I told you the tulips would be back- and I haven’t even posted any of the purple ones yet! This image is for Texture Tuesday- textured with Kim’s Sybil texture again.
Tulip Black and Whites
I bought some tulips for $4.00 a bunch at Raleys this weekend and have had fun photographing them as they begin to open. All three were edited in Lightroom, and the second one had some additional editing in Photoshop (some cloning and a bit of matte processing on leaves and background). I am still making up my mind about matte processing- love it in everyone else’s work, but miss the clarity in my own. I compromised on that second image, masking the effect from the flowers.
You will see these (and more) tulips again this week, I promise!
More
Yes, more flowers! Here’s that Trader Joe’s bouquet again. I got so many good shots from this bouquet- I just have to share!
Subtle
Yesterday’s flower photo was pretty dramatic; today’s is subtle. They are both macro images from the same Trader Joe’s bouquet- I always get a lot of mileage out of those! This one I converted to black and white, adding a layer of Kim Klassen’s Anna texture for a bit of warmth. Happy Texture Tuesday!
Orange and Black
Beyond Beyond 6
The challenge for this lesson was “From Above”- taking a photo looking down at the subject. Because of my San Diego trip, I didn’t have a chance to go through the lesson until yesterday, so am trying to catch up and get it done before today’s lesson is posted. So yesterday afternoon I stood on my cedar chest to take this shot of blossoms in a glass jar, placed on my mother’s marble top table.
Textured with Kim Klassen’s Anna texture.
Orchids
The Botanical Building at Balboa Park was one of the highlights of our San Diego trip. Orchids were everywhere! For Texture Tuesday, I textured this image with 3 layers of Kim Klassen’s Sybil (my new go-to texture. . .) , using different blend modes and opacities.
Sunny
We need rain, but this sunny weather is fantastic! Here’ a shot of some daisies starting to bloom in the front yard, textured with Kim Klassen’s sybil texture (again!).
Beyond Beyond 3
For this week’s Beyond Beyond assignment, we were challenged to take a series of photos with a shallow depth of field, focusing on different parts of the scene. We were then to choose our favorites to post. I chose my gerbera daisies, which are fading fast, for this assignment. Invariably, my favorites had the pink flower in front in focus, although I took quite a few focusing on the rear flowers or teapot. So here are the three I like best.
I took these three shots using the light from my bedroom window. If you look closely at the bottom photo, you can see a reflection of me sitting on the bed!
Macros in Pink
I experimented with my macro lens last weekend- shooting gerbera daisies and water drops.
For the top photo I used a long exposure and small aperture to increase depth of field- and mostly succeeded.
For the shot below, I used close to the maximum aperture of my macro lens (f/4) and went for a very shallow depth of field. I further reduced the clarity in Lightroom to accentuate the dreamy look.
Day 317 Bottom of the Barrel?
I am coming to the end of my second year of my Project 365. Next year, although I will still continue posting photos to this blog, I am not committing to taking a photo a day. This decision is based on days like today, when I am busy, the creative well is dry, and my easiest option is going with one of the daily challenges.
Today I am using yesterday’s challenge, which is hair. Good thing my husband got a haircut today. . .
Today the sunflowers get thrown away, so here is a bonus macro sunflower shot.
Day 314- Sunflower Triptych
I bought sunflowers earlier in the week and didn’t photograph them. I have sooooo many photos of sunflowers, so just couldn’t seem to compose a shot in a new way. So, I ended up doing split-toned black and white conversions- which I like- but it does seem to ignore the whole essence of sunflowers . . .
Day 272- Making Hay While the Sun Shines
Gotta shoot these flowers while I still have them!
Day 270- Old-Fashioned
There were so many choices for me to photograph in response to today’s prompt- old-fashioned. I do have a lot of old stuff! But since I have flowers, I couldn’t waste the opportunity to photograph them.
So- flowers in an old-fashioned Mason jar on top of an old-fashioned garden table (that belonged to my parents- maybe my grandparents!):
Day 268- Floral
It’s flower macros today!
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