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Spring is Sprung
« on: May 02, 2008, 06:07:14 PM »
Is it me, or is the spring particularly good this year?  lots of great colour and freshness around here at the moment, so I thought I'd take some black and white shots (go figure!) of the black tulips we've got growing in the front garden.  Nice and blurry like all good flower pics should be :)  Apologies to anyone in the southern hemisphere ... you;ve got another 6 months until you're spring arrives.

 

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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2008, 06:53:31 PM »
it has actually been a very nice spring. it's taking its time heating up here in the desert this year. mid to upper 80s (F).

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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2008, 11:30:25 PM »
Tulips from the soggy, cool spring in western Canada



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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2008, 11:41:44 PM »
oh the sunlight has returned.

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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2008, 09:09:42 PM »
Now that the warmer weather has arrived in Northern Utah, it's so nice.  (Although it did snow for most of the day on Monday.)

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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2008, 01:21:27 AM »
good spring indeed, I just got back from a trip to Virginia where we had nice high water levels due to the spring thaw and rains ;D With just enough grren leaves for a nice IR glow ;D ;D

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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2008, 04:21:01 AM »
that second shot is pretty nifty, wally. like a cutaway from an alien science book.
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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2008, 09:17:52 AM »
Quote from: leon taylor on May 02, 2008, 06:07:14 PM
Nice and blurry like all good flower pics should be :)  

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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2008, 06:14:54 PM »
Quote from: peter robinson on May 04, 2008, 09:17:52 AM
Lensbaby Leon?

Lensbaby-schmensbaby :)

just a bit of ingenuity, some ordinary household objects and a 6x6 slr 
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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2008, 09:27:31 PM »
A black tulip, my favourite flower but I have never photographed a black one, have to add that to my wish list. I like it Leon.

Here my first May shot, taken on a very cold wet and windy morning,  not sure about the scan but i hope to get a decent print from it.

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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2008, 09:40:20 PM »
Leon, those are great photos and I sort of hate flower photos.
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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2008, 09:49:23 PM »
Gotta say Leon, you have a way with flowers.
I'm with Gordo.
Not a fan of flower pics, but you bring yours to another level.
Well done.

Happy Spring to all.
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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2008, 10:05:11 PM »
Quote from: leon taylor on May 04, 2008, 06:14:54 PM
Quote from: peter robinson on May 04, 2008, 09:17:52 AM
Lensbaby Leon?

Lensbaby-schmensbaby :)

just a bit of ingenuity, some ordinary household objects and a 6x6 slr 

The mind boggles...

I seem to remember seeing somewhere that you tend to wave a magnifying glass in front of the lens. Was that it?

The plane of focus doesn't appear to be parallel to the film so just wondered what you used.
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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2008, 10:11:18 AM »
thanks everyone, and those who also posted - some great pics, eddie and Wally especially.

Peter - damn it, you've rumbled me :)  It;s just a magnifying glass as you say, moved around until it looks right in the viewfinder, then snap.
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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2008, 03:07:14 PM »
...also good for this is an old binocular lens; great for weird, distorted close-ups.
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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #15 on: May 05, 2008, 03:20:03 PM »
...oh and I sort of like flower pics. Often they're the only vaguely interesting thing I get to take a run at; so I've grown to love 'em as subjects.

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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #16 on: May 05, 2008, 03:29:35 PM »
You don't bring me flowers....anymore.



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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #17 on: May 05, 2008, 04:25:31 PM »
I love that second shot wally, kind of creepy. in a good way.
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Re: Spring is Sprung
« Reply #18 on: May 06, 2008, 09:00:15 PM »
These are some mighty nice spring shots.  I took a few, but still haven't scanned in them, gotten them developed, or even finished off one roll that I started.  :)
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