Flowers 2013

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Wow, nice shots Birma.
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Great shots Andy! Nothing grows here at the moment. Spring is yet to come.

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Thanks Doc and Mark - your comments are much appreciated. We had lots of sunshine all last weekend which really made it feel like spring was on the way. There crocuses were out in a local park.

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2013 Flowers - Crocuses 2 by Birm, on Flickr

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2013 Flowers - Crocuses 5 by Birm, on Flickr

Both shots grabbed, handheld with the Nex 5 and SEL 16 as it was in the car. I tried the 16 mm quite wide open and I like the slightly crazy bokeh effect, although this might not suit all tastes. I will try and pop back with a more serious rig this weekend.
(Prepare to be bored with English country flowers for the next few months ;) It is just something I like to do!)
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Looking so fresh and fantastic, Andy.

: ) You're caught in the impulses of Spring already. Love the Snowdrops and the Crocusses.


Thanks for sharing,


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Nice set Andy. I love the last one in the first set. Look forward to your "boring" flower shots. :D

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Curly stamen on its own looks spooky like a snake. Nice shot and the background bokeh is very pleasing to me.

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Thanks Yildiz and Sury :)

Now that is an unusual looking flower KB. Nice colours.
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That's lovely Sury - I like the colours and the spread of blooms across the frame. Nice Bokeh too. Which lens?

Slightly off topic, can you remind me how you got on with the Tamron 60/2 Macro on full frame?
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Andy, Thank you. This was CZ24-70 at 70/f2.8 ISO 800.

Though I have not used much recently, the Tamron 60/f2 and
I got along very famously. I have about 200-300 images with
that combination. You can browse them on my flickr site
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsur/. They are in sets.
Please let me know if you have access permissions. I changed
them to public few minutes ago.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsur/set ... 438114341/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsur/set ... 397444210/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsur/set ... 216110340/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsur/set ... 974027407/

Please note that most of these are straight from the camera and
no PP was done. Usually the title would suggest if some tweaks
are performed.

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Thanks Sury - very useful - I can get in to the Flickr galleries no problems.
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Very nice Crocuses Birma, looking forward to your Bluebells and other great flower shots.

Nice shot sury, colours look spot on.
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Thanks DA - I'm looking forward to it warming up a bit :)
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Birma wrote:Both shots grabbed, handheld with the Nex 5 and SEL 16 as it was in the car. I tried the 16 mm quite wide open and I like the slightly crazy bokeh effect, although this might not suit all tastes. I will try and pop back with a more serious rig this weekend.
(Prepare to be bored with English country flowers for the next few months ;) It is just something I like to do!)
You're right, that's some crazy bokeh in the first shot. I like the second overall for its composition using the wide angle lens to good effect.
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