Early Spring

[snapapple]

I took so many pictures of flowers last week that I'm still developing the RAW files. I didn't have time to get this first one in the challenge, but I'll show it here. If you have some suggestions, I'd appreciate them. I think I'd like to frame one of the triptychs for my hallway.
http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/14740270-L.jpg

[LiquidOps]

These are very wonderful images. I really like them a lot...

as far as the triptych though, the last one seems a little too dark to flow with the rest of them.

Keep in mind, i'm still learning here myself and this is just what I see.

Keep up the awesome work though,

Steven

[lynnma]

I took so many pictures of flowers last week that I'm still developing the RAW files. I didn't have time to get this first one in the challenge, but I'll show it here. If you have some suggestions, I'd appreciate them. I think I'd like to frame one of the triptychs for my hallway.
http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/14740270-L.jpgsnappy thats beautiful.. what were your settings..:clap :clap

[snapapple]

Thanks LiquidOps and Lynn,
These were all shot with my Olympus c5050z on macro setting, in the house, near a window. I used a dark green, vellux blanket as a backdrop. For the daisy, I used a flashlight from below to highlight the petals.

The rosebud setting was ISO 125, f2.0 1/25 sec., 11.9mm (I don't know how to convert to 35mm equivelent. My lens goes from 7.1 to 21.3mm which they say is equivelent to 35 to 105mm.) This was pretty underexposed and I brought it up in the RAW development. I wanted to make sure I didn't overexpose the yellow and I wanted the background very dark.

The fully open rose setting was: ISO 125, f2.3, 1/30 sec., 13.8mm

The daisy setting was: ISO 125, f2.6, 1/25 sec., 21.3mm.

The shadows are dark on the daisy, but I really liked the bright light on the petals.

Here is a quick snapshot of my nectarine tree that I took on Jan 20. Just in case you folks on the east coast don't believe we have blossoms out here in California.
http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/14803510-L.jpg

[snapapple]

Here's another rose from last weekend. I cropped it a bit to move it out of the exact center. I have a problem with that. I focus on the center of the flower and forget to move the camera over to reframe. :D Oh well, I'm getting better. I remember sometimes. :thumb
http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/14854800-L.jpg

[GREAPER]

Wonderfull color snappy.

[Sam]

I took so many pictures of flowers last week that I'm still developing the RAW files. I didn't have time to get this first one in the challenge, but I'll show it here. If you have some suggestions, I'd appreciate them. I think I'd like to frame one of the triptychs for my hallway.
http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/14740270-L.jpg
Very nice, and well worth hanging on the wall.

Sam

[snapapple]

Thanks Greaper and Sam. I'm working now, but I'll probably have some more flowers done this evening. I'm wondering if the composition of the triptych would be improved by having a flower with dark background at the top in the center spot. This would carry the dark background all the way across the composition. But, then the center flower would probably have to show the rounded edge of a flower and that would make two round flowers on the right of the rose bud that has a different shape. No, maybe this center view is best. :dunno

[Sam]

Thanks Greaper and Sam. I'm working now, but I'll probably have some more flowers done this evening. I'm wondering if the composition of the triptych would be improved by having a flower with dark background at the top in the center spot. This would carry the dark background all the way across the composition. But, then the center flower would probably have to show the rounded edge of a flower and that would make two round flowers on the right of the rose bud that has a different shape. No, maybe this center view is best. :dunno
I had an idea.............don't laugh....I have them once in awhile!

Take the first photo, and flip it so it faces to the left. Remove the daisy and repace with the fliped version. You would then have the center flower flanked by flowers looking inward, and the fantastic color would be maintained.

Sam