Macro flower photographs

[terry j]

Lovely shot of a beautiful flower.
This is the Wild Iris also known as the Fairy Iris.

And still the wonderful images roll on ! The variety is limitless.

Here's my latest attempt, some sort of grass flower.

[dje]

Lovely shot of a beautiful flower.
This is the Wild Iris also known as the Fairy Iris.

Thank you Terrence. It's nice to know what it is.

Dave

[Letrow]

Hi Peter

I think the halo resulted from me putting some extra Gaussian blur on the background using Photoshop. Not sure why.

Here is the same shot before the extra blur was added.

Cheers Dave

I think this looks better. The other one has a sort of dreamy aspect to it, but it distracts a little.

[dje]

I think this looks better. The other one has a sort of dreamy aspect to it, but it distracts a little.

Thanks for your comments Peter. The more I compare the two shots the more I agree with you. It's funny how the eye/brain combination can play tricks with you. The flower parts of the two images are exactly the same but the halo (and also in this case at least, the more blurred background) tends to soften the impact of the flower overall.

Dave

[ScoutR]

The latest from the garden. C&C always welcome. It might be just my tired eyes, but these look different after uploading here. Please point out any undesirable PP artefacts if you can see them on your screen

#1 Cosmos


#2. Sunflower


#3. Aster


Wendy

[dje]

The latest from the garden. C&C always welcome. It might be just my tired eyes, but these look different after uploading here. Please point out any undesirable PP artefacts if you can see them on your screen

#1 Cosmos


#2. Sunflower


#3. Aster


Wendy

Another lovely set Wendy. I like the first one best, what a beautiful colour and the lighting is spot on. The angle of the shot works well I think too.

I can see some smudgy circles on the first image and some more pronounced circles on the third image. I'm not sure whether they are artifacts or what. They don't detract much anyway.

Cheers Dave

[Letrow]

The latest from the garden. C&C always welcome. It might be just my tired eyes, but these look different after uploading here. Please point out any undesirable PP artefacts if you can see them on your screen

#1 Cosmos


#2. Sunflower


#3. Aster


Wendy

Lovely shots Wendy. I like the second one best with those little hairs. I think you have some artifacts on number 1 in the top right corner, not really distracting though.

[Letrow]

anemone


achillea

[ScoutR]

Lovely shots Wendy. I like the second one best with those little hairs. I think you have some artifacts on number 1 in the top right corner, not really distracting though.

Thanks for commenting Peter. I know what you mean about the first one, and I'm glad that you don't find it distracting. It's always good to get more than one opinion on these things because I find that sometimes (often) i am concentrating on one thing but I miss so many other things. I always take a final look, but get to the point where I see what I want to see and miss what I should see, so thanks again, I appreciate and need the feedback

Wendy

[ScoutR]

anemone

This is very nice Peter, I just love the texture and slight translucence of the petals. Water drops always work for me too. The background looks a bit noisy BUT I like it, so whether or not you did it on purpose, I think it is a good effect and sets off the flower in a good way. I'm wondering though if dark patch with the light area crossing it bottom right could be smoothed over. There is nothing wrong with it but it kind of draws the eye.

Wendy

[Letrow]

This is very nice Peter, I just love the texture and slight translucence of the petals. Water drops always work for me too. The background looks a bit noisy BUT I like it, so whether or not you did it on purpose, I think it is a good effect and sets off the flower in a good way. I'm wondering though if dark patch with the light area crossing it bottom right could be smoothed over. There is nothing wrong with it but it kind of draws the eye.

Wendy

Thanks Wendy, I may give that a try. Now that you mention it...

[Letrow]

Last of the rainy photos


Verbena


ipomoea or morning glory

[MrB]

Another rose

Sunlit in full bloom in the churchyard today:



Philip

[KHarmon]

These were shot using the macro on the kit lens that came with my camera. Know they're not going to compare, but macro isn't necessarily the genre I'm interested. I was bored one evening and wanted to play with the camera. They're post processed to death, but let me know what you think.

KHarmon

069 by KHarmon1971, on Flickr


064 by KHarmon1971, on Flickr




072 by KHarmon1971, on Flickr

[GeorgeM]

This is one from last year. I like it because it seems moody to me.


flower_DSC5324 by gmontjr, on Flickr

[GeorgeM]

One from 2005...


Home by gmontjr, on Flickr

[GeorgeM]

One more from last year


bee by gmontjr, on Flickr

[Clactonian]

[Katy Noelle]

Wendy, Peter, Kris, George - wonderful stuff - really!

(Wendy, I love the smudgy bokeh circles! They don't detract at all in my mind.)

Mike, congratulations! This is the first 'in the garden' photo of a daylily that I've seen that isn't just technically good but, actually, says something. (and, I am counting my own attempts - even 'in house' - since February.) It's very gracious and elegant in its demeanour and I love the light! (Did you photoshop to get the background to recede so much or was the light like that when you took it?)

[Letrow]

This is one from last year. I like it because it seems moody to me.


flower_DSC5324 by gmontjr, on Flickr

I has great colour, I love it