Anyone for May?

[tesarver]

Re: Anyone for May?

Very nice Alex

Tom

[AlexR!]

Re: Anyone for May?

Thanks Tom

Got quite a nice display of wisteria this year:


Wisteria by AlexR!, on Flickr

[digiman]

Re: Anyone for May?

Nice couple of images there Alex. How did you light the pressed flowers?

Garry

[AlexR!]

Re: Anyone for May?

Nice couple of images there Alex. How did you light the pressed flowers?

Thanks Garry. My dining room table is glass, so I set up my tripod with the camera over that, facing down. The flowers were still on the white paper I used to press them and I held an LED torch underneath. There is also a bit of light from the patio doors.
There is obviously a lot of what looks like blue CA along the edges, which I removed from the green stalks but left on the flowers as it sort of added to the surreal/arty look. Or perhaps I just got lazy...

[rcarca]

Re: Anyone for May?

Got quite a nice display of wisteria this year:

Lovely - one of my favourites. I am missing it this year! But I won't miss the pruning... I wonder if you could darken the right hand side and lighten the left. My eye is being taken to the oof area to the left... Just a thought. Or crop square...

Richard

[AlexR!]

Re: Anyone for May?

I wonder if you could darken the right hand side and lighten the left. My eye is being taken to the oof area to the left... Just a thought. Or crop square...

We've had our wisteria for just over 10 years now, and I think that I have only just got the hang of pruning it properly.
Thanks for the suggestion on the image, though; I dithered back and forth for ages on that area of leaves to the far right. As a matter of interest, the leaves immediately to the right of the main subject were also that bright to start with so I initially desaturated all of the yellow to make the blossom stand out. But then the right hand side all looked a bit boring so I took that block out of the layer mask, thinking they were sufficiently separated not to interfere. I also tried adding a vignette but didn't like that either. I may go back and tinker some more.

[tesarver]

Re: Anyone for May?

So while out for a walk on Tuesday took this image of a Common Blue Violet Flower along the banks of the Bushkill Creek.

Camera EOS SL1 w/Tamron 18-270mm

1/80 sec @ f/8, ISO 800 @ 85mm

Tom

[Tigger]

Re: Anyone for May?

taken last night ... its a white thing ;o)

untitled-9-Edit by fotosespana.es, on Flickr

[tesarver]

Re: Anyone for May?

Very nice Ian

Tom

[Tigger]

Re: Anyone for May?

thanks Tom, turned out OK as I was trying a new PP least for me ;o)

[pinxos]

Re: Anyone for May?

Taken on 1st May, first ever entry

[David Stallard]

Re: Anyone for May?

Thirsty - Whipsnade Zoo Lemur enclosure. 1DX & 200-400 f/4


.DAVID.

[cjf999]

Re: Anyone for May?

Nice shot David. Erm Basildon ???

[David Stallard]

Re: Anyone for May?

Nice shot David. Erm Basildon ???

Oops - forgot that bit, have updated post

.DAVID.

[tesarver]

Re: Anyone for May?

Star of Bethlehem


SL1 (100D) w/Tamron 18-275 1/500 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 800 @ 270mm


SL1 (100D) w/Tamron 18-275 1/500 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 800 @ 270mm

Tom