Posted by danthro (Suburbia, United States) on 30 March 2008 in Plants & Nature.
EARLY SPRING FLOWERS SERIES 15 of 16 -- this series is likely to be interrupted on various days. (these are all from 2008)
first person who can correctly tell me what kind of flower this is wins (a thank you and a link to your blog is the best i can do for a prize). i don't know the answer (horrible with flower names) which is why i would like to find out.
from looking at some of your blogs i can tell that not everyone is so fortunate to have flowers blooming in their parts of the world now and many are itching for spring time, so i decided to walk around and photograph different flowers. i haven't had a chance to do much of any processing on these aside from a few minutes in picasa. hope you enjoy them!
any tips on photographing flowers? composition is especially much harder than it looks in nature and i already noticed some of the bright reds seem to get a sort of glare on them and some of the lighter ones got washed out. apologies in advance if some of them didn't come out very sharp, etc. there are some i might normally have thrown out but i also wanted to find out what these different flowers are called.
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Sorry. I don't know the flower but I appreciate the vibrant blues and greens. Your detail is excellent also.
30 Mar 2008 12:14am
@Michael Skorulski: Thanks! I didn't think people would like this one as a photo, but i liked the flowers. Tomorrow's the last of the series and I did a bit more processing, etc. on that.
I don't know either, but it is a beauty! Well done!!
30 Mar 2008 1:08am
This is another beauty. I love the deep colors.
30 Mar 2008 2:49am
lovely image. I too don't know the name of the flower. Did you also get to take a close up shot of the flower?
30 Mar 2008 3:00am
@Rags: thanks a lot. this actually is a bit of a close-up. it was a very small flower. alas, with the low light in the evening and shade (it's already a bit grainy), it would have gotten blurry if i'd gotten or zoomed closer.
I love the rich greens!
30 Mar 2008 3:47am
Another good shot, I've never seen this flower before.
30 Mar 2008 7:13am
nice :)
30 Mar 2008 7:37am
beautiful! nothing like spring flowers huh
30 Mar 2008 9:16am
very nice image again
30 Mar 2008 12:36pm
nice colors
30 Mar 2008 1:39pm
@Dara: thanks a lot!
Another superb composition. Well done!
30 Mar 2008 2:12pm
I learned long ago to keep out of trying to ID flowers and shrubs . . it can get totally consuming! Now, I just admire what I see and this comes across really well in the soft light you found.
30 Mar 2008 2:55pm
No idea wah it is, but it is a nice picture. Thanks
30 Mar 2008 4:27pm
Great colors!
30 Mar 2008 5:55pm
Beautiful tones ... very nice!
30 Mar 2008 6:02pm
I don't have a clue what they are, but your photo is superb. Quite lovely.
30 Mar 2008 8:31pm
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