Crocuses

[Hawk]

Finally! First signs of spring in my garden

#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


#6


#7

[cosmonaut1959]

Nice. Flowers are beginning to popmoutnhere too.

[Birma]

Fabulous flowers Hawk. I especially like the colours in #1

[mvanrheenen]

Love the subject and the colors, but apart from #1, I find all the backgrounds to be a bit distracting, especially in #3 and 4.

Mark

[aster]

Hawk's spring is in a rush to pop up and cheer us already! : ))

Welcome back with your spring, Hawk. I can't spare one colour from the other because they are all very cheerful and inspiring.
Your garden must be a joy right now.


Yildiz

[pakodominguez]

Love the subject and the colors, but apart from #1, I find all the backgrounds to be a bit distracting, especially in #3 and 4.

Mark

Yes, Bokeh looks a little bit nasty.. .what lens did you use?

[InTheSky]

Love the subject and the colors, but apart from #1, I find all the backgrounds to be a bit distracting, especially in #3 and 4.

Mark

Yes, Bokeh looks a little bit nasty.. .what lens did you use?

Like the scene and color, but +1 for me about the lens too ...

[Dr. Harout]

I guess it's a processing thing and not a lens issue.

[sury]

Love them. The last one with orange peeking out is my favorite.

Sury

[Hawk]

Yildiz, perhaps you won't belive me, but my garden is still mostly gray... Only about 30 crocuses and just 2 snowdrops now say its spring already. During night temperature here still drops to 2-3 degrees celsius.

I knew that bokeh will result in questions about lens. Especially due to shots #3 and #4 Besides my blog I posted these images on Dyxum and polish Minolta/Alpha forum "KlubKM" and on all forums I'm asked which lens have been used. #1, #2 and #5 were taken with Minolta 100/2.8 Macro at f2.8, rest was taken with Minolta MC Rokkor 58/1.4 - #7 at f2.5, #6 at f3.5, rest at f1.4. Bokeh itself comes mostly from old grass blades in strong sunlight. Sorry Doc, its purely lens + light thing, not post process. In #3 it was emphasized by increasing shooting angle to get background glass closer to plane with crocuses. Rokkor 58/1.4 has specific bokeh, rare bokeh I'd say, the one I like too