Category: Flowers

DAy 66 – Daisy

Lacking any new captures to work with I decided to just go back to the beginning and see what I could find.  These Daisies are long since faded away but I liked the blurry flower in the background.  The original was seriously underexposed so I started with a levels adjustment before doing my usual tricks… Continue reading DAy 66 – Daisy

Day 64 – Sunflower

Another trip to the garden to see how the sunflowers are doing.  They are doing well.  On this one I used the closeup filter. No saturation or warmth needed here but I did add some detail and a center light.

Day 56 – Sunflower with Bee

The Sunflowers are so pretty this time of year. And despite concerns about colony collapse the bees were a buzzing so I didn’t have to wait long for one to show up.  Post processing was a light detail extraction and a slight darken/lighten center. The flower was already saturated and warm enough.

Day 50 – Rose

This Rose was part of a bouquet of flowers.  I did the usual basic processing in Nik CEP. Love the colors but it was shot indoors at high ISO so there is a bit of noise.

Day 46 – Dahlias

I keep thinking I am going to run out of things to shoot at the Grower’s Market.  But every week there is something new, like these amazingly beautiful Dahlias. A light touch on the detail extraction, a little brilliance warmth to bring out the colors and the yellows in the main flower, and a darken/lighten… Continue reading Day 46 – Dahlias

Day 42 – Flowers

Here are some more flowers from the Farmer’s Market.  I swear I am going to get out and shoot today if it is the last thing I do.  Saturation on this one was already great so I just did some sharpening and detail and a slight lightening of the center.

Day 39 – Sunflowers

Sunflowers because they remind us that the sun will go on shining and the flowers will go on blooming.  Just cropped this one a little and added some detail in CEP.

Day 30 – Marigold with bee

Gotta love serendipity. I was all set up to shoot this beautiful Marigold when the bee obligingly came along and posed for me.  Just a small amount of detail added in post and a little center highlight on the bee.  The flower was definitely already saturated and warm enough!