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Even MORE Flowers

Ken Bondy - 2-27-2008 at 03:40 PM

Diane's beautiful flower photos got me inspired:





DianaT - 2-27-2008 at 03:48 PM

Dang, those are beautiful!!!!

Ken,
Do you use a macro lens---I have never used one and think I want one----I am on the learning curve and need lots of help and advice .

Thanks
Diane

Ken Bondy - 2-27-2008 at 03:50 PM

Can't stop:








Ken Bondy - 2-27-2008 at 03:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by jdtrotter
Dang, those are beautiful!!!!

Ken,
Do you use a macro lens---I have never used one and think I want one----I am on the learning curve and need lots of help and advice .

Thanks
Diane


Thanks Diane. Yes, for flowers and bugs I use a Nikon 105mm macro lens with the Nikon closeup strobe outfit. It's a ring on the end of the lens onto which you can attach two small wireless strobes in virtually any position around the lens.

++Ken++

Roberto - 2-27-2008 at 04:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by jdtrotter
Dang, those are beautiful!!!!

Ken,
Do you use a macro lens---I have never used one and think I want one----I am on the learning curve and need lots of help and advice .

Thanks
Diane


What kind of camera do you have?

And, yes, macro lenses are required for quality flower shots, just like telephotos are pretty much required for nature (and portrait) shots.

Sharksbaja - 2-27-2008 at 04:15 PM

Beautiful Ken, mucho gusto!

Skipjack Joe - 2-27-2008 at 05:21 PM

Excellent Mr. Bondy! Really shows how delicate and yet so perfect they are.

Thanks for sharing. You haven't shown any of these before I believe.

Barry A. - 2-27-2008 at 05:34 PM

Beautiful!!!!

The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park website is predicting a good wildflower display in the park this spring, with peaks being the first two weeks in March. We plan on being there for the entire month of March, so hope they are right. :yes:

We love Anza-Borrego, Borrego Springs!! :bounce:

Barry

Natalie Ann - 2-27-2008 at 06:02 PM

These flores... oh so lovely, Ken. You've really captured their essence. Bravo!

Nena

tripledigitken - 2-27-2008 at 06:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Barry A.
Beautiful!!!!

The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park website is predicting a good wildflower display in the park this spring, with peaks being the first two weeks in March. We plan on being there for the entire month of March, so hope they are right. :yes:

We love Anza-Borrego, Borrego Springs!! :bounce:

Barry


Barry,

We are going out this Saturday, I will post a report.

Ken

Ken Bondy - 2-27-2008 at 06:56 PM

Just one more, this time a cactus:


tripledigitken - 2-27-2008 at 07:12 PM

Ken,

That last shot could pass for one of your underwater friends.

Keep um coming, great.


Ken

Ken Bondy - 2-27-2008 at 07:19 PM

Ken - right you are. They could be urchin spines!

++ken++

Iflyfish - 2-27-2008 at 10:37 PM

Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower -but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.
Tennyson

Iflyfish

Great flower photos

BMG - 2-27-2008 at 11:34 PM

Here are some of my favorite so far. Taken at my father-in-law's house in Sonora.









Here's a few from Buchart Gardens







A lily pond..

Pompano - 2-28-2008 at 10:40 AM

...at an amigos rancho a few moons ago. Mismo tranquil y a good place for ranas (frogleg dinners!).

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tripledigitken - 2-28-2008 at 10:48 AM

I'll jump in with a "posterized" treatment in photoshop of a flowering cactus with 2 colors on the same plant.

Ken

Natalie Ann - 2-28-2008 at 12:33 PM

Mexican Salvia - Limelight



Nena

DianaT - 2-28-2008 at 12:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Roberto
Quote:
Originally posted by jdtrotter
Dang, those are beautiful!!!!

Ken,
Do you use a macro lens---I have never used one and think I want one----I am on the learning curve and need lots of help and advice .

Thanks
Diane


What kind of camera do you have?

And, yes, macro lenses are required for quality flower shots, just like telephotos are pretty much required for nature (and portrait) shots.


Have a Canon SLR and forget the number. In the days of film, I never learned anything about photography---strictly had simple 35mm Ricoh fully automatic. Even with my new digital, I had to attend a couple of simple classes to even learn how to change the camera from automatic to other settings. :yes::yes:

Now I want to learn and am learning so much from the great photographers on this forum----next lense will be a macro, except I want a better telephoto--

Someday, rather than snapshots that I hope tell a little bit of a story in Baja, I hope to capture a few good photos.

These flower pictures are art and I love looking at them---all of them!

Diane

[Edited on 2-28-2008 by jdtrotter]

Skipjack Joe - 2-28-2008 at 03:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by tripledigitken
I'll jump in with a "posterized" treatment in photoshop of a flowering cactus with 2 colors on the same plant.

Ken



Wonderful, Ken. I didn't know you could do that with photoshop. That's amazing. Someday you will have to show me how you did that.

tripledigitken - 2-28-2008 at 03:44 PM

Thanks Skipjack. When I'm in front of Photoshop I will walk you through it. I'll U2U when I can do it.


Ken

Here's another with the similar technique. "wrestling masks"


Roberto - 2-28-2008 at 04:34 PM

Diane, there are many zoom lenses that are also able to focus 1:1 or better you might want to look at.

There are some decent ones that are not made by Nikon, Canon that are well priced and perform well. Look at Sigma, for example.

I have this one, and it has performed well: http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3...

Ken Bondy - 2-28-2008 at 04:47 PM

Wow, this sure "blossomed" into a nice thread (get it???). Beautiful flower photos everyone!!
++Ken++