Artful pics of flora...

[Knorp]

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| a7r2 | ef180 |

 

[Knorp]

bzzz ...

| a7r2 | g90 |

 

[sergtum]

P1010665 by Mr TTT, on Flickr

Olympus E500 + Oreston 1,8/50

 

[Knorp]

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| a7r2 | ef180 |

 

[pegelli]

Just returned from three weeks Newfoundland. Found some blooming miniature azaleas, we were pretty early in the season but managed to see some of these coming to bloom in the last week of our visit

A7ii + Tamron FE 28-200 Di III RXD

 

[scho]

Fall Crocus in summer die back stage. OM-1 with 40-150/4.

An SEP3 B&W conversion.

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

After rain should come sunshine, they say ... but it doesn't seem like that today ....

stay safe,
Rafael

 

[Knorp]

blue ...

| gfx-100s | ef180 |

 

[Knorp]

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| a7r2 | g90 |

 

[pegelli]

The sunshine after the rain


Sony A700 + Minolta 100/2.8 macro D, manual focus blend of two images

 

[pegelli]

Blooming iris


Sony A850 + Minolta 200/2.8 APO HS G

 

[Knorp]

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| a7r2 | g90 |

 

[scho]

Our Yucca put up 5 flower stalks this year.

Ricoh GR IIIx

 

[pegelli]

Early agapanthus

A700 + Sigma 180/3.5 telemacro

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

From the botanical garden in Leuven ... I was a little disappointed, the garden did not show its usual splendor of this early summer season ...
E-M1X with 12-40/2.8 standard zoom ...

Stay safe,
Rafael

 

[pegelli]

Macro with a 20 mm on FF isn't easy I found, lots of opportunity for distracting backgrounds

Here's two that came out kinda OK, but I definitely need more practice if I want to do this more often.

Yellow flowers



Hydrangea


Both Sony A7Rii + Tamron FE 20/2.8 Di III OSD

 

[pegelli]

Great Mullein with a bokeh echo


A700 + Sony 180/3.5 telemacro

 

[Knorp]

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| a7r2 | ef180 |

 

[sergtum]

DSC_0202 by Mr TTT, on Flickr

Nikon D5200 + Kuribayashi CC Petri Orikkor 1:2 f=50mm

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

From yet another hike with the friends of Nature Photographers Dijleland in Belgium ...