Iris waves

Lord Vetinari

Some shots of Iris petals just starting to shrivel. Natural light - focus stacked.

Brian V.

MichelleL

Very nice - I'm always amazed at peoples reaction to dying flowers - "they are awful" etc - but I disagree. As you have demonstrated so beautifully - there is a lot to see, great textures, different hues of the same colour etc.

Nice work.

What 'magnification' (not sure if that is the right word) did you have this at?? eg 1:1 2:1 3:1 ETC

MichelleL

Lord Vetinari

MichelleL wrote:

Very nice - I'm always amazed at peoples reaction to dying flowers - "they are awful" etc - but I disagree. As you have demonstrated so beautifully - there is a lot to see, great textures, different hues of the same colour etc.

Nice work.

What 'magnification' (not sure if that is the right word) did you have this at?? eg 1:1 2:1 3:1 ETC

MichelleL

Thanks Michelle
Agree with you but you often need a macro lens to see the beauty - Hibiscus flowers are also good for colour and textures. Think I was shooting at 1:1 for these - just the flower head on a white sheet of paper on a windowsill.
Brian V.

Kevin

great job on the stacking there brian.
splendid mix of colours and contrasts.

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some shots of Iris petals just starting to shrivel. Natural light - focus stacked.

Brian V.

Why is it that no matter what it is you shoot Brian,
it always look freaking awesome ??? :ivar

My favourite is that first shot, if you had of posted that shot by itself,
I would never have picked it for a flower, it looks like material wrapped fairly evenly around something that has wire in it.

.....and I'm going to ask... are these stacked??

Yup I still sit in awe of your incredible Macro's Brian ... Skippy
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Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments Kevin and Skippy

Skippy- yes they are focus stacked - I was shooting around F6.3 for these.
No not all the shots I take are good- I don't post the ones that don't work, but I take a lot of shots

Brian V.

Chrissiebeez_NL

hey these really look like waves!

nice creative use of the pedals brian! thumb

RNDRND

These are nice shots. I like the shapes, colors and textures. They are pleasing to look at.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments CB and RND
Brian V.

eL eSs Vee

Very nice, Lord V! The fourth one is the best one, in my opinion. It has a certail flow to it - like a wave in the ocean. And the splash of yellow on the edge adds a subtle punch to the image. It is absolutely beautiful.