camellia and cherry blossom

[Beth Carter]

fuji x-pro 1 and 18-55mm

 

[Rob MacKillop]

So you don't have to shake a camera when photographing flowers? Who knew?

These are gorgeous, Beth. Proper flower shots!

 

[Beth Carter]

crap, i knew i forgot something.

 

[Paul Lange]

The bud in the first pulls my eyes to it immediately. It is clear what the photo is of straight away (which I like). The second pulls me back to my childhood and the stacks of "Love Albums" that my parents used to buy from Readers Digest, I can hear the Carpenters in my mind right now, and whats this? Birds have suddenly appeared!

 

[Pete Askew]

Now these are nice Beth (aside from the bizarre imagery that Paul's contribution has seeded in my mind!) and I especially like the Camelia - very restrained. The blossom works well too with the shallow DoF - very Japanese!

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And where di those bloody birds come from all of a sudden - damn you Lange!

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks everyone - except paul.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Particularly like the muted tones on the first shot Beth - very effective and lovely bokeh

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks chris, you must be referring to the lens blur filter in photoshop. i did have some nice bokeh, but wanted a little less dof so i cheated.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Cheater!

 

[Pete Askew]

She'll be cloning things next. Ban her while we're all safe!

 

[Peter McCullough]

Hi Beth,

wOw, these are stunning florals, SUPERB light, great depth of field. They'd make excellent large 30"x20" canvas wall prints. Beautiful photography!!

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