Macro flower photographs

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From Dave H. The only minor criticism is the bright-ish blade of grass in foreground of #2.

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Agreed, I was so angry :( I pulled up dried brown grass, and moved twigs and pulled some other blades of grass and I missed this one :mad: but decided it would be to hard (for me) to clone so left it as is. Many thanks for the feedback and the encouragement which is always appreciated.

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From Donald: Gorgeous flowers, beautifully photographed. Maybe the second one could have done without the blurred petals in the background. But I don't think pulling them out just to get a picture could really be justified.

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Many thanks Donald. I agree about the background flowers. I was purposely trying to keep them in the shot, but the result was not exactly what a wanted which was more of a solid mass of flowers or just a solid mass of blurred colour in the background. That's how it looks from a distance but when you get up close there is a lot of space between everything (Go figure :o ). I plan to try the same (type of) shot with the telephoto and the wide angle when I get a chance. I'm not sure which will give me the effect I'm looking for, (Noooo, don't tell me) tying is half the fun. :) but for now I'm happy with what I'm getting with these old close up filters which just happened to fit the kit lens.

Thanks again for the feedback everyone
Wendy

Sun Star-Ornithogalum Dubium.

http://phoenix54.smugmug.com/MACRO/F...sun-star-L.jpg

This is a beautiful photo.Hope to take pictures like this one day.

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Originally Posted by Jim B.

Sun Star-Ornithogalum Dubium.

http://phoenix54.smugmug.com/MACRO/F...sun-star-L.jpg

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Beautiful Jim, nice and sharp

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2443/...f4e63be4_z.jpg
viburnum, in Holland we call then sneeuwbal (snowball)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/...5f2cc014_z.jpg
onion or allium cepa

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/...4ddf3331_z.jpg
forget-me-not

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/...d2ed999d_z.jpg
clematis montana

I am repeating myself, but this is all the garden has at the moment. Time for a walk in the dunes I think;)

Thanks for the comments.I just recieved a Canon 100 2.8L IS and am liking it so far.
Nothing blooming in my garden yet,so these are plants I picked up at the store.

Gerbera Daisy
http://phoenix54.smugmug.com/MACRO/F...img_7067-L.jpg

http://phoenix54.smugmug.com/MACRO/F...img_7064-L.jpg

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Originally Posted by Letrow

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2443/...f4e63be4_z.jpg
viburnum, in Holland we call then sneeuwbal (snowball)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/...5f2cc014_z.jpg
onion or allium cepa

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/...4ddf3331_z.jpg
forget-me-not

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/...d2ed999d_z.jpg
clematis montana

I am repeating myself, but this is all the garden has at the moment. Time for a walk in the dunes I think;)

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Peter,lovely flowers! Particularly like the allium flower.We call Viburnum "snowball" also.I've planted some Clematis Etoile Violette in the garden.Really like the intricate structure of these.

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Originally Posted by Jim B.

Thanks for the comments.I just recieved a Canon 100 2.8L IS and am liking it so far.
Nothing blooming in my garden yet,so these are plants I picked up at the store.

Gerbera Daisy
http://phoenix54.smugmug.com/MACRO/F...img_7067-L.jpg

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Ha, this is a nice and somehow weird picture. I don't know what it is, maybe the DOF and the size of the flowers, but it looks awesome.

Edit: just looked them up on wikipedia and now I know what it is. They look like small daisies from the side (but are quite big), so that is what I expected to see somehow if you get my meaning

Hi Peter,

These are all good, but I felt, with a little more PP (or attention when shooting), could be better

I hope you don't mind, but I thought demonstration would be preferrable to words ...
(inserted so we can flick between them and play 'spot-the-difference' in Lytebox)

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Originally Posted by Letrow

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/...5f2cc014_z.jpg
onion or allium cepa

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https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...4&d=1304810357

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Originally Posted by Letrow

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/...4ddf3331_z.jpg
forget-me-not

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https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...5&d=1304810357

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Originally Posted by Letrow

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/...d2ed999d_z.jpg
clematis montana

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https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...6&d=1304810479

As you can see, on all but last, the changes are really quite minor, so the rest must be good, eh?

Hope that helps,

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Originally Posted by Dave Humphries

Hi Peter,

These are all good, but I felt, with a little more PP (or attention when shooting), could be better

I hope you don't mind, but I thought demonstration would be preferrable to words ...
(inserted so we can flick between them and play 'spot-the-difference' in Lytebox)



https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...4&d=1304810357




https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...5&d=1304810357




https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...6&d=1304810479

As you can see, on all but last, the changes are really quite minor, so the rest must be good, eh?

Hope that helps,

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I like the last one best, with sunshine now on all of the flower. Although normally I wouldn't change the photo like that, it brings a nice improvement here. Definitely better looking now and with hindsight I should have made that change.
I also get what you did with the allium, it centers the attention more.
The one I don't understand though is the forget-me-not. It wouldn't bother me to be frank to leave it as is. Perhaps it is because I am having my bokeh period at the moment;), I like these vague bits here and there.

It would be interesting to hear some more comments on this one, or how others look at these differences between the original and the altered one.
Thanks Dave.

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clematis montana

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2350/...32c1aa50_z.jpg
white allium or onion

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2476/...1eb552c9_z.jpg
another species of allium (we seem to have quite a lot and the wife is telling me that the garden is blooming too early this year

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5302/...8c285d73_z.jpg
strawberry flower

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/...a1ef75dd_z.jpg
hmmm...? Don't quite know what this one is...:o
Edit: found it. It is ceanothus

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/...8b27a986_z.jpg
not on a flower, but my first butterfly of the season

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2660/...25c7f9bf_z.jpg
allium roseum

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Originally Posted by Jim B.

Thanks for the comments.I just recieved a Canon 100 2.8L IS and am liking it so far.
Nothing blooming in my garden yet,so these are plants I picked up at the store.

Gerbera Daisy
http://phoenix54.smugmug.com/MACRO/F...img_7067-L.jpg

http://phoenix54.smugmug.com/MACRO/F...img_7064-L.jpg

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I'll have to pick #2.The detail and color are fantastic inthis photo.I bad need a macro lens.

I like to share some more flower shots.

http://i55.tinypic.com/308dv93.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/25ztuet.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/5u30wk.jpg

E-420 with 14-42 kitlens.

The latest thing to pop up in the garden.
#1 Not Tulips, Primrose buds approx. 3 x 1.5cm
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...1&d=1305002614

#2 another Primrose
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...2&d=1305002614

Wendy

http://www.bareham-net.co.uk/_DSC3014.jpg

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Originally Posted by Clactonian

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Cool photo Mike.

Thanks Ron

A wonderful set of photos.

Both taken taken at home.

Petunia



http://i56.tinypic.com/10wpkc9.jpg


Sunflower.



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I really like these...they are quite lovely. Thanks for sharing :D