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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: JohnKoerner on March 19, 2009, 02:57:24 am

Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: JohnKoerner on March 19, 2009, 02:57:24 am
(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Exhibition/delphinium.jpg)
Delphinium




(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Exhibition/bulb2.jpg)
Abutilon Pink




(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Exhibition/blueflower.jpg)
Blue Plumbago
Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: LoisWakeman on March 19, 2009, 08:49:18 am
What's with the off-topic spamalike signature, David - or is that Brian? But welcome anyway.  
Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: JohnKoerner on March 19, 2009, 10:39:36 am
Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: Christopher Sanderson on March 19, 2009, 12:28:38 pm
Quote from: francois
Jack,
I believe that Lois made reference to the signature of a deleted post (spam) not to your signature.
That is correct. I have removed the post & suspended that member until his/her spam signature is removed
Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: JohnKoerner on March 19, 2009, 12:39:26 pm
Oh, please forgive me then Lois. I did not have the opportunity to see the previous post or signature.

I thought I was being made fun of and didn't understand how a post enjoying flowers could turn to controversy

I only wanted to post pretty pictures



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Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: LoisWakeman on March 23, 2009, 06:39:20 am
Quote from: JohnKoerner
Oh, please forgive me then Lois. I did not have the opportunity to see the previous post or signature.
No need to apologise at all - the post being deleted in the mean time made it very confusing. And thanks for cheering up my day with such beauty  
Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: JohnKoerner on March 23, 2009, 09:57:10 pm
PassionFlowers

 


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Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: boblybill on March 24, 2009, 04:34:53 pm
I love passion flowers. They have got to be the most interesting and different looking flowers of all time (at least in my humble opinion). Great shots!
Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: JohnKoerner on March 31, 2009, 01:18:04 pm
Thank you very much, and I agree, they are amazing flowers.

I sent these photos to my parents over in California, and they loved them, but what was interesting is my father (82 years old) is eating a supplement for insomnia that has Passion Flower in it.

Apparently, not only is Passion Flower stunning in its beauty, but it also has medicinal properties to it ...

Jack



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Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: dalethorn on April 05, 2009, 01:46:56 am
It's been cold near Lake Erie, so there aren't many flowers as yet. This flower was one of about 4 or 5 in several acres of forest. I don't know the type, but the size is about half an inch wide.
Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: wolfnowl on April 05, 2009, 02:34:45 am
Quote from: dalethorn
It's been cold near Lake Erie, so there aren't many flowers as yet. This flower was one of about 4 or 5 in several acres of forest. I don't know the type, but the size is about half an inch wide.

Round-lobed hepatica.  One of the first flowers out in the spring in that part of the world.  They'll even push their way out through the snow...

Mike.

P.S.  Nice work!

Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: JohnKoerner on April 08, 2009, 01:06:28 am
Quote from: dalethorn
It's been cold near Lake Erie, so there aren't many flowers as yet. This flower was one of about 4 or 5 in several acres of forest. I don't know the type, but the size is about half an inch wide.


Nice Dale


Here is one I took of a Butterfly Blue, just starting to bloom ...



(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Exhibition/butterflyblue.jpg)



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Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: dalethorn on April 08, 2009, 01:55:44 pm
That's a very odd-looking flower, Jack.  I don't think they have time to grow that much here.

Here's another - the only other flower I've seen this spring.  It's a small cluster right on the ground, and I would have preferred some surrounding foliage, but no such luck.  I used the LX3 macro for this and the other flower, with aperture priority f8.  I'm not a fan of rapid DOF falloff, at least on clusters of flowers.
Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: marcmccalmont on April 08, 2009, 08:20:06 pm
From this last weekend
Marc
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Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: dalethorn on April 10, 2009, 02:34:00 pm
Flowers on someone's front gate - Charleston SC - March 2009.
Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: JohnKoerner on April 11, 2009, 02:05:14 am
Quote from: dalethorn
That's a very odd-looking flower, Jack.  I don't think they have time to grow that much here.
Here's another - the only other flower I've seen this spring.  It's a small cluster right on the ground, and I would have preferred some surrounding foliage, but no such luck.  I used the LX3 macro for this and the other flower, with aperture priority f8.  I'm not a fan of rapid DOF falloff, at least on clusters of flowers.

Yes, it has a bizzare look to it, especially with the black background created by the ringlight flash.

Sorry there's no foliage to go with your flowers, but in a way it is rather nice also. I think emerging flowers from a past cold is very symbolic and evocative, actually.




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Quote from: marcmccalmont
From this last weekend
Marc
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Beautiful shot --- beautiful flower!

Purples and lavenders are my favorite colors




Here is another shot of a passionflower ... this time with a honey bee on it ...




(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Exhibition/beepassion.jpg)





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Title: The Simple Beauty of Flowers
Post by: JohnKoerner on April 13, 2009, 02:49:41 pm
(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Exhibition/thistle.jpg)
Wild Thistle




(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Exhibition/thistle2.jpg)
w/ Bumble Bee ...