flowers, flowers, flowers.... 6.

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   taking pictures of flowers is always rewarding and the results are great to look at I've seen in this themed views.

some pictures from last autumn. Particularly like photographing dew in early sunlight.

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Dopol Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Alpha Eyes group Joined: 17 May 2007 Country: Netherlands Location: Utrecht Status: Online Posts: 9971	Posted: 24 January 2008 at 22:09
	taking pictures of flowers is always rewarding and the results are great to look at I've seen in this themed views. some pictures from last autumn. Particularly like photographing dew in early sunlight.
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eccles Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 20 August 2007 Country: United Kingdom Location: Bristol Status: Offline Posts: 998	Posted: 24 January 2008 at 23:24
	The first wildflowers of the year for me, snowdrops and primroses. Snowdrops taken with big beercan, primroses with Sigma 400m F5.6. No reason for the choice, it's just what I had on the Sony A100 at the time.

LTTay Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member 1969-2011 - Deeply Missed Joined: 01 October 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Posts: 1693	Posted: 25 January 2008 at 15:53
	eccles, the white ones I'm guessing are 'snowdrops'? Cool, now I know what these flowers are called. Here's another from me, I was at the grocery store and they had this gerbera daisy that was different from what I've been used to, so had to get it.. Lionel
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Bard1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 08 August 2007 Country: United States Location: New York State Status: Offline Posts: 281	Posted: 25 January 2008 at 22:06
	January's orchids, top one with Tam. 90 f2.8 macro, next two with Min. 100-300 APO, all at f22 [ Edited by Bard1 - 25 January 2008 at 22:30
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brettania Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Dyxum factotum Joined: 17 July 2005 Country: New Zealand Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 20649	Posted: 27 January 2008 at 10:20
	Some flax flowers. a700 and 70-200 APO SSM.

dd001 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 16 August 2006 Country: France Location: Bordeaux Status: Offline Posts: 2140	Posted: 27 January 2008 at 11:44
	Just a sunflower... A700 \| Minolta AF 100 F2.8 Macro \| ISO 200 \| 1/15s \| f/11 David Edited by dd001 - 29 January 2008 at 16:47
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jagged Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 July 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Posts: 1030	Posted: 28 January 2008 at 16:51
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LTTay Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member 1969-2011 - Deeply Missed Joined: 01 October 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Posts: 1693	Posted: 29 January 2008 at 03:44
	Some Pink 'Spray Roses'...
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twb119 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 June 2007 Country: United States Location: United States Status: Offline Posts: 623	Posted: 03 February 2008 at 03:44
	Wild Blackberry flower ??? Clamshell Orchid

pauljg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 30 December 2007 Country: Netherlands Location: Leiden Status: Offline Posts: 8009	Posted: 04 February 2008 at 20:12
	Tulips are typical Dutch flowers although originally they come from the Middle East and were brought West in what is called the "Golden Century", from 1600 to 1700 in Holland. Botanically they belong to the Lily-family and these have a beautiful symmetry: it seems to be sixfold but in reality it is twice threefold: the flowers have three inside en three outside petals, six stamen (also in two groups of three) and a three sided pistil. This is beautifully shown in the following picture: But sometimes nature errs a bit and the next picture shows an aberrant tulip which has seemingly an eight-fold symmetry which really is twice fourfold, with 4 inside and 4 outside petals, 8 stamen and a pistil with 4 points, as shown in this picture: What is even more amazing is that nature sometimes tries out intermediate symmetries and the next picture shows a seven-fold tulip with seven stamen and a pistil which has three and a half points: But something which I have seen only once is a five-fold symmetry: a tulip with five stamen, but the pistil clearly didn't know what to do and has not a nicely defined form: I don't know if anyone else has ever seen these forms or if they occur in other flowers as well but will be very glad to hear of those! Edited by pauljg - 04 February 2008 at 20:14
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brettania Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Dyxum factotum Joined: 17 July 2005 Country: New Zealand Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 20649	Posted: 04 February 2008 at 20:30
	I wonder if the five-fold one is considered a "lucky" variant (as in three and four-leaved clover). Intriguing lesson in botany and great illustrations.

Andreas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 October 2007 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Posts: 12	Posted: 04 February 2008 at 20:43
	Yesterday I tried to take some picture. I haven't touch the camera for several weeks. And I try to learn this crafmanship of photography. 5D, 18-70, 60mm, F5,6, 4s, ISO200 The next picture is prcessed with Lightroom's build in presets "cyanotaype". I like the glowing of the flowers. 5D, 18-70, 60mm, F5,6, 4s, ISO200 The last picture: 5D, 18-70, 60mm, F5,6, 4s, ISO200 All of these pictures was taken with a slow-sync flash, and the anti-shake turned of also. Hope you like them, and if you have any comments, please share them Regards, Andreas

pegelli Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Dyxum Administrator Joined: 02 June 2007 Country: Belgium Location: Schilde Status: Offline Posts: 38344	Posted: 04 February 2008 at 21:09
	@Andreas : interesting effect. Like # 3 the best because there the sharp bit is the main attention point of the shot and draws your eye to it. # 1 and 2 are the most sharp in less important parts of the picture and therefore I find them less pleasing to the eye. @ pauljg: I don't have so much varieties of tulips, but here's one with 6 stamen and one with 7 stamen The first shot was my day 3 submission from the week 50 challenge. The second one was shot a minute later, but was never posted before (PP and border added this evening) Edited by pegelli - 04 February 2008 at 21:14
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pegelli Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Dyxum Administrator Joined: 02 June 2007 Country: Belgium Location: Schilde Status: Offline Posts: 38344	Posted: 06 February 2008 at 06:44
	Just a nice rose I shot in December from a bunch of flowers we bought over the holidays. Doesn't come out via the net, but the fragrence was wonderful as well. Shot with natural light coming in from a large window.
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