Flowers 2016

[sury]

Nice shots Valery. Especially the second one.

Sury

[jbtaylor]

Thank you Valery.
Wonderful shots but for some reason, I really like #1.
JT

[ValeryD]

Thank you all! But my favorite last one. Anyway it's nice to know last one not the best one.
https://plus.google.com/+ValeryDyck_RW/ ... zdgFDmUgHr

[jbtaylor]

I think I know why you like the last one and as a portrait it is great. I just like the idea that a grouping of similar items can make their own shapes.
http://www.pbase.com/jstaylor/image/161891440

[ValeryD]

Jbtaylor! Nice gallery . I like it!

[jbtaylor]

Thank you Valery.
JT

[Birma]

One from last summer, but only just getting around to posting it. The sandy west coast of the Western Isles in Scotland has a unique wild flower habitat called Machair. Normally at its best in May and June, everything was a bit later last year and it still looked colourful in August.

A very windy day was going to ruin any chances of talking individual flower portraits so I decided to try and make a feature of the wind.

http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/habitats/machair

2015 Skye & Harris - Wind in the Machair by Birm, on Flickr

A99 and SAL 135 STF, with ND filter.

[sury]

Love the effect, Andy. Wonderful colors.

Sury

[Birma]

Thanks Sury

[the_hefay]

Excellent Andy. I love the blurry flowers with the green grass/stems/leaves being fairly motionless. You did a great job of capturing the wind.

[Birma]

Thanks Jeff

[Birma]

An Autumn Crocus.

2016 Eades - Crocus Entry by Birm, on Flickr

A7II and adapted Tamron 90 macro

[aster]

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Lovely captures, Birma. : )

Thanks for sharing.

Yildiz

[Birma]

Thank you Yildiz

[the_hefay]

great use of shallow dof Andy. I almost bought the Tamron 90mm macro. Perhaps I should revisit that option since I don't have a true macro lens in my collection.