Cosmos Flowers

Giphsub

Went to a park in the north of Hiroshima Prefecture last weekend, where there were around 1.5 million cosmos flowers in full bloom (so their website says!) Here are a few pics. Any comments welcome.

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And some of my usual friends...
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dbaker1221

beautiful flowers did you do some selective bluring on the first?

the last dragonfly is awesome

Giphsub

Thanks Dave

No, I did not do any selective blurring on that shot.

Awais Yaqub

Very beautiful sereis

Giphsub

Thank you Awais

RogersDA

Nice ones, Mike!!

A little less sky on that second one would help, IMO.

Dixie

Mike,

Great shots. 4 & 7 are my favorites.

mr peas

beautiful. sweet fotos of the flowers, i love the color and bokeh.

Elaine

I love cosmos! These are beauties and I especially like #3!

patricia kay

Lovely photos Mike....I havent seen a yellow cosmos before....the dragon flies are great too....we just have green and red ones here in Sweden...

Patricia........

Ric Grupe

1,2, and 4. thumb

We plant Cosmos out by our mailbox every year. Terrific bloomers and quite lovely.:D

jwear

I have tried a few times with the idea you have in #2 with poppies but yours i like

Giphsub

RogersDA wrote:

Nice ones, Mike!!

A little less sky on that second one would help, IMO.

Thanks for the comment Dave. I agree a little was would be better there. Perhaps something a little more like this one?

Giphsub

Dixie wrote:

Mike,

Great shots. 4 & 7 are my favorites.

Thanks Dixie

Giphsub

mr peas wrote:

beautiful. sweet fotos of the flowers, i love the color and bokeh.

Yes the colours are quite beautiful aren't they. Thanks for looking Mr Peas.

Giphsub

Elaine wrote:

I love cosmos! These are beauties and I especially like #3!

Thanks for the comments elaine

Giphsub

patricia kay wrote:

Lovely photos Mike....I havent seen a yellow cosmos before....the dragon flies are great too....we just have green and red ones here in Sweden...

Patricia........

Thank you Patricia. Yes the red dragonflies here are a sign of autumn. They are beautiful little creatures. There were thousands of the yellow cosmos there. It was quite amazing. They are a common enough colour here in Japan.

Giphsub

Ric Grupe wrote:

1,2, and 4. thumb

We plant Cosmos out by our mailbox every year. Terrific bloomers and quite lovely.:D

Thanks Ric. Yes, it seems quite hard for them not to bloom prolifically!

Giphsub

jwear wrote:

I have tried a few times with the idea you have in #2 with poppies but yours i like

Thanks Jeff. The colours of the cosmos just really lent themselves to that shot I think. I have tried before with other flowers to varying degrees of success.

BBiggs

They all are wondeful! I like the hdr affect in the 2nd flower shot!

Maestro

I love cosmos! Great series. I like the fill flash in number 2. The colors are fantastic and nice dragonflies too.

riddim_maker

Very nice set Mike

Giphsub

BBiggs wrote:

They all are wondeful! I like the hdr affect in the 2nd flower shot!

Thanks Brenton. What is the hdr effect?

Giphsub

Maestro wrote:

I love cosmos! Great series. I like the fill flash in number 2. The colors are fantastic and nice dragonflies too.

Thanks Stephen. Much appreciated.

Giphsub

riddim_maker wrote:

Very nice set Mike

Thanks Russ.

RogersDA

Giphsub wrote:

Thanks Brenton. What is the hdr effect?

HDR: High Dynamic Range.

See: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dynamic-range.htm

RogersDA

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Giphsub wrote:

Thanks for the comment Dave. I agree a little was would be better there. Perhaps something a little more like this one?

Giphsub

Thanks for that link David. I take it from that link that it is achieved through post processing?? I didn't do anything much to the pics at all other than minor levels adjustment...

Osprey Whisperer

Nice series of pics Mike

RogersDA

Giphsub wrote:

Thanks for that link David. I take it from that link that it is achieved through post processing?? I didn't do anything much to the pics at all other than minor levels adjustment...

Yeah...HDR is generally achieved post processing with a lot of shots. Once can get a dramatic effect when used in the right settings. Not all picures need HDR, and sometimes people do it so it does not add at all. Then, there are those that really shine with HDR..

Giphsub

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

Nice series of pics Mike

Thanks Mike