But, I do like other things too...
Like Flowers, especially sunflowers.
Canon EOS 5D MkII, EOS 70-200 f2.8, shot at f10, 1/160th, iso400 & 28mm
Canon EOS 5D MkII, EOS 22-55 f3.5-5.5, non IS, shot @ f22, 1/40th, iso100 @ 22mm
Canon EOS 20D, EOS kit lens, Fuji Velvia 50 film & scanned in with Nikon 2000 film scanner
I liked these picture, there must of been many bees around.
I liked the first one best.
richard wrote:
I liked these picture, there must of been many bees around.
I liked the first one best.
Thanks and yes there were tons of bees around. I guess I looked like I didn't have much nectar for 'em because they left me alone.
the name sunflower really applies to the second one, I like the lighting on that one... nice work...
gessman wrote:
Like Flowers, especially sunflowers.
I think the top photo is great. The bottom photo has a great perspective. Nice angle. Great job.
Nice...love the sunflowers...love the translucency effect on #2 even with the little lens flare. #3 had some beautiful blue sky to contrast the flowers. Nice work...thanks for sharing.
Nice ! I have a field a farmer uses for feeding his honeybees - the heat this year killed them ! Is it a different species that has multiple heads ?
Wonderful photos, all of them and that third one really got my attention for the richness of the colors.
Travis wrote:
Wonderful photos, all of them and that third one really got my attention for the richness of the colors.
Yep, that Velvia 50 slide film sure pumped up the colors, especially with a polarizer on the lens aimed about 90 degrees from the sun. Thanks for the compliments.
Ugly Jake wrote:
Nice ! I have a field a farmer uses for feeding his honeybees - the heat this year killed them ! Is it a different species that has multiple heads ?
Thanks Jake. Bees are sure having a struggle for sure, and I'm afraid I can't answer about the different species. I've seen lots of plants that look like the one you attached but the ones I have been shooting generally have only one head and it is much larger in diameter than the variety you depicted. These things we have here got up to about 15 inches across just the center of the flower where the seeds are produced. I'm attaching some more in various stages of development. I'd never seen that until just lately. I mean, I've driven by the fields of them but never got out and got close enough to see what was involved.
The pollen develops & the bees come to scatter it...
The flowers mature a little more...
Ultimately, each seed has a little flower that grows where the dark stems were...
Ugly Jake wrote:
Nice ! I have a field a farmer uses for feeding his honeybees - the heat this year killed them ! Is it a different species that has multiple heads ?
I did a double post there. I haven't taken the time to figure out how to delete a post yet. I haven't run across that as of yet so I'll just leave this post on here and add the rest of the sunflower pics I intended to earlier.
The seeds continue to develop
Then it's about all over with
...and then the birds come
Beautiful study and engaging narrative.
Enjoyed the "story" gessman...now I know a bit more about sunflowers...thanks for sharing
gessman,
Your sunflower photos are beautiful! I love them. Great job!
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