Up Close and Personal with the GRD2 (macros)

[Terry]

Got out to my house in Arizona late last night. Woke up to gloomy stormy weather this morning (of course when it has just turned beautiful in NY ). At one point between showers the light got really nice and when I looked outside I saw a flower on my favorite cactus. It is called an Argentine Giant - the flowers are HUGE 8" in diameter and they only last for a day (seriously first opening at night and dead the next night). Last spring I made a ton of pictures of them however I was devastated that I had to leave town when there were 27 buds ready to open a day later. Well this is really late in the season for one to bloom but the GRD2 was handy. These are all shot on Macro mode. The first shot is full frame NO cropping the second one has a minimal crop!

On the other hand these flowers are probably about 1/2 wide....these colors are accurate and the two different purples are from 2 different bushes

 

[Terry]

Converted my favorite one to B&W:


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[clay stewart]

I like the B@W best, me thinks. Yeah, strange weather, here in AZ. lately. I got snowed on yesterday and it's a rain/snow mix as I write this. Have fun in the desert.

 

[Photon-hunter]

That B&W version is gorgeous!!

 

[Joan]

Wow, another vote for the B&W one! :salute:
All are lovely, but that one is a cracker!

 

[Terry]

Thanks!
I am excited to do a good sized print of the B&W version. It picks up the texture so nicely. Converted in Lightroom with a methodology Jack taught us in San Juan.

 

[Lili]

Terry,
I really like the B&W

 

[Will]

Thanks!
I am excited to do a good sized print of the B&W version. It picks up the texture so nicely. Converted in Lightroom with a methodology Jack taught us in San Juan.

Well that methodology has resulted in a beautifully balanced B&W, but it needed the skill to capture such a great image to work with in the first place!

Nicely done Terry!

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Well folks i am impressed. Terry is in town and over my house and we just printed the flower in B&W . You should see the detail from this GRDII . We printed it 17x22 on my Epson 3800.

 

[helenhill]

Terry
You're giving Georgia o'Keefe (if she were alive) a run for her Money
Such Delicacy & Detail

Best -H:clap:

 

[cmb_]

Brava!

 

[Terry]

Fleeting Beauty.....all gone

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[Guy Mancuso]

So sad

 

[Terry]

So sad

This was from last year as it started to die and the dejected look to the shadow is why I love this shot.

 

[TRSmith]

Terry, that shadow truly does look sad. Great shot.

Cheers,
Tim