Still murdering flowers

[LordV]

Some recent flower shots. first 4 fairly normal but the last 3 are all pharts (ie heavily photoshopped). Did find a lonely crocus - suspect all the narcissus/bulb hoverflies I shot last year have eaten the rest :(.

Brian V.

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[lance v]

Great shots Brian, man iv missed youre Pharts:p

[LordV]

Great shots Brian, man iv missed youre Pharts:p


Thanks Lance :)

No I won't make a comment on the pharting ;)

brian V.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,

Great shots, that Crocus is my favorite, wonderful colours ! Saffron in the making eh, I think its still the World's most expensive Spice by weight, maybe they should grow this in Afghanistan instead of the Poppy but I guess the loss in profit would be to great for the Drug Lords to bare.

Cheers for now
Mark

[Andrushka]

number four is my fav

[LordV]

Hiya Brian,

Great shots, that Crocus is my favorite, wonderful colours ! Saffron in the making eh, I think its still the World's most expensive Spice by weight, maybe they should grow this in Afghanistan instead of the Poppy but I guess the loss in profit would be to great for the Drug Lords to bare.

Cheers for now
Mark
Thanks Mark :)

I think they are doing just that in Afghanistan but don't know if the required conditions are the same for both crops

Brian V.

[LordV]

number four is my fav


Thanks for looking and commenting Andrushka :)- much appreciated

Brian V.

[LindaB]

Really beautiful shots Brian. #1 really is superb.
Crocus is extremely nice too :-)

Linda

[LordV]

Really beautiful shots Brian. #1 really is superb.
Crocus is extremely nice too :-)

Linda

Thanks Linda :)
I quite liked #1 but doesn't seem to be popular with others here :)

Brian V.

[Mike4BekA]

Well at least your pharts don't smell as bad as mine....er i mean phart pics...uugghhh

I actually ike all of the pics in here....first one really jumps about at me :)

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,

Some of the finest Saffron comes from Pampore in Kashmir so I guess it would be feasible to grow it in the ' Hell Hole ' Afghanistan !

I read somewhere recently that Saffron is grown in Iran & that the Tehran University of Medical Sciences have discovered in clinical findings that suggests saffron is a safe and effective antidepressant also it has AntiConvulsant ( epilepsy )properties amongst others :D

Btw I like all the other shots/pharts it's just the Crocus is my Fav ;):D

Cheers for now
Mark


Thanks Mark :)

I think they are doing just that in Afghanistan but don't know if the required conditions are the same for both crops

Brian V.

[willy b]

That first one is brilliant! These are just so so sharp!!

[spidermanrbryce2006]

lovely shots!!

[TheFishGuy]

Not sure if that would be murdering flowers, great series. I really like the composition and detail in #4.
Chris

[Photogirl2007]

Cannot say which one I like best Brian as they are all excellent except the B&W. LOL!!

[LordV]

Thanks for the comments everyone :)- very much appreciated.
Joan I'm disappointed - I was actually rather pleased with the B&W ;)

Brian V.

[Photogirl2007]

LOL!! SO sorry Brian. I am not one for B&W in any form of photography but that is just my personal taste. Did not mean to hurt your feelings. LOL!!

[LordV]

LOL!! SO sorry Brian. I am not one for B&W in any form of photography but that is just my personal taste. Did not mean to hurt your feelings. LOL!!

No probs - I dislike most B&W conversions as well esp in macro shots. ;)

brian V