Cropped square, heavy recovery was needed to bring the background sky highlights back. […]
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Robin in Hiding
Ragged Robin is a very common wildflower round here. However, I rather liked the idea that this one was hiding away in a wood, a bit like Robin Hood. I had a very wide aperture in order to limit focus to the Ragged Robin. Reduced exposure and full Recovery was needed for the pale flowers. […]
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Hostas
Our hostas, one of my wife’s favourite plants are just starting to bloom. They are great for photography as well, with their architectural leaves a boon for black and white photography. Colour is better for their flowers, here with the evidence of a recent rain storm. These required quite a bit of recovery to bring […]
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Fern Fronds
I have been practising with a manually focused macro lens. These fern fronds were one of the studies I tried. Essentially a green monochromatic image originally, it seemed to lend itself to a black and white conversion. Cropped slightly and converted to B&W in Aperture.
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Daisies
This was another experimental shot with a UWA lens at close range of the Shasta daisies that have just started flowering in our garden. At this range the depth of focus is limited. The colours were balanced using auto curves separate. A lot of recovery was needed on the petals of the daisies. More detail […]
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One Picture, One Day 