Spring Flowers

[marlunn]

Went out to a local nature resrve today as the sun came out - its a location that has the natural wild Welsh Daffodil
#1 - the wood was filled with daffs and Wood Anemones



#2 - The Welsh Daffodil



#3 - Wood Anemone



#4 - Cellandine



#5 one for David - there were bugs about

[Shadowman]

Nice efforts.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Mark, it is nice to see refreshing flowers. My best is #3

[Geoff F]

You have attempted some of the subjects which always cause me problems!

I would crop #1 a little tighter on the foreground to reduce the out of focus area. Most of my shots of similar scenes get ditched.

Wood Anemones and Celandine! Both very difficult subjects. I keep trying them.

A bug and a spider in the last one. Obviously a popular flower.

[marlunn]

Cheers john,

Thank you Binnur, have to admit its my favourite of this set as well

Geoff, ah, I tried a few crops - not sure on any of them, they all sort of say what I want but none are 'right' was quite please with the shots overall, had some full sun and some overcast but strong light, the cellandine was in overcast light so did not blow out fully, they were certainly fun to take and play with exposure and ev adjustment to get the best balance

[IzzieK]

#1 is just a general overview of the place so I am just looking and it seems like a nice place to shoot some flowers for spring.
#2 the green stalk at the side is not needed in the shot...and just like #2, #3 I think will be much nicer if they are cropped portrait style.
#4 is my favourite...
#5 I agree is for David...you might suggest to put some mayo in it for him...

[Kaye Leggett]

Welcome to the mini club who like the spring flowers !! I think Izzie has summed up well. I do know also that getting that overall shot of a drift of flowers is very very difficult, so well done and keep trying

[marlunn]

Thank you Izzie and Kaye, in #2 its the leaf and as it was in a nature reserve I decided to not cut it

[Barbara Ponder]

I love Spring! #3 and 4 are my favs!

[deetheturk]

Very nice Mark, and you even managed 2 bugs and a flower, now that's showing off

[marlunn]

Thanks Barbara,

Cheers David, there was a third, a small beetle hiding in the back of the flower - keeping well out of the spiders way

[Ziggy]

Nice spring series Mark, enjoyed viewing.

Jim