Category Archives: Flowers

Local Garden Center Display

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Nursery Display

Local Garden Center Display - D700, 85mm PC

We went to one of the local garden centers today to get a few plants for the garden. I usually take a camera along to see if I can discover an image among the plants and displays. This scene caught my eye as we were leaving, a left over 4th of July display no doubt. I was drawn to the red-green-blue color triad. Used a Tony Sweet Soft-Ray filter for the diffused effect and processed in CS5 with some Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 filters…click for a larger view.

Pastel Garden

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Pastel Garden

Pastel Garden, Gaura - D700, 85mm PC

Snapped a few shots in the garden this morning. The light wasn’t really all that great but I thought it might work for the effect I was going after. We put this plant, gaura, in last year and it has filled out a lot more this year. I really like the soft feel of the flowers and stems as it blows in the wind.

Shot this with my 85mm PC wide open with a bit of tilt with a Tony Sweet Soft-Ray filter to spread the highlights out even more. Processed in CS5 with the Pastel filter in Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0. Pretty much conveys the feeling I get when I look at this plant in the breeze…click on the image for a larger view.

Garden Flower & Texture

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Flower and Texture

Flower and Texture - D700, 85mm PC

The sun was going down on the garden dabbing highlights here, there and everywhere. I was doing some experimenting with multiple exposures in camera. This is a two shot multiple, one in focus and one out. In CS5 I added some Nik Color Efex Pro, Color Contrast filter and also some texture using  the Totally Rad, Dirty Pictures plug-in. The bright yellows in the background are a large bank of yellow day lilies backlit by the sun.

Azalea Buds

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Azalea Buds

Azalea Buds - D700, 85mm PC

Some azalea buds that I shot earlier in the spring. Processed with Topaz Simplify and additional color work in CS5 using the Dan Margulis, “Man From Mars” move in the Lab Colorspace to get some additional color separation.

Impressionistic Clematis

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Impressionistic Clematis No.1

Impressionistic Clematis No.1 - D700, 85mm PC

The light was great in the garden this morning so I did  some experimenting with some in camera multiple exposures. Ten exposures rotating the camera between each exposure and moving in a little each time…oh and don’t forget to refocus each time too. Some additional post production work was done in CS5 using some Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 filters.

I can’t decide which one I like better soooo I posted both versions.  I like the softness in No. 1 but also like the detail in No.2, go figure?  Click to view larger.

Impressionistic Clematis No.2

Impressionistic Clematis No.2 - D700, 85mm PC

Lily of the Valley – Fractalius

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Lilly of the Valley - Fractalius

Lilly of the Valley, Fractalius - D700, Lensbaby Composer

Playing around with the fractalius filter this morning, I was trying to get a glowing feel on some of the Lily of the Valley images I shot last week. I kind of like this one…it’s a combination blend of different layers with different fractalius filter effects. Click to view larger…

Orange Poppy

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Orange Poppy

Orange Poppy - D700, Lensbaby Composer

The light was really good this morning for shooting flowers in the garden, especially with the Lensbaby Composer. Nice semi-bright overcast skies work well with the Lensbaby, not too much contrast. I used an extention tube and the tele converter to compress the scene to get just the depth of field I was looking for. More things are starting to bloom in the garden, soooo more things to explore…

Here’s a version using the Totally Rad, Dirty Pictures texture plug-in…

Orange Poppy Texturized

Orange Poppy Texturized - D700, Lensbaby Composer