Nature Show "Flowers"

~ yellow rose ~

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To tell you the truth, I love this thread. There's beauty and contemplation in these photographs and in a world of craziness having a place to go to see nature's way is good for my soul. Yes, I'm lucky that I can get to places in real life too, but I like to come in here for the close-ups, especially and the lack of distractions.

This summer I hardly took any flower pictures which is strange. I don't know if it was the excessive rain and mosquitoes or what. I'm glad you all have and continue to.

Dorf, that's a stunning use of selective color, I'm guessing via Silver Efex Pro...and yes, that GRD III's macro is impressive!
 
Paul, that is one of your most beautiful and best ever - wow! The depth of color and the quality of the image with that lighting is exemplary - but more than those things...is the image itself. I think that you and the Dp2 may well have been made for each other.

Andy, wonderful simplicity with a pop art flavor - graphic art in the form of a photograph! A beauty!
 
Thanks Hun!! Still learning how to deal with lighting but was lucky with the flash for this little session. I bounced the flash off the ceiling and had a black background. It seems to have worked quite well. Just need some nice exotic flowers to photograph now!!
 
The ubiquitous thistle surprises me again! I suppose this shows my ignorance but I always think of them as being a purple color. A very pretty seeing close up moment, Barrie.:flowers_2:

Hi BB, Sow-thistles are not actually thistles, they are part of the Hawkweed family, so think Dandelions and the like, though their leaves resemble thistles. All part of the reason why I really don't do botany, all too confusing.

Barrie
 
Botany is too confusing for you .... I bet you can untwist the complexities of Motacilla flava though, Barrie ...

Paul,

I saw a great many forms of Yellow Wagtail during the 1970's when I worked in the Middle East, however these days I think I would struggle with some of them, wouldn't want to be responsible for starting a twitch when I had it wrong, and wouldn't want to be anywhere near the twitch either.

Barrie
 
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