I apologize for being late with this weekly post but I suffered a hard drive failure last week and just got my computer back today. Happily no images were lost and that was sheer luck because I have been seriously negligent about backing up. Lesson learned! So I was playing with a bouquet of roses… Continue reading Belated Roses
Category: Flowers
Yellow Rose
This week’s field trip was to the newly opened Santa Fe Botanical Gardens where these yellow roses with the unlikely name of “Julia Child” were the stars of the show. I shot this at f/16 to get most of the flower in focus then in post processing added a Gaussian Blur filter and masked out… Continue reading Yellow Rose
Sunflower – Nik vs. Topaz Restyle
Here are two versions of the same image. The first one was processed using Nik Color Effex Pro and the second with the new Topaz Restyle software. In the Nik version I used the detail extractor, brilliance/warmth and added a dark vignette. In Topaz I selected one of the many color palettes in the Moody… Continue reading Sunflower – Nik vs. Topaz Restyle
Dutch Iris
Well, school is over and I have no one to answer to but myself this week. Everyone seems to like my flower pictures best so I headed back down to the Botanic Gardens in Albuquerque to see what was in bloom. The Irises definitely had center stage but I also found some poppies and columbines… Continue reading Dutch Iris
Tulip after rain
This week found me thinking wistfully of my trip to Oregon last year about this time. My one tulip here in Santa Fe was brutalized by the wind this year. During last year’s trip it rained nearly every day but the flowers in my parents garden were just beautiful. This image I have processed before… Continue reading Tulip after rain
Color Splash
This week I learned a new trick in Photoshop called color splash. It allows you to convert an image to black and white while still retaining a splash of color. In this case there is nothing quite as dramatic as a black and white landscape. But in this image the flowers fade out in the… Continue reading Color Splash
Tulip
I stopped by Walmart to pick up a few things a few days before Valentine’s Day and this potted Tulip in the entry area caught my eye. As I had no plans for a field excursion this week I thought I might as well take it home to pose for me. I wasn’t that excited… Continue reading Tulip
Calla Lily
This week’s photography field trip took me back to the botanic gardens in Albuquerque. Though the only things in bloom were inside the greenhouse there were plenty of winter textures and patterns to photograph and I had my usual fun time with the koi in the Japanese Gardens. But the best of a good day… Continue reading Calla Lily