Perpetual flower photo thread

[lynchbird]

Scatamousche: I like yours better! :) I've got my eye on a new camera, but right now I'm shooting with a 3.5 year old 2 megapixel Olympus, and those pictures are cropped, too. I'd love to be able to get a little more detail in the fine threads of those silk tree flowers.

I'm in Virginia, not Florida. We've got a number of those trees on my road right now. I've always liked the flowers, and while walking my dog in the AM I noticed how nice they looked with the early morning sunlight.

[Geoff Chandler]

What an amazing selection of flower pix and so many in such a short time - I only blinked for a day or so and several pages of photos have appeared. I can't begin to address comments to everyoe - but great shots all!!
Here's one we planted a couple of days back in our front garden...

[Geoff Chandler]

-and here's a Butterfly Lavender we purchased for the back garden

[Geoff Chandler]

This one is called a 'Cleome Sparkler' - difficult to get a good angle on it - I will try again - there's so much going on within it.
All the above - A-200

[Phill D]

I had not realised how difficult it could be taking flowers in the garden until I had a go. Made me realise how good this thred is, some of the pictures are awesome. So after several attempts I managed to get this hand held shot in between breezes & fast changing clouds. I need to do something about the background (I need a few PS lessons) & didn't notice the small beetle at the time. I think the plant is some kind of mallow. Shot taken at f4, 1/250s, 6mm focal length & iso 80 with FZ20.

[Wombat]

I had not realised how difficult it could be taking flowers in the garden until I had a go. Made me realise how good this thred is, some of the pictures are awesome. So after several attempts I managed to get this hand held shot in between breezes & fast changing clouds. I need to do something about the background (I need a few PS lessons) & didn't notice the small beetle at the time. I think the plant is some kind of mallow. Shot taken at f4, 1/250s, 6mm focal length & iso 80 with FZ20.

I think your persistance has really paid off. You have caught the tissue paper quality of the petals and the colour of the mallow just right. I do agree with your general comments about taking flower shots outdoors - this thread makes it look so easy. I usually carry a small paintbrush with me to remove any odd objects without damaging what are usually other people's flowers. I haven't got Paintshop so most of my shots have to be "processed" before the shot. :)

Here is an orange rose Canon A80, ap. f6.3, exp. 1/500s, exposure compensation -1/3.

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

Phil D - I agree with Wombat - good job - keep taking them and posting. Whilst it isn't always easy you do get sort of used to it after a while.
Wombat - as ever - a lovely shot - must try your trick with the paintbrush!
So - here I am returning for a closer look at our new Butterfly Lavender... Hope you like.

[gstafleu]

Geoff: nice ones. I especially like the light in the first one (the blue flower you just planted), and in the close-up of the Lavender.

Wombar: That is a great rose, very nice color.

Phil D: I concurr with the previous posters, the shot turned out quite nice. The beetle adds something rather than taking something away, I think.

Here is one of mine, a flower with ants all over it:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/flowerWithAnts.jpg

[rinume]

I was going thru some old pics and came accross these. Taken with my old Olympus 460Z at the Botanical Gardens in London.

http://www.dotsndashes.com/floral/pinkstar.jpg

http://www.dotsndashes.com/floral/kanwal1.jpg

[Wombat]

Another batch of really great shots and so much variety. Thanks also for the kind comments about my orange rose all very much appreciated.

Here is another rose but a very simple single one. I used to know the name of this but it escapes me at the moment - it has lovely grey-green leaves with purple veins which are a great foil to the flowers.

regards
Wombat

[gstafleu]

I made a little field trip this evening, and I thought I'd share some usual and unusual flowers I came accross.

One of the first I saw was this nice blue one:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/somethingBlue.jpg

Close to it I found this thorny contraption, which I don't think is flowering yet, but it certainly has promise:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/thorny.jpg

Grasses have flowers too, and for some time I've been trying to capture them. This is the first one that sort of worked out:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/grass1.jpg

At the end of my trip I bumped into the following. I'm not sure what kind of flower it is, but it looks cute so I thought I'd throw it in:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/flowerCow.jpg

[Bald Eagle]

They all look great except that last one. ;) I think its a MOO FLower, :D

[rinume]

But its a cute Moo Flower.

Did you know there's a seperate Moo Flower thread?...seriously!!! I discovered it yesterday lol.

[Wombat]

They all look great except that last one. ;) I think its a MOO FLower, :D

Personally I thought it looked more like a Cowslip :D
Wombat

[Wombat]

Here is my contribution for today a blue delphinium against a blue sky - can you see it :D

regards
Wombat

[JTL]

I don't know what it is...I only know it was willing to pose for me...

S2, 500D, f/3.5., 1/1000 sec.
http://JTL.smugmug.com/photos/27044999-L.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Hey - great shots everyone !!
It's getting to the stage where I am begining to think very seriously 'Is this good enough to show' before posting, these shots are really good !!

[joelw135]

Taken after a rain shower using a Fuji S5100 (S5500) in macro mode.
http://photos19.flickr.com/23510583_078446f9eb.jpg
http://photos19.flickr.com/23511111_c642637a1d.jpg
http://photos19.flickr.com/23510584_434b8576a4.jpg

[gstafleu]

Glad you liked all my, ahem, flowers :).

Here is something more conventional, a shrub from my garden:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/pinkShrub.jpg

[Bald Eagle]

there are some fantastic flowers on this thread, too many to single out, but they are all awesome, here is my tiny contribution for the day, this flower is only 1/4in wide, hope you like.

[gstafleu]

Nice framing BE. Great background, too.

[Wombat]

As usual a superb batch of shots - thanks to everyone for the pleasure of being able to view them.

Here is a mallow flower. Canon A80, handheld, macro mode, Ap f/7.1, exp 1/500s, exposure compensation -1/3.

regards
Wombat

[Bald Eagle]

thanks gstafleu , Wombat, that is a very impressive shot, the flower is good, but the clarity and color balance is perfect, great job. here is a small flower from today, hope you like.

[Wombat]

Wombat, that is a very impressive shot, the flower is good, but the clarity and color balance is perfect, great job. here is a small flower from today, hope you like.

Thanks Bald Eagle for the hi praise, a much valued comment. I think I am learning that my A80 really does prefer these softer colours. I would have had much more difficulty capturing your shot as expertly as you have - such a tricky colour for me and my camera.

Here is one that made me chuckle. I am not sure which thread it belongs on. I am not sure what this ladybird was actually doing but it looks like it crash landed and got stuck.

regards
Wombat

[snaz]

Here is a beach flower I shot on a foggy morning.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/nogutsnoglory89/IMG_0077.jpg

[scatamousche]

Hi Wombat,

I love the subtle details in your mallow picture. Very inspiring indeed.

Here's a link that a lot of folks that post here would probably like. It explains why flowers have not only survived but thrived.


http://www.physorg.com/news4401.html

Here's an amaryllis picture I took a couple of months ago with a Panasonic Lumix FZ-10.

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/AmaryllisExtended.jpg

[ishan.g]

A really beautiful flower....
Sony Cybershot DSC P150 (Macro mode)
Just tweaked the contrast and brightness on the comp a bit

-Ishan.G

[Wombat]

Another bunch of great shots - thanks for sharing and for the very kind remarks.

Here is lilac shot indoors but in quite bright sunlight, Canon A80, f/8.0, exp 0.8s, exposure compensation -1.

I find flowers like lilac and hyacinths that are composed of a large number of smaller flowers quite tricky to capture. They tend to be viewed on mass as a hyacinth spike or a spray of lilac. I find it difficult to illustrate the detail of the individual flowers- hence the use of bright sunlight to add some light and shade.

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

Great shots everyone!
As promised - I re-took the Cleome Sparkler this evening - light wa low - so the first shot is as it was in the low(ish) light..

[Geoff Chandler]

Tried it again - using flash.
Not sure which to prefer really - the first is more accurate I guess.

[Geoff Chandler]

Just so you could all see - I took a section of my garden bed this evening whilst taking a few shots to share - just had to clone out a persistant plastic bag that blew back just as I took the shot!!
Just a snapshot - but they don't all have to be vivid close ups.

[pbt1234]

Thanks to everyone for sharing.

pbt1234
DMC-FZ20

[gstafleu]

It is Lily time here:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/lilyOrange.jpg

[Bald Eagle]

Thanks Bald Eagle for the hi praise, a much valued comment. I think I am learning that my A80 really does prefer these softer colours. I would have had much more difficulty capturing your shot as expertly as you have - such a tricky colour for me and my camera.

Here is one that made me chuckle. I am not sure which thread it belongs on. I am not sure what this ladybird was actually doing but it looks like it crash landed and got stuck.

regards
Wombat
Thank you as well for the kind words, its funny how a great pic comes up and nobody posts a comment on it, The ladybug to me, was hilarious, very comical and probably true, excellent capture by the way.

[Bald Eagle]

Great shots everyone!
As promised - I re-took the Cleome Sparkler this evening - light wa low - so the first shot is as it was in the low(ish) light..
I like this one best, it is an awesome shot, very sharp and crisp, impressive work.

[Bald Eagle]

[QUOTE=gstafleu]It is Lily time here:
You are really taking some wonderful shots, excellent work. very colorful.

[meillana]

Hi Wombat,

I love the subtle details in your mallow picture. Very inspiring indeed.

Here's a link that a lot of folks that post here would probably like. It explains why flowers have not only survived but thrived.


http://www.physorg.com/news4401.html

Here's an amaryllis picture I took a couple of months ago with a Panasonic Lumix FZ-10.


thanks for that bit of trivia there.... just to quote the prof...

"Because they are a source of pleasure - a positive emotion inducer - we take care of them. In that sense they're like dogs. They are the pets of the plant world."

so anytime you wish them flowers to stay still just say "SIT!" (joke) :D

lovely pictures... am learning from all of you, now to try it out myself.

[Phill D]

Wow only a few days away & what a lot of superb shots to catch up on. And thanks to everyone for the kind comments on my mallow shot. As lillys seem to be in favour at the moment here is a shot I took early one morning a couple of years ago with my Oly C40Z at mid resolution (I only had a small memory card at the time & was trying to squeeze a lot of pictures on it!). I tried to retake it later in the day at high res but just couldn't recreate as good a shot. It must have been the quality of the morning light I guess.

[Phill D]

And a follow up group of 3. I think soft focus & a darker background would probably improve this shot.

[Wombat]

Thank you as well for the kind words, its funny how a great pic comes up and nobody posts a comment on it, The ladybug to me, was hilarious, very comical and probably true, excellent capture by the way.

Thanks Bald Eagle for spotting my contribution and the kind words. I think I have gotten to the stage of posting shots just to share and probably have enough confidence in my abilities to manage without the positive strokes - but they are still nice to get :)

I imagine that it could become a full time job just leaving "positive feedback" on all the photo threads on this forum - they all certainly deserve it. I am sure there are a lot of "lurkers" on this forum who are perhaps too nervous to post or who perhaps don't even own a camera but just like looking. I would say to you give it a go - the people are very friendly and helpful. It certainly has improved my photographic skills by several 100% and I have met some wonderful "virtual" people.

Here are some foxgloves - another of those awkward plants - do you take a shot of the individual flower to capture the detail or a shot of the whole spike. Here is my compromise.

regards
Wombat

[rinume]

Originally Posted by Bald Eagle
Thank you as well for the kind words, its funny how a great pic comes up and nobody posts a comment on it, The ladybug to me, was hilarious, very comical and probably true, excellent capture by the way.

I so agree! I think its an amazing pic! I can just imagine the lady bug frantically waving its legs .. poor thing ... did it manage to get out lol?

And that is what makes it an excellent photo IMO ... it feeds your imagination.

[Wombat]

I so agree! I think its an amazing pic! I can just imagine the lady bug frantically waving its legs .. poor thing ... did it manage to get out lol?

And that is what makes it an excellent photo IMO ... it feeds your imagination.

Thanks rinume - how very kind of you to say so and much appreciated. I think you have hit the spot about photos feeding the imagination. Very well put and something I shall think about in the future as I take more shots. The situation made be laugh and reminded me of those second-hand car stores/shops that have a car seemingly embedded in a wall.

regards
wombat

[scatamousche]

Here are some foxgloves - another of those awkward plants - do you take a shot of the individual flower to capture the detail or a shot of the whole spike. Here is my compromise.

regards
Wombat

Hi Wombat,

I took a couple pictures of tall flowering plants recently and it certainly is difficult to decide how best to compose the shot. If I could just turn it sideways it would be a great panorama. :D

In the meantime here is a picture of a bottlebrush flower to add to the thread.

Scatamousche


http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/Bottlebrush.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Wombat - lovely Foxgloves
scatamousche - that's a pretty amazing flower!!
Spork - well done - I know the sort of problem - nice shot!
I don't think I mentioned - we got one of these for our front garden - this shot also quite tricky as it's right at ground level - and I still tend to use the EVF

[glennaa]

Well, more of a cucumber shot than a flower shot. This was the only one I saw with the flower still attached. With it's position hanging from a chain link fence between 2 houses, it was impossible to get an uncluttered shot. Taken with a Fuji F10

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y211/glennaa/cuke.jpg

[Wombat]

Great shots everyone - thanks for sharing.

Here is a hypericum flower.

regards
Wombat

[gstafleu]

I have two flowers today.

First, my field trip yesterday took me to an area where it had just rained. This allowed me to take a, you guessed it, drop shot:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/dropFlower.jpg

Then I saw was the following weird contraption. I'm sure it will turn into something sometime:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/strangeFlower.jpg

[phistio]

some from the brookfield zoo...the natural colors caught my eye.

i sat up the tripod, and patiently waited for butterflies to land on these, but none ever did...the flowers is what i ended up with. i gave up using the tripod, and shot the rest of my shoot handheld, and managed to get some pretty decent shots that i've posted in the butterfly thread.

http://www.digitalwraith.com/images/phistio/photos/yellowflower.jpg

http://www.digitalwraith.com/images/phistio/photos/orangeflower.jpg

[dustin_samuel]

Have no idea what these are, but...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/dustin_samuel/Plants%20and%20Flowers/GardenShots6-21002.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/dustin_samuel/Plants%20and%20Flowers/GardenShots6-21005.jpg

[Bald Eagle]

that is one wild flower, excellent shot, love the blue background. great work, here is another bud, hope you like.

[scatamousche]

Hi Dustin,

I don't know what those are either. They are a nice addition to our burgeoning collection.

I believe that this is some sort of camelia.

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/Camelia.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Have no idea what these are, but...

Look like they are related to a Triffid or something - amazing. Excellent shot of whatever it is!
Everyone - great shots and quite inspiring some of them!
Phistio ~ superb - I'll shoot of shortly to see your butterflys,
BE - well what can I say - you always come up with the goods!
gerard - very interesting - do post that flower if you see it when it comes out.
Well - most of my recent flower and leaf shots have been from my own gardens - however - I have just visited my Mum's place and she wants some prints of her flowers done - so (50 odd snaps later!!) I will be posting some of hers over the next few days.
Starting off with this - which is almost straight off the camera - shame I have to re-size but the 8mp files are a tad large sometimes. I'm not good at remembering names of flowers (sorry) i loved these tiny little things and it came out just how I wanted it to
Hope you like...

[Geoff Chandler]

Just one more, from my Mum's garden, to be going on with ~
Nice of the little fly to pose as well.

[Wombat]

Great shots everyone - enjoyed them all.

This is probably the most beautiful flower that I have captured on film - a peony. Looks like raspberry ripple ice cream.

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

Wombat - I love raspberry ripple!
That's an excellent shot - you say it was from film - can you remember any details?? It looks nice and sharp.
This next one from my mother's garden was quite tricky to get right as it had soft subtle details and could easily have washed out with a wromg exposure. - Hopefully I got it about right..

[D Thompson]

Wombat - very, very nice shot. May have to go later for a dip of raspberry ice cream :D

Geoff - IMO you got the exposure right. Thanks for sharing.

Haven't put one up for a while, so here's one I shot today. As always, comment (good or bad) welcomed!

Dennis

Canon 20D, EF85 f1.8, 1/100 @ f5.0 ISO 100, convert from RAW and cropped.

[MikeK]

do they all have to be macros? :) well here are some flowers you won't find in a garden. Actually you have to walk pretty far to see these, at least a day or two.

[D Thompson]

do they all have to be macros? :) well here are some flowers you won't find in a garden. Actually you have to walk pretty far to see these, at least a day or two.
Mike - no they don't have to all be macros. I've put a couple on here that aren't. Sometimes it's nice to take in the view. Here is another that's not a macro.

Canon 20D, EF85 f1.8, 1/320 @ f1.8, ISO100

Dennis

[gstafleu]

Wombat, like the others said, excellent raspberry ripple.

Geoff, that is a good one of white flowers. I always find it very difficult to get a good exposure of white, it looks like you nailed it.

D Thompson, that is a very nice backlit one.

MikeK, that is a great carpet shot.

I have two contributions for today. First, the "red candles" are starting to come out here:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/redCandle1.jpg

Here is something that at first blush looks a bit like a thistle, but I don't think it is:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/purpleSpiky.jpg

BTW, that spiderweb-like stuff is tree-fluffies. There is a tree type here that takes the be-fruitful-and-multiply bit seriously and is covering the landscape with fluffies.

[scatamousche]

Hi Wombat,

I really liked the peony shot. I can just hear Homer Simpson saying:
Mmmmmmmm, raspberry ripple aaaahhhgghhh.

Here is a flower taken from a low angle and a slightly higher angle. It's amazing how much the background can change.

Scatamousche

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/BlueHigh.jpg

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/BlueLow.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

do they all have to be macros? :) well here are some flowers you won't find in a garden. Actually you have to walk pretty far to see these, at least a day or two.
I totally agree MikeK - it's nice to see the macros - but I really love also to see the flowers in their natural environment - or even, slightly less naturally, in gardens! Appologies if I have posted this before - I don't think I did - it's fairly recent - it's my ever changing and developing rockgarden area in the back garden backing onto the garage.

[pbt1234]

Caught this on one a recent hiking trip.

pbt1234
Panasonic DMC-FZ20

[sbnr]

Lookie lookie....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/snbr21/Yellocopy.jpg

[SamPhilly]

Just a simple yellow flower from the local Wildflower preserve.
http://www.the-shelleys.com/sitebuilder/images/Yellow_flower-600x465.jpg

[gstafleu]

scatamousche, good drop shots of an Iris. I think I like the first one best.

Geoff, nice rock garden. I like the artistic enhancement you stuck in there!

pbt1234 and sbnr, those are good bug catches. An insect on a flower always adds a nice touch. sbnr, you caught the light just right.

Sam, I like your buttercup, it sort of glows against the background.

And speaking of glowing, here is my contribution for the day: grasses glowing in the evening sun.
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/glowingGrass.jpg

[Bald Eagle]

gstafleu, all i can say is wow, that has to be a framer, if i ever saw one. most impressive. great work. here is my new one, hope you like.

[Phill D]

It's amazing where creatures find a home. I was actually taking a shot of the Hebe flower. :rolleyes:

[amj07]

Some flowers from the café at Kronhusen, Gothenburg:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/Northern_Lights/09121103.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/Northern_Lights/09121425.jpg

For some reason, the flowers in first picture look a bit blurry when the picture has had its size decreased so much... in the original, however, they are nice and sharp

[jeff31]

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_100705_1.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

amj07 - I like the wider view here of your flowers.
jeff31 - did you process that one much?? looks great either way.
Here's mine for today: -
If I was trying to impress I would have seperated these two and enlarged the one on the right as it is much sharper - just goes to show how shallow the depth of field can be when you combine macro with telephoto.

[scatamousche]

Hi Gerald,

Thanks for your comments on my iris pictures. From the feedback I have gotten at other sites the one with the reddish brown (blurry mulch & pineneedles) background is the preferred one of the two.

Why is it when I look at your "grasses in the evening sun" I keep hearing the lyric: Amber waves of grain? Great shot!

This thread is becoming a monster!

My offering for today lacks detail in the whites but this flower really was a very pure white. I kind of like the foliage though so here is my mystery flower. Anybody have a guess about what it is? It was growing wild in Gainesville, Florida.

Scatamousche

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/MysteryFlower.jpg

[gstafleu]

BE and Scatamousche, thanks for the kind words about my glowing grasses.

BE, that is a nice detail shot. I assume it is called "Jaws"?

Scatamousche, I like how in your last shot both the leaf and flower are in focus, but not the background.

Continuing in the Lily vein, here is may contribution, a "Star Drop Lily":
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/stardropLily.jpg
(ok, so it is just a day lily, but it looks star-shaped and it has drops :))

[jeff31]

2 another shots, taken with a blue background paper and only color replacement in Photoshop ;)

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_100705_5.jpg

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_100705_6.jpg

[jeff31]

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_100705_3.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Guys - you are all producing pics of a very high standard,
I am honoured to be in your company!
jeff31 - great series of lilleys - like the shots with the black background
makes them look very vivid.
Gerard - your's is a very clean sharp natural looking pic - beautifull colours
scatamouche - that white flower is a very difficult exposure, it looks great in
it's dark surrounding - my only comment would be that I would try several different
exposures/contrast/saturation combinations with a difficult shot like that - then
evaluate the results later, don't know if you took any others - but the pic looks
pretty good with or without my comments - good job!
Here's another from my mothers gardens - I think most of you have seen these - I have some as well.
The orig was 8mp and had quite a bit of detail - lost somewhat in the resizing.

[Geoff Chandler]

Here's a crop from the orig flower to show a bit more detail...
Should look good when I print off her large prints ~ glad I used the 8mp
any comments....

[Mr.Shutterbug]

I took this photo using the super macro mode on my Fuji S7000.
1/160, F2.8
(first time posting so im not sure if i have attached it correctly)

[Mika]

Extremely beautiful flowers here folks.

Here is my latests flower shots.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1648/kukka19oq.jpg

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1546/kukka29qj.jpg

and last, this very tiny flower.

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6803/kukka33nt.jpg

-Mika

[Ray Schnoor]

I was at my in-laws yesterday and decided to try a few flower photos. These are all straight out of the camera.

Ray.



http://rschnoor.smugmug.com/photos/27941262-L.jpg

http://rschnoor.smugmug.com/photos/27941272-L.jpg

http://rschnoor.smugmug.com/photos/27941268-L.jpg

[scatamousche]

Great start, Ray!

What kind of camera are you using?

Scatamousche

[Ray Schnoor]

Those photos were taken with a Nikon D70 with a Tamron 28-200 lens.Ray.

[gstafleu]

jeff31, that is a sharp set of lilies. Excellent PS work.

Geoff, good shot of that splotchy flower. That is indeed amizing detail.

Mika, those are three nice shots. I think I like the tricolor violet the best, it stands out well against the background. Is the first shot a bit out of focus, or is that the red getting the best of the camera (it seems red is a difficult color)?

Mika, I think I like #2 the best, with the little white flower (a nice touch) and of course the grass hopper. In #3 the flower has very nice colors, but you seem to have caught a satellite dish (or something) in the background :).

[gstafleu]

Here are my contributions for the day. First, the single version of my glowing grasses:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/singleGrassSun.jpg

A humble clover in the evening sun:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/cloverEveningSun.jpg

And finally a thorny contraption:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/thorny2.jpg

I posted one of these a while ago, and I'm still wondering if they will at some point show some color, or if this is it.

[kenewton]

Here's a photo of a morning glory I took today. Minor tweaking to levels in Photoshop set the dark background to black. I liked the results. Do you?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/knewton/Flora/IMG_1393_signed.jpg

[meillana]

my contribution... this is such a great thread.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/Sony%20DSC-P10/DSC07247_r.jpg

[meillana]

another one using a sony dsc-p10...
not the usual as its a setting already, hope you like.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/Sony%20DSC-P10/DSC06446.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Ray - Love the Lilley series, great shots. Thanks for those.
Gerard - excellent fine detail - hairs etc, stuff ou don't notice so much with the naked eye. (There's a title for a thread eh? 'The Naked Eye')
meillana, really good shots there - you seem to have a great eye for composition.
Ken - spot on with that white flower!

[Geoff Chandler]

Here's an Old Friend - taken close up.
Looks like cereal to me ~
No wait!!
Maybe Pasta!
(See next page for full image>>)

[Geoff Chandler]

Well - it's my little Gerbera that has flowered over and over for us - the best value plant we have bought so far this year!
Some may remember an earlier shot of one of it's flowers.
(A-200, 50asa, 1/15th sec, F5.6 HH with Anti-shake)

[Geoff Chandler]

This one has been a challenge for me - it's a delicate shade and it is hard to expose it right. If the lighting is not right the right exposure is too much for the detail. This is about as close as I have got to 'just Right' with this one.

[Geoff Chandler]

Here's more from the Passion Flower that is huge in our garden now. I tooke this to show two flowers so you can see them from two different angles.
As it was in the shade - I used a little fill in flash to light up some shadow detail.

[Alnath]

just a poppy

[Geoff Chandler]

I have taken several shots of our little Gerbera - so here is a summery of the Genesis of a Gerbera flower (- sorry I have no bud shot).
PS - it's a bit poorly pasted together - but I couldn't work out quite how best to do it - so I copied it from Power Point

[MinieGinie]

Hi, :p
I havent taken any pictures for a while :eek: but I begged my dad to let me take a photo of this lilly. He suggested that I used the carpet as a background and the flash to make it dark. I brightened it a little on serif ;) so its all my own work and not his!! I took it on the A-200 at F 5.6
Enjoy :)

[paradigmcubed]

http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/3a/8b/82b5224128a04f8795215010.L.jpg

Flower, Auto-Macro

http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/cb/c2/7680224128a02f8795215010.L.jpg

Flower, Auto-Macro

http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/75/67/a213b340dca047df16215010.L.jpg

Flower, Auto-Macro

http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/20/98/0badb340dca037df16215010.L.jpg

[Phill D]

More brilliant flowers well done guys. Here's my latest attempt. Light was getting too low so I thought I would try out the onboard flash as I have not given it much use so far. Look may be a bit harsh but it was better than I expected. The highlighted water drops are an added bonus I had not noticed in the almost black FZ20 EVF. Hope the new model gains up!

[Phill D]

And a yellow one. probably ought to try to remove the red flower in the background later.

[Phill D]

And finally our first passion flower.

[meillana]

@phild ...love the yellow and water droplets!
and the passion flower looks a real interesting subject.

[Geoff Chandler]

And finally our first passion flower.
Really great shot of the passion flower - so it's your first bloom on the plant -are you expecting many on it this year?? Ours has got absolutely loads of buds - I have taken a few snaps of those as well - maybe I will post later...-
Lovely detail on yours.

[Wombat]

Folks - what can I say but WOW what great photos. This thread moves from strength to strength with the presence of such talented and inspiring photographers as yourselves. Thanks for sharing these shots.

Here is a rose to add to the bouquet - the sun really was far too bright but it has added some drama.

regards
Wombat

[lynchbird]

Wombat:

Great shot! Not only is it a nice shot of a rose, but it has a graphic quality to it as well.

[Wombat]

Wombat:

Great shot! Not only is it a nice shot of a rose, but it has a graphic quality to it as well.

Why, thank you very much for the very kind comments - I take it you liked it :D

Here's another one taken about the same time - this one was a real ivory colour.

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

Wombat ~ Beautiful White Rose!! and the pinky crop one, amazing shot!!

Here's a Passion Flower Bud with it's leaves and it's climbing grippy bit (what is that called?) Thought I would show a 'before the flower' shot. :)
PS A-200, 1/80th Sec ASA50, F5.6 200mm eqiv.

[Geoff Chandler]

~and, of course, a close up / crop of the Passion Flower Bud.

[Mika]

Wombat:
That white rose is perfect!

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4381/ruusu4hd.jpg

-Mika

[scatamousche]

Hi Geoff & Phill,

I've really been enjoying your passion flower pictures. You both have great depth of focus and detail over the entire flower.

Here are some of the red variety that I took last Fall with my Panasonic Lumix FZ10.

Scatamousche

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/MorningPassion.jpg

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/ObscurePassion.jpg

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/PassionFlowerB.jpg

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/DewyPassion.jpg

[BIWOZ]

Granville Island, Vancouver BC

Natural light, overcast day.

http://202.68.162.181/Photo144/1461747/60/152553078.jpg

[3xposure]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/fish3s/IMG_0161.jpg

my first attempt with my new digital camera a95... sorry for the blurriness i'm still trying to get used to it!

[scatamousche]

Hi 3xposure,

I like the way your shot came out. You got great exposure with detail in the shadow areas! The thing that got my attention was that interior area. Even the part in the shade seems to glow.

Scatamousche

[wall]

I haven't posted for a while and, boy, have I missed out on a lot! Great photos everyone!

There are some nice passionflowers by scatamousche, Geoff and Phill.

3xposure, thats a wonderful first attempt.

Wombat - your shots are getting better and better. Keep up the good work!

Here's my pic of the day: a spiderwort.
http://img318.echo.cx/img318/1845/spwort8ro.jpg

[3xposure]

that means alot Scatamousche & wall!! thankyou!

[gstafleu]

Wombat, those two roses are indeed exceptional, the exposure is dead-on.

Geoff, nice details of passion. I like the purple vein in the bud, passon flowers are clearly show-offs from the get go. Would the grippy thing be a tendril?

Scatamousche, great red passion flowers, I didn't even know there was such a thing.

3xposure, your picture isn't all that blurry, it is just that front leaf being a pain. Maybe next time just remove it. Having said that, I like the shadow pattern on the flower, very nice. I think the glowing effect that Scatamousche mentioned is caused by half the heart being in the shade.

Wall, nice drop shot of a spider wort. It is nicely exposed, including the white part, which is always difficult.

I have two contributions today. First, a white lacy thing agains a backdrop of grain:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/lacy.jpg

And a "carpet shot" of small yellow flowers:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/yellowCarpet.jpg

[Phill D]

Thanks for the kind comments all encouragement is very welcome. That passion flower does only have two more buds on it Geoff & it is growing around another bush very close to our fence so it looks like it will be difficult to get any more decent shots. That's why the one I posted was so closely cropped. I look forward to your buds opening Geoff.
Wombat those roses are beautiful. I've tried a few but the reds seem to almost glow & lack detail & my white one always seems to be just too contrasty. I think I need to practise with the histogram feature a bit more to get one as good as your white rose.
I don't know what this flower is but the morning sun from behind just caught my eye so I tried it - not sure it quite worked though.

[Phill D]

And a group of 3, same flower same day.

[nuvolino]

Hi i'm very new to this forum but I just thought i'd like to share with you a flower shot with a diference
you see the actual flowers heads size in this picture is a little over 3 mm each across so its supermacro woohoo hope you like it! :D

hope this works :o

[Phill D]

Wall yes nice touch with the water droplets in the background.

[Geoff Chandler]

Nuvolino - very impressive - well taken! Great super Macro shot. More please!!!
PhilD, Wall & Gerard - thanks - the Passion flowers are playing a game with us - we have about 40+buds but never more than 2 or 3max open at any one time!!
Biwoz - great shot nice to have you with us!
Well - here's YET ANOTHER pic from the passion flowers - I took a few playing with the focus and decided manual focus was better here (for me) as I focused more to the centre, auto selected further out resulting in the centre being a bit softer.
Honestly a) I do have a life! b) I do take other photographs - but just recently theres been little or no opportunity, also I am keen to record stuff around the house and garden as we only moved in a year and a bit back and all the plants, shrubs & flowers are newly put in ...I have also recorded things we have done and are doing to our house - just for a record of the memory. Y'know, projects and changes..
Here's the flower :-

[Geoff Chandler]

The Cleome Sparkler has filled out now - I took it, with flash in the evening and found it a bit too stark - but I still liked it! - so I reduced the contrast a bit via curves and tweeked the reds a bit to return it more to it's true colour

[Geoff Chandler]

Ok so here's a Lilley, nothing altered really just cropped the edge of the frame and reduced in size ~ tiny bit of USM to compensate for the reduction in resolution

[jeff31]

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_160705_1.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

jeff31 - dazzling shot!! :)

[gstafleu]

Nuvolino, that is pretty impressive, 3mm!

Geoff, I like the Cleome Sparkler, it certainly sparkles. Now why does it remind me of a strip joint? And how come I even know how to be reminded of a strip joint?

Jeff31, that is an amazing shot. The black frame really adds to it.

I have a carpet shot of "inverted j's". This is a plant that grows in (shallow) water:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/JCarpet.jpg

Here is an individual, one not bent over at the top:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/JSingle.jpg

[gstafleu]

Here is something else that grows in the water:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/waterLily.jpg

And another one:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/waterLily2.jpg

[nuvolino]

here is a favourite macro mini flower picture of mine
:)
took it just as it was starting to drizzle so it had nice water droplets on it
by the way if anyone has any composition tips feel free to comment as I have only just bought myself a Digital camera :rolleyes:
and I have no idea of what i'm doing wrong (or right) :D

by the way how does one keep the exif data in a picture when it is made smaller??

[Bald Eagle]

Geoff, Your passion flower shot is one of the best I've ever seen of this flower, it is just fantastic.
Jeff, you need to warn people with sensitive eyes when you post a photo with such bright colors, I had to put on sunglasses just to look at it. Awesome shot.
nuvolino, great shots, very beautiful
gstafleu, your shots are alway impressive, great work.
Its very hard to keep up with all of the wonderful shots on this thread.
Wall, extremely nice shots. As usual.
PhilD. love yours as well, great captures, very well done.

[Geoff Chandler]

BE - thanks for the very kind comment
It's great to be able to share with each other in this way
Keep them coming everyone

[gstafleu]

nuvolino, nice drop shot. The colors came out very well.

Until now I have put my photo's on our University's server, but it seems to be down (in case you are wondering at what looks like some "empty" posts above). So I took the opportunity to create a flickr account (www.flickr.com), and here is the first pic I stored there: Cigar Combo:
http://photos21.flickr.com/26654938_87850d744c_o.jpg
The one on the left shows the whole thing. By itself it looked a bit sparse, so I added another one. If you look closely I'm sure you can see some trickery :).

[gstafleu]

I've started with a free flickr account, which has an upload limit. But I'm sure that I'll change to an unlimited account soon (for $25/year that is cheap). Unlimited photo storage, right. To celebrate, here is another of these red candles:
http://photos22.flickr.com/26658806_08d53116ca_o.jpg

And here is what the whole tree/shrub looks like:
http://photos22.flickr.com/26658817_75bf569d10_o.jpg

[gstafleu]

And as a last item in my flickr-vaganza today, a carpet shot. As has been said, grasses have flowers too. And grains are grasses, so...
http://photos23.flickr.com/26661222_8fd4c8cfd5_o.jpg

Of course you are now looking at the seeds rather than the flowers per se, but let's not be picky.

[phistio]

a friend of mine has some beautiful orchids growing on her terrace...snapped a few, then my batteries died.

these are RAW/.tiff

http://www.digitalwraith.com/images/phistio/photos/passionorchid.jpg

http://www.digitalwraith.com/images/phistio/photos/pinkballerina.jpg

http://www.digitalwraith.com/images/phistio/photos/mangoorchid.jpg
same as above image, just cropped at 100%
http://www.digitalwraith.com/images/phistio/photos/mangoorchfull.jpg

[D Thompson]

Great shots everyone! Thought I would add one. Comments welcomed.

Dennis

Canon 20D, EF85 f1.8, 1/500 @ f11, ISO 400

[wall]

Beautiful colors in those orchids, phistio.

D Thompson, that shot looks great. Very sharp and clean. Your DOF is dead on. If I'm not mistaken, those are Balloon flowers right?

Here's a pic of an English Lavender.
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1116/img0576ed226nm.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Phistio - great Orchid shots
D Thompson - lovely delicate White flower shot
Wall - nicely viewed Lavender from above..
gerard - like the carpet shot - It's good to have some more
open views - the Water lilley is good. Also - I really like
the grains/grasses shot
Nuvolino - nice flower with droplets

Well - I'm drying up a little at the moment - I shall also be
away from the PC for a week next week - but I will carry on dipping
in this week.
So for now - a couple of the pansies from Mum's gardens - she's asked that I go back and do some more ASAP

[Geoff Chandler]

and onother

[scatamousche]

Hi Phistio,

That first orchid shot is really wild. It reminds me of Audrey II from "Little Shop of Horrors.

Heres a beauty berry plant showing various stages of flowering and going to seed. I bet Bald Eagle has these growing down in his part of Florida too.

Scatamousche

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/BeautyBerryFlowers.jpg

[snaz]

Really can't match the quality of the earlier posts, but I'll keep practicing until I get it right. Hope you enjoy looking at these. Comments always welcome. Both were macros; one a supermacro. Both also under exposed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/nogutsnoglory89/IMG_0138.jpg

This one I clipped the bottom of the pedal.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/nogutsnoglory89/IMG_0139.jpg

[Wombat]

Great shots everyone - thanks for sharing them.

Here is a close up of a delphinium floret.

Canon A80, macro mode, handheld, Ap. f/8.0, Exp 1/500s, exposure compensation -1/3.

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

Great shots everyone - thanks for sharing them.

Here is a close up of a delphinium floret.

Canon A80, macro mode, handheld, Ap. f/8.0, Exp 1/500s, exposure compensation -1/3.

regards
Wombat
Wombat ~ where did you find all that light??? f8 1/500th
Great shot BTW
Here's a problem red - tweaked to correct in curves - I may post a couple of comparisons later...

[Wombat]

Wombat ~ where did you find all that light??? f8 1/500th
Here's a problem red - tweaked to correct in curves - I may post a couple of comparisons later...

Geoff - it is funny that you should have made a similar comment about another of my macro shots many moons ago. I am beginning to think that the A80 is rather good at "finding" light. I do find that nearly all my macro shots have to have the exposure compensation well into the negative values.

I like your red problem shot and look forward to the comparisons. This saturation problem has intrigued me for some time. My only conclusions, based more on intuition than knowledge, is the human eye must have better colour receptors than cameras [afterall there was many thousands of years of R&D time :) ] and perhaps the brain does some unsaturating. Just a few musings.

The following shot of a geranium was spot on histogramwise - with a nice 10% gap at the top end. However, this is not how the flower looked to my eyes at the time - it was much more muted i.e. less intense. Isn't photography interesting :confused:

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

wombat - it doesn't matter if your Geranium is right or wrong - as it is it looks great!. Yep - I find the same in Macro, most often under expose. But I was refering to the fact that you had a balance of light (under or over a tad not withstanding) at 500thsec with f8 - I struggle often at the moment, with the flower shots, to get anything usable shutter speed wise if I go for f5.6 - I have even shaken the antishake!!!
...back to the red issue (which I have discussed before I know)
Often, wth reds and purples, we need to under expose it seems ~ but even then it doesn't always look right. I took a series of these Gladioli, which are on the Orange side of red, and they seemed to wash out on detail even with under exposing. Tweaking in curves worked fairly well though.
The top pic is the tweaked and the botton the orig. -0.7ev, 50ASA,F5.6 1/6th sec ~ indoors by the window.
PS - tweaks were quite gentle.

[Geoff Chandler]

Another comparison - from the same set - remember - these were not in bright sunlight - so this is a colour thing really. I don't always have a problem with red - I am just highlighting what can happen sometimes. As I have said before I am not alone in this, I have seen other very respectable photographers pics exhibiting the same thing. The trick, I guess, would be to be able to spot when it might happen and compensate when taking the pic.
This one from the same set then - orig on the left, tweaked on the right - only resized and minimal USM after. I think I very slightly over cooked the green - but never mind!

[Wombat]

Another comparison - from the same set - remember - these were not in bright sunlight - so this is a colour thing really.

Thanks for an excellent object lesson in the problems and cures of the "red" syndrome. It is amazing how you have changed the shots just with tweaking - was this done in Photoshop?

Also I have been intrigued by the term "tweaked to correct in curves". I have seen curves quoted any times but have never had the nerve to show my ignorance. Does it refer to the curves in histograms? Does tweaking curves mean adjusting them so they lie within say 1-99% on the histogram?

Here is a hydrangea as my flower of the day - with all the right curves in all the right places - hopefully :) .

regards and thanks
Wombat

[Wombat]

But I was refering to the fact that you had a balance of light (under or over a tad not withstanding) at 500thsec with f8 - I struggle often at the moment, with the flower shots, to get anything usable shutter speed wise if I go for f5.6 - I have even shaken the antishake!!!


I have checked a few shootings and only the one containing the delphinium shot was consistently about 500thsec with f8. I can only put it down to a noonday sun in a cloudless sky in the middle of summer?

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

Wombat - despite the Histograms thread - I am not much the wiser - they are just squiggly lines to me - I would need to actually talk to an expert who migt show me how they translate.
Curves - thats where you get a little graph line from bottom left up to top right. Bottom left is shadows and top right is highlights. No I didn't actually use Photoshop - I have Serif which is quite similar. I can make an anchor anwhere along the diagonal line, and as many as I choose, and lift or lower that part of the light range - also it can be done in just red, blue or green - so colour tweaking can be done that way as well as the conventional colour adjustment methods.
Lovely Lovely! Hydrangea BTW

[Wombat]

Wombat - despite the Histograms thread - I am not much the wiser - they are just squiggly lines to me - I would need to actually talk to an expert who migt show me how they translate.
Curves - thats where you get a little graph line from bottom left up to top right. Bottom left is shadows and top right is highlights. No I didn't actually use Photoshop - I have Serif which is quite similar. I can make an anchor anwhere along the diagonal line, and as many as I choose, and lift or lower that part of the light range - also it can be done in just red, blue or green - so colour tweaking can be done that way as well as the conventional colour adjustment methods.
Lovely Lovely! Hydrangea BTW

Thanks for the kind comment and many thanks for explaining the curves. I only have Picassa and that is why I didn't know what everyone was talking about. Still waiting for my pocket money rise to be able to get a slightly more sensitive photo editor.

regards
Wombat

[Bald Eagle]

This is my very humble contribution to this fantastic thread. hope you like.

[gstafleu]

For today, some more Graminaeae aka Poaceae aka grasses. In this case, wopping big grasses:
http://photos22.flickr.com/27451932_2465062c12_o.jpg
That is the male flower of the corn plant, aka the maize plant aka Zea mais L. You can always recognize the really snotty botanists by their inclusion of that L. 10 points for Gryffindor if anyone knows what it means (not that I'm reading the new Harry Potter book or anything).

The male flower proudly holds up its various appendages, on the eager look-out for...
http://photos23.flickr.com/27451951_db132f4b55_o.jpg
... the bashful female flower. Mind you, the female turns out to be the only one of any use in the end. Notice that she has reddish brown hair, so maybe we can call her Hermione or even Ginny (which somehow sounds better than Fred, who has left Hogwarts in any case).

[D Thompson]

Geoff & Wombat - great shots!
Thought I would add another.

Canon 20D, EF50 f1.8, 1/1000 @ f5.6, ISO 100

Dennis

[Medic1210]

... really snotty botanists by their inclusion of that L. 10 points for Gryffindor if anyone knows what it means

If I had to wager a guess, I would say, "Linnaeus" after Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish guy who came up with the whole classificatioin of plants and animals mess...

Now, on to my flower pics...

A yellow Daffodil

http://www.pbase.com/mike_curtis/image/40536668.jpg

A light pink Azalea

http://www.pbase.com/mike_curtis/image/42114740.jpg

A Pink Lily

http://www.pbase.com/mike_curtis/image/46486311.jpg

A Red Amaryllis

http://www.pbase.com/mike_curtis/image/42367647.jpg

Mike

[wall]

Holy crud! Nice work, Medic :D. Brilliant colors and compo.

EDIT: Just checked out your site. So you're the guy whose photos I see on POTD contest sites :eek: . Good work!

[Geoff Chandler]

If I had to wager a guess, I would say, "Linnaeus" after Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish guy who came up with the whole classificatioin of plants and animals mess...

Now, on to my flower pics...

A yellow Daffodil

A light pink Azalea

A Pink Lily

A Red Amaryllis

Mike

Mike - re your signature comment ~ the flower pics say all that is needed!
Super shots!

[gstafleu]

If I had to wager a guess, I would say, "Linnaeus" after Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish guy who came up with the whole classificatioin of plants and animals mess...

Yup, you got it! The full taxonomic name of a plant includes the name of the person who first officially described it. Linnaeus, who as you say started the science of Taxonomy (plant and animal naming), has a lot of "firsts" to his name, so he justs gets an L. Everyone else gets their full name. Firstness has its privileges :).

[Medic1210]

Holy crud! Nice work, Medic :D. Brilliant colors and compo.

EDIT: Just checked out your site. So you're the guy whose photos I see on POTD contest sites :eek: . Good work!



Mike - re your signature comment ~ the flower pics say all that is needed!
Super shots!


Thanks guys for the compliments.

Mike

[harmonist02]

I've been enjoying this camera immensely. Here are two flower pics I posted over in the Panasonic section (didn't realize this thread existed). I'm very new at this so I'd appreciate feedback and critiques.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/harmonist02/FZ-5%20Pics/7-17-05046_filtered.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/harmonist02/FZ-5%20Pics/P1010392_filtered1.jpg

[Mika]

I really enjoy all these flower pictures!!!

Outstanding shots averyone!

few more flower pictures from our "garden"

http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/1570/flow19nu.jpg

http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/9498/flow21uv.jpg

http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/2288/flow38hg.jpg

-Mika

[malc]

Well, I visited this forum for the first time today and was instantly distracted by this wonderful thread! Here's a couple of my flower photos:

First, taken on my battered old Ricoh RDC-7 (at Arnside Knott, Lancashire, UK):

http://saturn.retrosnub.co.uk/~malcolm/photos/dcr_r0016085.jpg

Second, taken with my parents' Casio Exilim EX-Z40 (on holiday in Val Gardena, Italy):

http://saturn.retrosnub.co.uk/~malcolm/photos/dcr_cimg0162.jpg

[Wombat]

Great shots - thanks to everyone for their contributions.

Here are some Cosmos flowers and a bee. Canon A80.

regards
Wombat

[harmonist02]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/harmonist02/FZ-5%20Pics/P1010580_filtered.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/harmonist02/FZ-5%20Pics/P1010571_filtered.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/harmonist02/FZ-5%20Pics/P1010504_filtered.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/harmonist02/FZ-5%20Pics/P1010515_filtered2.jpg

[meillana]

this thread has such "flower power" ;)
took this a few hours back while waiting for my car to be cleaned and waxed...

a peanut plant in bloom
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1070340.jpg

[paul88]

This is from my Olympus D360L. Handheld, no processing just resized down from 1280x960.

http://home.adelphia.net/~niteshade/360/macro1.jpg

[gstafleu]

Great shots everyone. It is clearly Lily time! And the bees and other insects are doing pretty good as well.

You may remember that some time ago I posted shots of this thorny contraption:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/Flowers/thorny.jpg

The plant is anywhere between 2 and 6 feet (up to 2 meters) tall. At the time, several weeks ago, I wondered if the thing was going to do anything flower-wise, or that this wasit. Well, it took quite a few weeks, but finally:
http://photos22.flickr.com/28048527_a3c7dbad8e_o.jpg

Apparently this plant has one or two bands of flowers that move over the flower structure. Here is one with two bands:
http://photos21.flickr.com/28050798_bce171da6f_o.jpg

I don't want to leave you beeless:
http://photos22.flickr.com/28048534_f926b3d999_o.jpg
It looks as if the band around the middle is starting to split and move to the outsides, so maybe that is the pattern.

[jeff31]

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_240501_1.jpg
http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_240501_2.jpg

[SamPhilly]

Sunflowers. This is a huge field (miles long) in Flemington, NJ.

Some of the field. (Need to edit it, the settings were wrong)
http://www.the-shelleys.com/sitebuilder/images/Field_Sun_Flowers22-600x448.jpg

Past their prime. (Favorite shot of the day)
http://www.the-shelleys.com/sitebuilder/images/Field_Sun_Flowers-600x310.jpg

A single flower;
http://www.the-shelleys.com/sitebuilder/images/Sun_Flower-600x581.jpg

Center of the flower;
http://www.the-shelleys.com/sitebuilder/images/Sun_Flower_Center-600x578.jpg

[Medic1210]

Here's a few more for your viewing pleasure.

Backlit tulip...

http://upload.pbase.com/image/43601536.jpg


Redbud tree...

http://www.pbase.com/mike_curtis/image/42155282.jpg


Dogwood Flower...

http://www.pbase.com/mike_curtis/image/42156229.jpg


Another pink Azalea flower...

http://www.pbase.com/mike_curtis/image/42000880.jpg

Hope you enjoyed...

Mike

[SamPhilly]

Mike, nice photos.

[jeff31]

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_250705_1.jpg
http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_250705_2.jpg
http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_250705_3.jpg

[Wombat]

Yet more great shots everyone - thanks for sharing them with us.

Here is a clematis flower.

regards
Wombat

[meillana]

@jeff.... love the one with the ladybug

great pics.... here are my contributions for the day

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1070495.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1070521.jpg

[speaklightly]

Good Morning to All-

Thanks for posting the beautiful flower photos. They look great. Here is a wild Nesturgion (sp?) shot for you. It was taken with an Olympus C-5500.

Sarah Joyce

[Dana Martinez]

Those look like nasturtiums - my very favorite flower!
Here are some flower photos I've taken since getting my new Panasonic FZ20 in June:

[SamPhilly]

I like the color's on the butterfly weed. Very nice composition on that last photo, I like how the flowers are reaching for the ground.

[Spork]

Here's a picture I took a few days ago of my mother's rose.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/Spork123/Flowers/d49577db.jpg

[snaz]

All of the pictures previously posted by others are great!. Here is my little contribution. Taken with G6 in late afternoon.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/nogutsnoglory89/IMG_0227.jpg

[jeff31]

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_240501_6.jpg
http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_240501_7.jpg

[Medic1210]

Jeff31... I really like that first rose. I don't know how much of a "purist" you are, but I personally would clone out the black specks on the petals. Draws my eye right to them, and takes away from the rest of the rose. JMHO.

Mike

[jeff31]

Yes Medic1210, i agree with you. I've updated my pic after correction. Thank you for your constructive comment. :)

[Medic1210]

Yes Medic1210, i agree with you. I've updated my pic after correction. Thank you for your constructive comment. :)

Much better... You're welcome.

Mike

[gstafleu]

Just an update on my thorny critter. I little while ago I theorized that the flowering started as a central band, and then spread up and down. Now I'm pretty sure of that. Here is an example where the central band has just started to split:
http://photos23.flickr.com/29107729_52177121aa_o.jpg

And here is one that is almost done:
http://photos23.flickr.com/29107744_945722d0a7_o.jpg

[Tyger]

Well I know i've been looking forward to this for a long time....
Keep in mind these pics are mostly Auto mode and the other modes, I still gotta learn how to use manual mode better. I took 120 shots:) but i'll only share a few.

Enjoy!!! I LUV THIS CAMERA!!!!!!


http://www.monzoncreations.com/garden.jpg

http://www.monzoncreations.com/garden17.jpg


http://www.monzoncreations.com/garden18.jpg

[gstafleu]

Nice ones, tyger. Very crisp. I especially like the one with the bee.

In my neighbourhood there grows this Valerian-like plant. They can get quite tall, the following was taken at ey level:
http://photos22.flickr.com/29137605_70275b26df_o.jpg

Here are two close-ups:
http://photos23.flickr.com/29137623_1dfddb218b_o.jpg

http://photos23.flickr.com/29137631_540d242c63_o.jpg

[speaklightly]

Gerard-

It is really nice how you set the scene for us and then moved in for the detailed close-ups as well. Very nice, indeed.

Here is my contribution for the day. This was taken in a supermarket floral department without flash and under flourescent lighting to test the the response of the new Olympus Stylus 800. It actually did a very nice job under some trying conditions. It was shot at F 2.8 @ 1/400th using ISO 1600.

Sarah Joyce

[meillana]

finally able to process some of my weekend shots....
hope you like them...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1070451_r.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1070478_r.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1070473_r.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Still sorting out my pics after my holiday - and that was only 5days!!!
Gerard - I found some of your 'Thorny Contraptions whilst at 'Monkey World' in Dorset England : -

[Jredtugboat]

Well I know i've been looking forward to this for a long time....
Keep in mind these pics are mostly Auto mode and the other modes, I still gotta learn how to use manual mode better. I took 120 shots:) but i'll only share a few.

Enjoy!!! I LUV THIS CAMERA!!!!!!


Tyger,

Your photos are an inspiration! I hope you have fun with your new camera! BTW, I grew up in Toronto (just blocks from Yonge and Bloor)...best you get out to the City Islands while the weather's great!

yours,

Julian

[Tyger]

Thanx Julian, that's quite the compliment for a newb as myself! Well, what do you know a fellow Torontonian. I live up in North York now, Donmills and Sheppard area but i'm very familiar with the Downtown area. I'm definitely planning to go to the islands some time soon.

[Geoff Chandler]

Gerard-
It is really nice how you set the scene for us and then moved in for the detailed close-ups as well. Very nice, indeed.

Here is my contribution for the day. This was taken in a supermarket floral department without flash and under flourescent lighting to test the the response of the new Olympus Stylus 800. It actually did a very nice job under some trying conditions. It was shot at F 2.8 @ 1/400th using ISO 1600.

Sarah Joyce
Sarah - that's pretty impressive stuff! These little Point & Shoots are getting
better and better and the noise problem is getting less (though I can't
imagine them matching a dSLR unles they much larger CCD's or CMOS's
Do you think you'll be trying out the new Fuji 9000 when it comes out??
I also would like to echo your comments about Gerards presentation - it's
nice to see the flowers in their natural environment before getting the close up.
Geoff :)

[Siberian]

It's so great to see all these wonderful flower photos! Nice to see others producing great pics with 'point & shoot' cameras like my little Canon Powershot A510. Here's my humble contribution - constructive criticism always welcome.

Siberian

[gstafleu]

Sarah, nice to see you back, and thanks for the kind words. That is indeed a very good result for a non-DSLR at ISO 1600. And a nice flower too!

Geoff, good to see you back too. Interesting that "my" contraption appears on both sides of the ocean. A suppose at some point I'll have to buy a book about local wild flowers so that I can tell what they are.

Siberian, that is an excellent first flower posting. Nice subtle colors, and quite "different" flowers, well done.

My contribution for the day is two "post-flower" pictures, aka berry shots:
http://photos23.flickr.com/29351718_dc251ec6ae_o.jpg

As you can tell from the following,it was a rainy day:
http://photos21.flickr.com/29351726_7a68abcfc9_o.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Gerard - excellent berries! - I have really been enjoying your photos on here.
I will try and get out and take a few more recent things - but I am working
nights at the moment and it's a bit disruptive...
Here's a weed to be going on with - taken along the river side in
Wareham/Dorset/England - Bindweed I believe...
1-20th sec @f3.5 asa100 200mm A-200 + a touch of curves tweeking, tiny
bit of USM after resizing.
As I have mentioned - I geneally only fine tweek, don't like to change the
character of the pic and often leave alone completely. (Personal choice)
Edit: - forgot to mention this was at dusk.

[Siberian]

Joke title aside, thought this was an interesting mix of blossoms - and it didn;t blow out on the colours TOO much, to my amazement :rolleyes:

Siberian

[Geoff Chandler]

Joke title aside, thought this was an interesting mix of blossoms - and it didn;t blow out on the colours TOO much, to my amazement :rolleyes:

Siberian
Great shots you've been posting - I'm enjoying them very much.
I am encouraged also about the continuing quality of the Canon A-series,
much like it's pre-decesors.
Please keep your pics coming!

[gstafleu]

Siberian, that is indeed very colorful, well seen.

Geoff, that is a nice Convolvulus (the genus is something like that, I think). I have a similar one here, also taken near sunset, but this one is side-back-lit (a whole new photographic technique :-):
http://photos22.flickr.com/29552937_2c962f5788_o.jpg

[meillana]

now that's a "portrait" of a flower! looks so timeless gerard! love it, well done.

bought some chrysanthemums for the missus and got to have a go at them...
tell me what you think....

here's the bouquet setting....

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1080252.jpg

i was inspired by BE's soft focus in the small world thread and here's what i came up with.... hope you like it.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1080262.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1080236.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1080234.jpg

[gstafleu]

That's a nice bouquet Meillana, your wife is clearly a lucky gal :).

Of the close-ups, my preference is 1,3,2. 1 Has a very nice light. Both 1 and 3 show good detail. 2 has some nicely backlit petals, but a bit much dark fuzzyness in the lower right quadrant. Well, that is my two petals worth in any case.

[scatamousche]

Hi Gerald,

I love that convolvulis! There is so much subtle detail in it that I can look at it for quite a while and not want to move on. My wife shot a similar flower a few years back but I think it was more red in the middle.

Here are the last of the silk tree flowers for this year at least here in Florida. I just had to try out my new S2 & tele-extender on them.

Scat

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/SilkBloom.jpg

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/SilkBurst.jpg

[Rachel Robbins.]

A tad bit less lush than the usual contribution, but how about a couple of thistles drying on their stalks?

http://frogplusfrog.com/random/thistles050728.jpg

These are in the county park across the road from me. Nice hiking in my own back yard. :)

[Tyger]

scata, those are very cool!

Rachel, i was going to take the same type of pic today, dead stalks, but it was getting dark and i needed to get home.

here's afew more.

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4281/flower1vo.jpg

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4585/flower20xx.jpg

Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting (http://imageshack.us)

[Geoff Chandler]

Hey everybody - great recent flower pics - they all come in in a rush while I was working last night. I do have some more of my Passion Flowers - but I think I have done them to death now, max so far at one time is 6.
meanwhile ~ here's another one of my subjective comparison thingy's
First a macro of the centre of a Lilley

[Geoff Chandler]

Compare the Macro with this crop from a pic of the whole flower.
Which do we prefer??

[pbt1234]

This is my favorite thread going! I can not wait to get up in the morning to check this thread. What a beautiful display of nature - not a bad shot in the whole thread!


pbt1234
------------------------
http://www.sitekreator.com/mikewhite/index.html
Panasonic DMC-FZ20

[speaklightly]

pbt1234-

That's a very nice photo! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Sarah Joyce

[jeff31]

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_300705_3.jpg

[Spree]

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1478/p7210090xxx2tm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[gstafleu]

Compare the Macro with this crop from a pic of the whole flower.
Which do we prefer??
Second one, because its over all sharpness. I don't think narrow DOF does a lot in this particular case.

You mentioned your passion flowers "done to death." I guess you could say the same about my Thorny Contraption. However, I finally broke down and bought a book on wildflowers. Two actually, one called "Ontario Wildflowers" and another called "Wildflowers of Ontario." I thought I might as well go for two opposing points of view :).

Hence I now know that the contraption in question is Common Teasel, aka Dipsacus fullonum. It originates in Europe and is naturalized in North America, which explains how we see it on both sides of the ocean. You can see that the flower head is quite spiky, and once dried it was used to tease wool cloth and raise its nap, hence the name. An no doubt hence its import into North America.

Ok, one final picture:
http://photos23.flickr.com/29738119_5f5ba02354_o.jpg

[Siberian]

:eek: Such striking photos - the intense lilies and the ice plant are great! Time to show some of my recent stuff... Liked the effect of crisscrossing shadows over the striped petals.

Siberian

[Siberian]

These reminded me of fireworks exploding (maybe Catherine Wheels) - so vibrant.

Siberian

[gstafleu]

Siberian, that is an impressive striped flower, very nicely done. And some nice daisy-like flowers as well.

I've got some diasy-likes as well, meaning they are a member of the Asters family (Asteraceae). This one is the Common Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare (vulgare means "common," not "vulgar" :)). It looks like a daisy that only has a heart, no white florets on the outside:
http://photos23.flickr.com/29786266_c5d494dcdc_o.jpg

[Tyger]

Went up to Niagra falls today and saw these flowers.

http://img326.imageshack.us/img326/6277/flower35ld.jpg

[Coltess]

There are some seriously nice pics in this thread :)
Here are my two cents worth...
(How do y'all get your attached pics to actually show up? All I get are links)
http://www.coltess.net/images/flowers/PICT0497.jpg

http://www.coltess.net/images/flowers/PICT1018.jpg

[snowrdr]

From today in Av mode at F4.0 and 1/200 sec with the circular polarizer on.
No post proccessing, just resized to fit as an attachment. :D

[jeff31]

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_100705_8.jpg

[gstafleu]

Tiger, that is a nice lily, I like how the light seems to shine through it.

Coltess, I like those two. Both are sharp and have good colors. If you attach pictures, only one will show, multiple attachements show as links. To get multiple pics to show, make them pointers to images on another web site, as you did.

Snowrdr, that is a great contrast between the blue sky and the yellow flower, well done.

Jeff, that is an excellent one. Great light and detail.

Here is my contribution. Not quite (:)) as spectacular, but this one does make its presence known: the Stinging Nettel, Urtica dioica. The green clustery thingies attached to the stem are the flowers.
http://photos23.flickr.com/30001166_137fb30e67_o.jpg
Anyone for shirts...?

[scatamousche]

Hence I now know that the contraption in question is Common Teasel, aka Dipsacus fullonum. It originates in Europe and is naturalized in North America, which explains how we see it on both sides of the ocean. You can see that the flower head is quite spiky, and once dried it was used to tease wool cloth and raise its nap, hence the name. An no doubt hence its import into North America.

Hi Gerald,
Thanks for the info on the teasel. I would be wracking my brain trying to figure out why the same plant was on both sides of the Atlantic...

Great shots everybody! The slide show I made from the pictures on this thread takes several minutes to cycle through and that's at 2 seconds per image!

This plant here is called a cat whisker.

Scatamousche

http://www.karma-lab.nl/Pictures/CatWhiskers.jpg

[Bald Eagle]

Awesome photos on this thread, very hard to keep up with all of the fantastic images, I have just now got my garden(I know, kinda late) here are some of the new inmates,er, I mean residents, hope you like.

[Bald Eagle]

they seem to be happy, so far.

[Bald Eagle]

A different color, but blooming well.

[Matthew]

I would appreciate feedback.
On all of these image (thumbs with links below) I have done three things in photoshop:Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, Auto Color.

Is that basically where I should start?

Also, please critique my shots and give advice. I'm very impressed with what I've seen in this thread!
http://theapostleofgod.com/photography/0001t.jpg (http://theapostleofgod.com/photography/0001.jpg) http://theapostleofgod.com/photography/0002t.jpg (http://theapostleofgod.com/photography/0002.jpg) http://theapostleofgod.com/photography/0003t.jpg (http://theapostleofgod.com/photography/0003.jpg) http://theapostleofgod.com/photography/0004t.jpg (http://theapostleofgod.com/photography/0004.jpg)

[meillana]

one more on the chrysanthemums this time bathed with late afternoon sunlight.... a tad dramatic. hope you like.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1080382.jpg

no idea what this is, taken inside a forest.
top view....
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1080176.jpg

side view....
(though this seems off-focus)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/meillana/P1080175.jpg

[bladerunner.nl]

http://www.bladerunner.nl/passionflower.jpg

FujiFilm F10 Passionflower

[gstafleu]

I would appreciate feedback.
On all of these image (thumbs with links below) I have done three things in photoshop:Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, Auto Color.

Is that basically where I should start?


Hi Matthew, if I were you I'd leave the Auto-whatevers alone. Certainly the Auto Color. Your 4th pic for example is very nice, it has a very good light, except that the colors look off to me. That could be because of the Auto color.

Here is what you could do manually, it is pretty simple. Bring up Levels (Ctrl-L), and put the left and right sliders so that they just touch where the histogram starts/ends. Then move the middle slider around until the pic looks right (not too light, not too dark, that kind of thing). Play around a bit with all the sliders untill you get a feeling for them.

As a final step, resize your pic for the web, say something like 800*600. Then as a final-final (:)) step, do Filters|Unsharp Mask, using something like amount=100, radius=1. Try lesser values also, it depends a bit on how much in-camera sharpening gets done.

As for your pictures, #1 is a great idea, but the large central flower is out of focus, which sort of spoils it. What would have worked if it was in- and the rest out of focus. #2 and #3 look quite nice, they would be improved by a bit of Unsharp Masking (USM). #4 looks excellent, except for the color. Try doing that again with just Levels and USM.

Generally I would say a good start in flowering, so keep up the good work!

[gstafleu]

Scatamousche, that is an excellent Cat Whisker shot, it makes it quite clear why the plant has that name.

BE, a quite colorful set of inmates you have there. I like how the bright yellow pollen in #1 contrasts with the red petals.

Richard, that is a very sharp passion flower, I like the detail in the shot.

Meillana, I think that is your best Chrysanthemum yet. That white flower looks very interesting, good shots.

Speaking of white flowers, for today I have some pics of Queen Anne's Lace, Daucus carota. It is close family of the carot, as you can see from the Latin name. It is native to Europe, naturalized in Niorth America. It likes growing along roads, as in this shot:
http://photos23.flickr.com/30354676_f28a0e573c_o.jpg

Here is a bit closer look at them:
http://photos23.flickr.com/30354694_672c3ddd50_o.jpg

And even closer:
http://photos22.flickr.com/30354711_85c5283200_o.jpg

http://photos23.flickr.com/30354730_ee52a31f72_o.jpg

And finally, as this is a white flower, here is a BW version:
http://photos22.flickr.com/30380912_cb4feb82e6_o.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Guys - you never let up with the superb shots!!
bladerunner.nl - welcome to this thread - really great
passion flower shot!
BE - I see you have posted some more great shots again
Scatamousche ~ fascinating cats whisker shot
Gerard - you know I love your wider view shots - followed
by the close ups.
So - here's a humble Fresia - taken on our dining room
table (that's the strange coloured blured backdrop).

[Geoff Chandler]

Over in the leaf thread I posted a chilli and leaves - here's the Chilli
flower really close up: -

[Geoff Chandler]

Wasn't going to do this - when we came back from camping, in the rain!, we
found 6 of our Passion flowers out - heres a few ...

[Geoff Chandler]

Finally for today - a lone wet Passion flower shot...

[kuroneko]

(Click to enlarge)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kucingitem/th_playing.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kucingitem/playing.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kucingitem/th_P1010094.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kucingitem/P1010094.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kucingitem/th_lebahkuning.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kucingitem/lebahkuning.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kucingitem/th_bungakuning.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kucingitem/bungakuning.jpg)

[jeff31]

kuroneko> your sunflower is really very nice.

[arwelw]

Sony Dsc-v3
Iso 100, 1/60 sec F/5.0
Raynox cm-3500 lens

[arwelw]

Iso 100, 1/60sec f/5.0 flash.

[jeff31]

http://sonyv3.free.fr/fr_310705_1.jpg

[gstafleu]

Geoff, your "studio shot" of the fresia came out very nicely, that background works very well. And I love that very English, i.e. rain-covered, Passion flower :).

Kuroneko, those are very nice pics. I especially like #1 and #3.

Arwelw, those are some very nice bud shots. That second one is quite intriguing.

Jeff, your pic is, as always, spectacular. I love that bee wallowing in the pollen.

My contribution for today concerns Selfheal, Prunella vulgaris. It is a very common "weed" around here, native to North America. It is anywhere from a few centimeters to 30 cm tall.

Here is an overview shot of a few of them:
http://photos22.flickr.com/30730619_558166fe7c_o.jpg

And two close-ups:
http://photos23.flickr.com/30730650_a1076753f8_o.jpg

http://photos21.flickr.com/30730633_85cbfa6285_o.jpg

[snowrdr]

That's the great thing about this website. I see what people can do with their cameras and it inspires me to try new ideas and hopefully learn something along the way... :D

Here are a couple shots from the Portland Rose Garden today.

http://www.pbase.com/image/47118878.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/47118912.jpg

[scatamousche]

Hi Jeff,

There is something cosmic looking about your latest picture. It has the awe inspiring qualities of some of the Hubble telescope pictures. Super shot!

Hi Dave,

I love the sunrise colors of that rose and you managed to freeze the bee very well. I have been having a tough time getting those sorts of shots with my S2 but am not about to give up.

Scatamousche

[jeff31]

Thank you scatamousche for your kind words. The camparison with Hubble photos has provoked a smile ;)

Here a new experimentation on a kind of flower. :D
http://sonyv3.free.fr/fl_030805_1.jpg

[gstafleu]

Today I have something that differs from the wildflowers I've posted for the last little while: a Flower Pot Study. The flower pot is one we bought ready-planted some time ago, because we were too lazy to do any more planting ourselves.

Here is a bee's-eye view of the flower pot:
http://photos21.flickr.com/31027890_99b1d75eef_o.jpg

A close-up of some fairly small dark red flowers:
http://photos23.flickr.com/31027897_97afdfcc6c_o.jpg

This is a larger flower, that looks slightly the worse for wear, but is still bravely holding its own:
http://photos21.flickr.com/31027906_3c31bb2d81_o.jpg

This one looks a bit less worn-down-by-life:
http://photos21.flickr.com/31027911_07136da8eb_o.jpg

I'll finish with something that really belongs in the leaf thread, but I'll put it in here to keep the pot toghether:
http://photos22.flickr.com/31027929_190af79664_o.jpg

[American Nomad]

This flower thread is excelent! I love the way that the flowers seem to pop out of their backgrounds. This is my first post to this thread. I hope I do it justice. Taken with a Sony DSP-P200.

[Geoff Chandler]

Gerard - great Pot study,
American Nomad - excellent shot
Here's my FOTD quickly posted before I go to work
Geoff

[Wombat]

great shots everyone.

Here's one of a dahlia with friend - Canon A80.

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

Wombat - an absolute stunner of a shot there! Well done
Here's my shot for this evening - before I wend my way to the land of Zzzzz's
(BTW - it's a miniture - about 3"tall in all)

[gstafleu]

AN, very nice wildflower shot. It looks a bit like Chicory, but I don't think that's what it is.

Geoff, two very nice ones. That first one is intriguing. I would guess that the triangular purple bit are actually leaves masquerading as flower, while the white bits are the "real" flowers. A great "contraption".

Wombat, that is an excellent visitor shot. Great colors and sharpness. And that for a "lowly" A80!

After studying a flower pot yesterday I thought it time to study a girl today. To be exact, Susan with her Black Eyes. She's quite something:
http://photos22.flickr.com/31293070_42f127ec4f_o.jpg

A bit closer, and her eyes remain very black:
http://photos23.flickr.com/31293078_9f6e1ce883_o.jpg

http://photos21.flickr.com/31293098_8a04399e94_o.jpg

[abhinav]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Abhinav/Catalina019.jpg

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My friend's Sony DSC P92

[Wombat]

Wombat, that is an excellent visitor shot. Great colors and sharpness. And that for a "lowly" A80!

Very kind words - Gerard - and very much appreciated. I have to admit I sometimes feel a little in the minor league comparing my shots with others psoting shots from much higher spec. cameras. I suppose my dream camera would be a Canon S2 IS. However on the bright side, as you spotted, the A80 has a sharp lens and is very accurate on colours. Also, I do not think I have really reached its and my full potential yet.

Here is an agapanthus flower head. Canon A80 :) handheld, macro mode, F/5.0, 1/500s, exposure compensation -1 [and it was a cloudy day]

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

Very kind words - Gerard - and very much appreciated. I have to admit I sometimes feel a little in the minor league comparing my shots with others psoting shots from much higher spec. cameras. I suppose my dream camera would be a Canon S2 IS. However on the bright side, as you spotted, the A80 has a sharp lens and is very accurate on colours. Also, I do not think I have really reached its and my full potential yet.

Here is an agapa