WORLDWIDE PHOTO WEEK: 408 - Flowering

Called in at Nelson's botanical gardens on the way home and found roses still in bloom!

Beautiful posts OhLook!

ricardo.. That is a stunning color!
..and a pretty shot

joayne wrote in post #16786157
Beautiful posts OhLook!

ricardo.. That is a stunning color!
..and a pretty shot

Thank you. This is a great topic and should bring lots of posts.

OhLook...lovely contributions...specia​lly the yellow rose!

RIcardo - love that deep rich color.

Around these parts we see a lot of yellow mustard flowering this time of year....I caught this between rain showers this afternoon. I waited around, but it never quite got the full bright sunlight I hoped to see.

That's lovely Tim! I think the shadows really enhance the picture.

Thanks, joayne and Ricardo. I surprised myself with the yellow rose. Photography writers talk about making subjects "pop." My subjects usually don't, but this one did.

Ricardo, your flower shots are superb, but that's not news, is it? They always are.

Tim, isn't a cloudy sky more favorable for a field of mustard than bright sun would be? Too much light and the yellows would start to glare. I like them subtle, the way you got them. I shot my flowers today between spells of light rain--you can see the rose is still wet--and the unsettled sky worked well for them.

Enjoying the photos by everyone, now I'm wanting to move for sure, snowing here today is hampering all blooms.

There are always artificial flowers . . .

Fantastic flowers Vette, OhLook and Ricardo. I love the mustard field shot, Tim.

You could always buy flowers and join in, Grizz1.

Found these along my road while heading into work today.

OhLook wrote in post #16786520
Thanks, joayne and Ricardo. I surprised myself with the yellow rose. Photography writers talk about making subjects "pop." My subjects usually don't, but this one did.

Ricardo, your flower shots are superb, but that's not news, is it? They always are.

Tim, isn't a cloudy sky more favorable for a field of mustard than bright sun would be? Too much light and the yellows would start to glare. I like them subtle, the way you got them. I shot my flowers today between spells of light rain--you can see the rose is still wet--and the unsettled sky worked well for them.

Thank you, that's a lovely thing to say, even if it isn't always the case!

You are so right about how different light affects colours...specially of flowers. I love the soft light of shade, specially when there are white clouds reflecting some light down to add a little modelling. As for making the colours "pop"...sometimes its hard to make it happen, but I find that as I generally shoot a little under exposed to get really good colour saturation, when I bring the images into PS, my first port of call is the good old levels control. Bringing that highlight slider along till it touches the right hand side of the histogram seems to bring a lovely glow to the colours that looks quite natural. (I know, the experts say "expose to the right", but it doesn't always pay to obey the rules, as you know!)

Flower on a plum tree.

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Vette, that is lovely. I like the soft focus here very much.
OhLook, great set. The bug in the first is a nice touch, as are the water droplets. That first one is especially nice!
Richard, that is another lovely shot from you. Such an intense, deep colour.
Tim, I love your pic. Nothing more beautiful than a whole field of little blooming flowers and you caught that field wonderfully.
Stina, that is very lovely. Like Vette's flower it looks so delicate and soft. And the flower is wonderfully isolated from the background. Also nice how the flower catches the light.
Klystron, that is lovely. I like the soft focus here too.

What great contributions all!

Nice one, Andy.

Thanks, Levina.

Another one, from the bushes at work. It was windy and raining so I cut a couple sections of the flowers and photographed them at home in my kitchen.

Ricardo222 wrote in post #16786375
That's lovely Tim! I think the shadows really enhance the picture.

Thank you and the others for the kind comments.

OhLook wrote in post #16786520
Tim, isn't a cloudy sky more favorable for a field of mustard than bright sun would be? Too much light and the yellows would start to glare. I like them subtle, the way you got them. I shot my flowers today between spells of light rain--you can see the rose is still wet--and the unsettled sky worked well for them.

I agree, too much sunlight would have created a bit of glare. On the other hand, a late afternoon shot, I was looking for a bright sun coming in from the west between the storm clouds that were rolling in. In other words, sort of a sun/spotlight on the mustard. But unfortunately, even I can't control when the clouds will open up enough to do that.

Ricardo222 wrote in post #16786735
Thank you, that's a lovely thing to say, even if it isn't always the case!

You are so right about how different light affects colours...specially of flowers. I love the soft light of shade, specially when there are white clouds reflecting some light down to add a little modelling. As for making the colours "pop"...sometimes its hard to make it happen, but I find that as I generally shoot a little under exposed to get really good colour saturation, when I bring the images into PS, my first port of call is the good old levels control. Bringing that highlight slider along till it touches the right hand side of the histogram seems to bring a lovely glow to the colours that looks quite natural. (I know, the experts say "expose to the right", but it doesn't always pay to obey the rules, as you know!)

I tend to shoot with slight under exposure too, but I haven't tried using the highlight slider like that. Thanks for the post processing tip.

EastBayGirl wrote in post #16787620
Nice one, Andy.

Thanks, Levina.

Another one, from the bushes at work. It was windy and raining so I cut a couple sections of the flowers and photographed them at home in my kitchen.

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There have been some seriously nice shots this week, and this one is outstanding!

I was sitting here trying to figure out why I like this one so much and it occurred to me that the buds in the background look like popcorn kernals, just as they start to open in the oil, right before they explode.