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First flower shots of the year...
Mar 28, 2016 11:53:38   #
Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
 
Haven't been posting much recently, just waiting for Spring to arrive properly. On Saturday I was shooting photos for the church Easter-egg hunt, and while waiting for the hordes of kids to come invade the field, I noticed that the flowers there had bloomed. The ones here - half a mile away - have barely shown themselves above the dirt!

This was my first outing with my white lens, and I had to lean over a wire fence to get them. The backgrounds are not good - this is a narrow bed between a kerbstone and a wire fence. No matter what I did, I had a distracting background. So, with some judicious cropping, and a quick trip through the Nik tools, here we go...


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Mar 28, 2016 13:39:04   #
Ptw Loc: Tennessee
 
Very pretty!

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Mar 28, 2016 15:25:35   #
Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast
 
All look great to me, Phil, and so glad you're back!

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Mar 28, 2016 17:48:43   #
DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia
 
They look good to me, Phil. Well done. :D :D

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Mar 28, 2016 22:22:43   #
Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
 
Dixiegirl wrote:
All look great to me, Phil, and so glad you're back!


Thanks! I haven't been posting, but I do check the forum every morning. I just don't often reply to posts unless there is something specific.

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Mar 29, 2016 01:29:55   #
Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast
 
Bloke wrote:
Thanks! I haven't been posting, but I do check the forum every morning. I just don't often reply to posts unless there is something specific.


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Mar 29, 2016 07:42:09   #
CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
Bloke wrote:
Haven't been posting much recently, just waiting for Spring to arrive properly. On Saturday I was shooting photos for the church Easter-egg hunt, and while waiting for the hordes of kids to come invade the field, I noticed that the flowers there had bloomed. The ones here - half a mile away - have barely shown themselves above the dirt!

This was my first outing with my white lens, and I had to lean over a wire fence to get them. The backgrounds are not good - this is a narrow bed between a kerbstone and a wire fence. No matter what I did, I had a distracting background. So, with some judicious cropping, and a quick trip through the Nik tools, here we go...
Haven't been posting much recently, just waiting f... (show quote)


Phil, looks like to me you did get a pretty background. Love the colors and job you did in PP.

Greg

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Mar 29, 2016 12:11:40   #
sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA
 
Beautiful, springy shots, Phil! Our church had 80 kids show up for the Easter egg hunt!

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Mar 30, 2016 02:44:45   #
hannaco Loc: People's Republic of California
 
A nice collection from a great garden.

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