Flowers 2010

[Birma]

Hi JB - great to hear you have your 700 replacement . Really like #2 especially. Really nice flower in #4, but I'm not so keen on the background there.

[jbtaylor]

Thanks Yildiz and Birma. Funny thing about #4, I was trying to make the background complimentary to the subject. It is a bit cluttered for my taste as well but some of those out of focus lillies look really smooth.
As far as the replacement camera goes, I just purchased a used a900 last night. Pray for my soul. I rented one and took it to Scotland. It was so much fun that I could not get it off my mind ever since. Now I have to sell a lens or 2 to climb out of the hole. The wife and I now have maximum resolution and APS reach. Should be a good combination.
Look for some a900 shots in the weeks to come.

[Birma]

I guess that is the danger of trying out the exciting high end kit - you can't go back .

[aster]

Thanks Yildiz and Birma. Funny thing about #4, I was trying to make the background complimentary to the subject. It is a bit cluttered for my taste as well but some of those out of focus lillies look really smooth.

As far as the replacement camera goes, I just purchased a used a900 last night. Pray for my soul. I rented one and took it to Scotland. It was so much fun that I could not get it off my mind ever since. Now I have to sell a lens or 2 to climb out of the hole. The wife and I now have maximum resolution and APS reach. Should be a good combination.
Look for some a900 shots in the weeks to come.

Hi JBTaylor,

Although I feel for your wallet, I am genuinely happy for you and your wife! : )
Definitely will look out for your new photo experimenting.

I wish the A700' new model would make it to the market soon so I can make some final decisions on acquiring an A900 or any Alpha DSLR for that matter! : )

Happy shooting!! : ))

Yildiz

[jbtaylor]

Yildiz,
Not to get too far off topic, but I think that the a900 would fit your kind of shooting. I bet you that a new a7xx will cost as much as a used a900 in good condition (or close to it). I always say this but I think my camera needs are met now for a very long time. That makes the whole "will there still be an alpha" decision moot. The camera arrives this Friday and I start shooting Saturday. can't wait.

[aster]

Yildiz,
Not to get too far off topic, but I think that the a900 would fit your kind of shooting. I bet you that a new a7xx will cost as much as a used a900 in good condition (or close to it). I always say this but I think my camera needs are met now for a very long time. That makes the whole "will there still be an alpha" decision moot. The camera arrives this Friday and I start shooting Saturday. can't wait.

I agree with you, JBTaylor. : )

A900 was a camera I had my heart set on since its release. I'm not sure if I can find a used A900 in as good condition as the one you have just purchased in Istanbul. And I always felt safer with equipment that was brand new and I was the first ever user, after the quality control department, that is! : )) But we all are also curious if Sony actually has one in effect or if they are far too preoccupied with other matters of life while at the assembly line!

I wish you all the best with the A900!

Today I went to see the movie, Inception at The Kanyon mall. While departing I noticed the florist and shot some Begonias. Not the best composition but I had a limited stay there and had to rush out to be somewhere on time. : )

Here it goes.. The Begonia in the pot which at first I thought was artificial due to its bright colour and waxed appearance. It is real and alive. : ))

Yildiz

[Greg Beetham]

How come the flower thread has drifted down the list, isn't anyone shooting flowers anymore? except Yildiz of couse , nice looking Begonias, and your quite right the artificial flowers nowdays are surprisingly good, you have too look very closely to see if they are real or not.
Greg

ps. If this keeps up I'll have to go and find some scruffy looking out of season flowers.....

[Rosearodoe]

Beautiful Work Guys, Such gorgeous flowers you all grow around the world. I envy those of you without a freezing winter temps like here, below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Love the roses and the begonia's.

Sincerely,

Rosemarie

[Birma]

Lovely Begonias Yildiz, with that great 3D effect that you produce, I feel like I could pick them off the screen.

Greg, yes please, let's have some more pictures from the back yard (I have been out this morning and I have some flowers captured on the camera - they are downloading at the moment, and I hope I get some time for pp'ing soon.)

[Greg Beetham]

Hi Birma, the only thing I've got that's new at the moment is a wildflower in bloom I snapped out the window on the trip, I don't know what it is but I saw quite a few in the distance here and there.
Greg

ps. I do have a closer shot (a hurried stop and snap), but it's a little underexposed, not enough compensation given for the backlighting.

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I found the file, but like I said it's not much of shot.

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[Birma]

Hi Greg - interesting tree and blossom - I like the ones that flower before they get any leaves.

[Birma]

Some flowers from this morning, all from the gardens of ruined stately home near where I live (see the Witley Court thread here http://www.photoclubalpha.com/forum/vie ... =17&t=3632).

Lavendar, a bit past its best.


Bees buzzing in the formal flower beds.


A Hydrangea in the woods.


All with A700 and Beercan.

[Greg Beetham]

It looks like that Lavendar does have an actual little violet flower on top of the pod thingy, I think I've only seen the pods before.
I've seen that spiky type of flower with the bees before somewhere, and always wondered why the bees are attracted too it, it doesn't look too promising to me for nectar...but the bees know what their doing that's for sure.
The last one the Hydrangea looks like a pink butterfly...hmm how come you get pink Hydrangeas in the woods and we get dry Mitchell grass...if we're lucky.
I like the bokeh in all of those, sort of makes me wonder if my MD70-210 f4 is worthwhile getting an adaptor for, very similar lens to the beercan supposedly, only MF not AF.
Greg

ps. Id' like to know what that yellow wildflower is I took a photo of, if Yildiz was around she might have some idea what family of plants it belongs too.

[david antony]

Beautiful roses Aster, have real classic look.


Greg, I really like wild flowers, the one taken from
the truck is a good one. I expect David Attenborough
to appear any second. ;^) Not much of a shot you say
for the second? thats a tuff shot, I'm sure I could not
have done any better.


Lovely set there Birma. Great colour & bokeh in
all three.

[aster]

Thanks for the kind words Greg, Birma and David!

Nice to see one species that I haven't seen before, Greg. That tree indeed has some spectacular yellow flowers.


Birma;

Those are very refreshing flower shots. The blues and lavanders and the subtle stems of budded wild flowers look very fragile yet also very lovely...

Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz