You don't bring me Flowers anymore.

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Originally Posted by Jim B.

Very nice! Nice DoF .Maybe a tighter crop to eliminate the open space in the upper left of the frame.
I see it was taken at 55mm.What lens did you use?

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Thanks :). I just used the EF-S 18-55mm kit lens that comes with the Canon 450D (I haven't been doing this for very long so I only have a telephoto zoom lens other than that)

http://www.bareham-net.co.uk/DSC_0443-Edit.jpg

D2Xs, Sigma 150 macro

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...7&d=1287190354

Water Lily

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...6&d=1286051465

Plumeria

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...2&d=1287191126

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...3&d=1287191126

Flowers by a cave.

sweet like candy

http://www.dt13.nl/sig/sweet.jpg

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Originally Posted by Klickit

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/...3b7b90f6_o.jpg

This was taken at my sister & bro-in-laws place early one evening when the sun was low in the sky and back-lighting the rose. Very little pp work had to be done, so for once I hit the lucky spot. :) I kept this a little softer than usual, as it suits the subject.

Creation date: 11/11/2008 18:58
Camera: NIKON D80
Focal length: 90*mm*(equiv. 135*mm)(Tamron 90mm Macro)
Aperture: F8
Exposure time: 1/160"
ISO speed rating: 100/21°
Program: Manual
Metering Mode: Pattern
White Balance: Manual
Flash: Flash did not fire

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Hi,
BRAVO!
Radu Dinu

I thought I was done with insects for the season.Having a very mild fall has kept them coming around.

http://phoenix54.smugmug.com/MACRO/W...96_AjQjb-L.jpg

An old one from the safe :rolleyes:

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/ph...T7kUJ-L-12.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/cjsouthern/imag...6701/large.jpg

I took this today as we were walking our dogs at a horse trail close to our home. I wanted to photograph horses but there were none. I am not sure if it is a flower but thought it looked nice. Comments on improvement are always welcome.

http://i56.tinypic.com/5sda9.jpg

Could anyone tell me what's wrong with the color/exposure/whatever on these? I can't figure it out. All C&C are welcome.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/...8b53059f_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/...6e18e128_z.jpg

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Originally Posted by Antonio Correia

An old one from the safe :rolleyes:

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/ph...T7kUJ-L-12.jpg

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What a beautiful mood this shot has!

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5287/mg1554.jpg

No idea what its called but I lked it.

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Originally Posted by peterb533

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5287/mg1554.jpg

No idea what its called but I lked it.

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Echinacea or pink coneflower. Lovely color layers. :)

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Originally Posted by Katy Noelle

Echinacea or pink coneflower. Lovely color layers. :)

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And here is one at the end of summer (which was also in the latest Themed competition)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/...623ea206_b.jpg

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Originally Posted by Katy Noelle

Echinacea or pink coneflower. Lovely color layers. :)

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Thanks for indentification, must try and remember the names of these. Can you help with this?

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6431/mg1567.jpg

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Originally Posted by peterb533

Thanks for indentification, must try and remember the names of these. Can you help with this?

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6431/mg1567.jpg

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Okay! It's time for a confession. I've known most of the flowers (and some of the weeds) that have passed by and haven't been very helpful. I' m embarrassed about how many posts that I have for a new comer. :o but I'm just not very good with the plethora of yellow flowers that appear at this time of year. Sorry! My guess is coreopsis. (????)

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Originally Posted by Katy Noelle

Could anyone tell me what's wrong with the color/exposure/whatever on these? I can't figure it out. All C&C are welcome.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/...8b53059f_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/...6e18e128_z.jpg

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Hi Katy,

The colour and exposure appear fine, but I think the images need more post-processing work. Personally I'd increase the exposure slightly, and then run the burn tool (shadows and midtones, 2%) over some of the lighter foliage. Possibly even raise the black clipping point slightly to increase the overall contrast of the image.

You also need to be soing a bit of output sharpening on these shots (perhaps around 0.3 pixel, 100%) (depending on what algorithm you're using for the down-sampling) (Bicubic Sharper?).

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Originally Posted by Colin Southern

Hi Katy,

The colour and exposure appear fine, but I think the images need more post-processing work. Personally I'd increase the exposure slightly, and then run the burn tool (shadows and midtones, 2%) over some of the lighter foliage. Possibly even raise the black clipping point slightly to increase the overall contrast of the image.

You also need to be soing a bit of output sharpening on these shots (perhaps around 0.3 pixel, 100%) (depending on what algorithm you're using for the down-sampling) (Bicubic Sharper?).

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Bicubic sharper???????? I still only have iphoto. There's talk of photoshop for Christmas. I tried to sort of take care of what you were mentioning with the pp that I have. Is this any better?

How would you have handled the sheen on the pear when you shot it? Exposing for the shine? No, wait, exposing for that blown out white part on the flower. Or, something that I'm completely not getting, yet? I want to try these again.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1208/...3dfd8fd1_z.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1435/...8a4bc3e6_z.jpg