Bird Photography – Flamingos

Another day in paradise!

Flower Photography – Water Lilies

Taken with Iphone 13 pro max (RAW) at the Chicago Botanic Garden; Adobe Photoshop Elements, Nik Collection

Landscape Photography – Before & After

It’s been a while since I have done photo editing on my tablet. Thought this photo would be a good test revisiting the Adobe Lightroom app. Was pleasantly surprised.

Flower Photography – Inspirational

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change. Buddha

Flower Photography – Close Up

Sony 6000a with Canon Macro Lens: f/8; 1/250 sec; ISO 2500; 60mm

Normally I shoot most of my flower photographs in bright lit settings. This time I tried something new. It was evening and the room was lit with one dim lamp. By really increasing my ISO it picked up the variance of light illuminating the flower casting a sheen effect. Think I will try this more often. Would like to hear any suggestions for other indoor lighting. I don’t usually photograph indoors. But given it’s winter in the Midwest. I am desperate.

Flower Photography

Plant flowers in others’ gardens and your life becomes a bouquet!
-Anonymous

Flower Photography – Just Go With It!

One can’t control the change in weather, but one can control the shoot! The day this photograph was taken started out sunny, warm with no breeze. Quickly it turned incredibly windy. I was all set to pack it in when I decided to just go with it! Knowing that the odds were very slim of capturing a completely sharp image, or any decent image for that matter. I set the shutter speed to 1/320 sec. to compensate for the flower’s movement by the wind. Then I watched the flower petals rise and sway, picked a focal point, and had some fun!

Flower Photography – Editing in Topaz Studio 2

Recently my photography focus has been on shooting flowers and creatively altering them. I discovered a very fun program called Topaz Studio 2. Thought I would share. It allows you to use a variety of tools to artistically create with presets, filters, and textures. Here are a couple of samples of the first two images I edited in the program. It also works as a plugin for Luminar, Photoshop, and Photoshop Elements.

Flower Photography – Extension Tubes

untitled-06013wp Both photos were taken with a Sony A6000 camera with a Canon 60mm Macro Lens and Neewer 10 mm extension tube; f/2.8; 1/125 sec; ISO-100

Flower-wp

This summer I have really been focusing on flower photography using my Sony Lensbaby lens and a Canon Macro Lens on my Sony A6000. Today I decided to add a 10mm extension tube to get in a little closer. This was the result.

Photography-Flowers and Backgrounds

Two yellow flowers, two different backgrounds.

With the summer days quickly flying by, I decided to visit the Chicago Botanic Gardens to photograph flowers. My focus was to isolate a flower and pay attention to background. At the time of capture I honestly had nothing in mind in choosing a background. But, after reviewing, discovered color can really impact the mood of an image especially when photographing flowers…two yellow flowers, two different backgrounds evoke two different moods.