Your Best Flower Shots

S.R.M. wrote in post #19078658
An extreme macro image of a single pollen-covered anther in a hibiscus flower. Those spiky yellow pollen grains are approximately 100 µm in diameter

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jbC​iVN Loaded with pollen by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

I like it Stephen. What was your setup please?

Pansies, on a Lightbox, high key, L channel inverted in LAB colourspace.

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19078998
I like it Stephen. What was your setup please?

Thanks Ray! This is a 15 shot focus stack taken with my 6D and Laowa 25mm 2.5-5x ultramacro lens operating at 5x magnification, plus a 25mm extension tube.

Westonbirt Arboretum reopened last week and we booked to go in to there today, the first time for months. And it was wonderful just to wander round the Old arboretum again after months of waiting. It is a wonderful place!

Variegated tulip tree flowers. Note the 4 lobed leaves. They are the only 4 lobed ones I have ever seen

More from Westonbirt. The tall foxglove on the right is well over 8' tall and by far the tallest one I have seen. I was crouching to get the sense of the height.

This is the flower of the handkerchief tree. Not my photo.

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johnfosteruk wrote in post #19079018
Pansies, on a Lightbox, high key, L channel inverted in LAB colourspace.

It's kind of funny to see this post today. I've been going through images I took when I first started shooting and I did a few with a similar process using an old Canon 1000d/XS. I was thinking I should pick up some flowers and shoot it again now that I've had 10 years to improve my skills. I love the way this turned out.

utah steve wrote in post #19070149
A couple more from the backyard today. . .

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Steve, this shot is stunningly gorgeous! Great work.

One of many flower clusters on a large shrub in someone's yard, visited by bees. All bees ignored what look like flowers with four petals. Are they bracts? Evidently the nectar is in the smaller structures behind them.

Thank you very much!

So I'm not sure what variety this flower is, or for that matter I have no idea how it got into the garden. But be that as it may, here is an attempt to show its beauty.

The bee did sign a release

S.R.M. wrote in post #19079053
Thanks Ray! This is a 15 shot focus stack taken with my 6D and Laowa 25mm 2.5-5x ultramacro lens operating at 5x magnification, plus a 25mm extension tube.

Thanks Stephen, I thought you had used focus stacking - It is on my list of things to do. I will try it sometime.
Regards.

Jonzjob wrote in post #19079070
More from Westonbirt. The tall foxglove on the right is well over 8' tall and by far the tallest one I have seen. I was crouching to get the sense of the height.

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I like the top picture John.

Thank you Ray.

As I said, I nelt down to take it. Getting down was no problem, but I cursed Newton for inventing gravity when it came to getting back up though

There is no way that I could pick out a favorite photo on this thread. There are just too many really striking photos and they are lovely to see, so thank you to everyone who has posted