danewell

Long time lurker... First time poster... I took these on Father's Day and love 'em, so I thought I'd share. Not all flowers, but certainly plant-like...

Dirty Lens

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Cactus? Leaf? Both? Dunno, but great colors...

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Succulent...

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Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.

Nice set danewell..Thanks for sharing.

saidel42 Loc: NJ

I seem to have missed this one on the first go-around. Glad I had this 2nd chance. (from NJ)

Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.

Nice collage of some pretty flowers.

pbradin Loc: Florida

I live in Bradenton, Florida (just south of Tampa Bay) and spring comes early. It is a wonderful time to shoot because of relatively low humidity and reasonable temperatures. Lots of rain early this year, so things started happening earlier than normal. The last photo is obviously manipulated, a three-shot HDR photo using Photomatix. It was taken in the Rose Garden at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota. The white hibiscus was taken at Joan Durante Park on Longboat Key and I kept waiting for a couple of weeks until the background was in dark shadows to get the look I wanted. The yellow flowers were taken at Myakka River State Park and they are there just for a short time in the early Spring before the rains come and flood that area. The red flowers were taken at the Sarasota Garden Club's butterfly garden (I purposely wanted a soft look to that photograph). I am lucky to live in Florida where flowers abound and that is how Florida got its name. All of the photos were taken with a Canon 7D II and a Canon 70-200 f2.8L IS. I love that lens because I can really shallow up the depth-of-field when I want to. The red flowers were taken with that lens with a 2X teleconverter to shallow up the depth-of-field even more.

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AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

That hibiscus is beautiful, pbraden.

Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.

Gorgeous set..