Flowers 2012 (Photoclubalpha Phlora!)

[sury]

I like it even more. I think you should
take up on jbtaylor's challenge. Don't you
think ?

[Birma]

I like the 'Phloral' view Sury - I think I spotted some Californian poppies

Nice shots Doc - very nice detail and I like the Dandelion seed heads in the background in the first one.

[sury]

Birma,
Thank you. You were "spot" on correct. Here is one with a few more to be easy on your eyes.

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PICT10411 by BigSury, on Flickr[/url]

[sury]

Mother nature sure is tenacious, if not anything....


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PICT10421 by BigSury, on Flickr[/url]

[Birma]

I always like to see wild flowers and those are great Sury. The poppies amongst the grass are especially nice

[jbtaylor]

Regarding shooting narow and the quality of bokeh, below is my first effort to demonstrate what I mean. I think I got the narow part right. Will try some outdoor shots later today. Look for more posts, including more still life efforts.
a900 and 135mm 1.8.

[sury]

Nice one JB. Only "dark" spot is the bright spot at the bottom of that flower vase. That is very distracting to me.

Sury

Here is one taken with a MD mount Tamron 80-200 f2.8 that was gathering dust. Using a MD/MA glass adapter,
hand held. Natural light, f4, shutter 1/2000. No post processing...


Full Image:

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DSC26538 by BigSury, on Flickr[/url]

Here is the crop:

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[Birma]

Very nice oof area JB

Nice detail from that old Tamron Sury

[jbtaylor]

Another effort.

[aster]

Hi JBTaylor, : )

Lovely narrowness and bokeh in both shots. Keeping to a certain degree of defocusing gives a good idea of what's in the background without distracting the in-focus-subject's presence.

These attempts are some neat colourful attempts in comparison to yor general attempts in photography. I like it.

Thanks for sharing.


Hi Sury, : )

Neat focusing and thus getting some great details there.
That blossom reminds me of a type of Hibiscus but then I may be wrong. Very interesting leaves too.

Lots of CA in the cropped area though. Must be the Tamron lens.

Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz

[sury]

JB,
I love the second one. The Red rose is just coming out of the screen towards me. I almost reached for it.

Sury

Yildiz,
Thank you. The CA in the crop you are referring to is the edges of the flower and the branches right? I thought
CA is usually some sort of color fringing (typically purple or blue). I would appreciate a bit of explanation
as I have no idea what to even look for, when we talk about CA or lens diffraction. I thought the lens is too
sharp for its own good Appreciate any insight.

With best regards,
Sury

[jbtaylor]

Thanks to all that commnted.
Here are the last of the series.
Both f 2.0.

[mvanrheenen]

Great shots as always guys! Question is, are you up for a real challenge?

Mark

[Birma]

More nice shots JB - a very etheral effect from the oof areas.

Nice challenge Mark - as flowers are one of my favourite subjects I'm going to really have to get my thinking cap on to come up with a completely new way of picturing them - a good challenge indeed !

[aster]

Hi Sury, : )

Regarding CA, Chromatic Aberration, you're right. It's that purple-blue fringing that we see in the close-up shot of your flower. It probably is due to the lens since I found out that my Tamron 90 mm can produce too when the light is at some odd angles.

Some photo-editting software can clean that up completely. Latest versions of Photoshop is one of them.



Hi JBTaylor;

Lovely blossoms that appear as though bursting out of the photo frame with those bouncing vivid colours and and selected narrow in-focus area.



Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz