Macro flower photographs

[manthos]

It is a Sony CyberShot DSC-P92.
I cropped the shot a little...

[pr126]

Here is my contribution to the thread:

[Vandenberg]

awesome job PR126, like the tones
No1 is great

[Letrow]

Here is my contribution to the thread:

Nice ones Peter, I like the first one best though. It is the symmetry that looks great.

Daisy


Wendy

Wow Wendy, what did you do with this one. Looks like a painting.

[Letrow]

Both taken when I visited Great Dixter recently. The garden was pretty dry and due to the hot weather most of the plants are in full bloom already, earlier than some of them should be.

[BJ Denning]

Here's a couple from my new 100mm macro. Still learning the art ...


Camera Canon
Model Canon EOS REBEL T2i
ISO 100
Exposure 1/250 sec
Aperture 4.5
Focal Length 100mm


Camera Canon
Model Canon EOS REBEL T2i
ISO 200
Exposure 1/50 sec
Aperture 22.0
Focal Length 100mm


Camera Canon
Model Canon EOS REBEL T2i
ISO 200
Exposure 1/25 sec
Aperture 8.0
Focal Length 100mm

[epmi314]

Iris in front yard. Thoughts welcomed....

[ScoutR]

Wow Wendy, what did you do with this one. Looks like a painting.

Thanks Peter, glad you like it. Here is the original right out of camera. I just cropped and did a feathered vignette in Lightroom, then adjusted contrast brightness black point and all that stuff to try and make the flower pop a bit more from the vignette. Then to Elements for some more tone adjustments (can't remember them all but usually levels and colours) sharpening and resizing.



[Wendy

[Letrow]

Thanks Peter, glad you like it. Here is the original right out of camera. I just cropped and did a feathered vignette in Lightroom, then adjusted contrast brightness black point and all that stuff to try and make the flower pop a bit more from the vignette. Then to Elements for some more tone adjustments (can't remember them all but usually levels and colours) sharpening and resizing.



[Wendy

I like the experiment a lot Wendy, much better than the original. It probably won't work for all flowers, but this one really stands out now.

[Letrow]

Here's a couple from my new 100mm macro. Still learning the art ...


Camera Canon
Model Canon EOS REBEL T2i
ISO 100
Exposure 1/250 sec
Aperture 4.5
Focal Length 100mm


Camera Canon
Model Canon EOS REBEL T2i
ISO 200
Exposure 1/50 sec
Aperture 22.0
Focal Length 100mm


Camera Canon
Model Canon EOS REBEL T2i
ISO 200
Exposure 1/25 sec
Aperture 8.0
Focal Length 100mm

I like your first one best Bryan, nice details there and good focus on the flower. The second one has beautiful colors, but the background distracts me a bit.

[Letrow]

Iris in front yard. Thoughts welcomed....

The iris looks good and the droplets do too, nice detail. But the background is a bit too busy for my taste. The iris is a big flower though, so getting more bokeh in your picture will be difficult.

[Willowmoss]

This has made me want to go and take photos of flowers, will have to wait till the daffodils and Jonquils come out.

[Letrow]

Looking forward to it Emma. Here the climate has been so hot and dry that most flowers have come up long before they are supposed to. I am afraid of what that means for the end of summer , probably not much flowering then.


Papaver or poppy. Most times they are just one colour, but this one is different. And the blue pollen was a bonus I guess.

[Letrow]

A rose

[ScoutR]

C&C welcome and appreciated, I've been trying new stuff again in PP

Jacob's Ladder


Lobelia (again)


Honeysuckle


Bachelor Button - well actually the bee is the subject


Wendy

Wendy

[JohnC]

It's a great image and from what I've seen it seems fine to change the original background to black-call it 'artistic licence'

Just browsed this thread and what wonderful macro shots. My macro lens is quite heavy and I need a tripod so I use this,it saves kicking the tripod legs. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...g_Sliding.html

[Letrow]

C&C welcome and appreciated, I've been trying new stuff again in PP
Honeysuckle

Wendy

Wendy

I like the honeysuckle a lot Wendy, very special atmosphere

[Letrow]

[BJ Denning]

He refused to turn around

Camera Canon
Model Canon EOS REBEL T2i
ISO 200
Exposure 1/1000 sec
Aperture 2.8
Focal Length 100mm

[Letrow]

He refused to turn around

Camera Canon
Model Canon EOS REBEL T2i
ISO 200
Exposure 1/1000 sec
Aperture 2.8
Focal Length 100mm

Damn that insolent bee, he should be honored to pose for you.
What lens did you use on the last three photographs, the 100mm as well. It is a nice effect from a bit further away.