Blossoms

[pippin88]

More from Sunday (there will be more - don't worry):

Blossoms this time.

This one isn't tack sharp, but I really like it.
























Comments appreciated.

[Alpha_7]

Another nice bunch of flowers (to steal Peter's pun).

I really like how blue the sky looks in some of your shots, have they undergone any PP, or were you using a filter ?

#3 and the 2nd last shot are my favourite in this set .

[pippin88]

Another nice bunch of flowers (to steal Peter's pun).

I really like how blue the sky looks in some of your shots, have they undergone any PP, or were you using a filter ?

#3 and the 2nd last shot are my favourite in this set .

The sky was quite blue, but it's really as a result of PP. Shadow contrast upped a bit, then played with levels in PS. Usually brought the bottom up (deepened the blue) and the top down a bit (whitenes the whites and brightens it a bit).

No filter, I don't think I could handle anything like a CPL on top of all the other elements in taking a decent sharp macro.

[stubbsy]

Nick

Don't know how this one got by with so few comments. I like #2,4 and 12 the best. I especially like the blue backgrounds in 2 & 4 and some others, but the subject in some is less interesting to me than #2 or #4

A few of the others are ALMOST right but:
#1 - I find the green stem distracting
#3 - crop or clone smidge of flower in top left corner
#6, #7 - a little busy
#8 - the scale is wrong - too much blue

[pippin88]

Thanks for the critique Peter.

#3 - It's easy to miss a little distractor like that on a photo taken by yourself, but when viewing someone else's they really jump out. A diligent eye is important!

[Killakoala]

They are all really nice. I especially love the bokeh on the images with the OOF backgrounds. It really adds punch to your subjects, not that they really need that much punch as they are truly magnificent specimens in their own right.