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The meaning of tulips is generally perfect love
Tulips are by far my most favourite flower.
I am fascinated by their beauty from the moment they start to bloom and open, to way beyond their prime.
As these flowers mature, the colours intensify and they start taking on delightful new formations...
Romancing my viewers with a softer focus.
Thanks for peeking
~C
Saturday waterfall adventure with Beth.
Frozen Head State Park
Wartburg, Tennessee
Saturday, April 27th, 2019
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It's good to be back in action, but trying to be careful and sensible re- arthritis and sitting too long in one place!!
This is a lovely chrysanthemum flower from a bouquet I cheered myself up with .... used an 'art' setting on my Olympus camera for this soft focus look then enhanced a little in my ON1 software.
043 :: 365 :: 12th February 2013 :: EXPLORED #231
Edit: Week 7 Theme :: Focus Pocus
ODC :: Out of Focus :: 11.02.2013
Maddy and her Christmas Bunny, her gift for Christmas a few years ago. She still has a place at the end of her bed.
When I saw the ODC challenge I was instantly reminded of a Flickr friend who has not been to Flickr for over a year, her name is Michelle and her soft focus photography is definitely a work of art, if you have some time pop over and check out her work.
Edit: Didn't realise the Week 7 theme is also soft focus related, so guess one image fits two challenges.
Photos taken and uploaded for the group "Smile on Saturday". The photo was taken in the rose garden of Anglesey Abbey in Lode, Cambridgeshire.
So much going on in the world and our busy lives. Sometime each day I try to relax and think about what's right in my life, and in the world. Took this picture in North Bend, Washington while doing just that.
Home this weekend, and pretty excited about that. Lots to be thankful for.
I spent an hour or so at a favourite nature reserve this morning.
Despite the sun I saw no butterflies or dragonflies, but there were some pretty blooms in the cottage garden.
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I notice that when I get a new toy, I tend to overdo the effects that it creates. In this case, it’s a Lensbaby Velvet 56. It creates some serious soft focus effects, and a slight bit of swirly bokeh at the edges.
There are cherry trees at the Jacob Williams Winery in Washington State.
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: Lensbaby Velvet 56
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I am thankful to those that have fought the enemies of freedom, and are no longer with us except in our hearts and memories. God bless you, God bless American.
Patiently awaiting the arrival of Spring.
Spring it on!
(Bring it on)
The meaning of tulips is generally perfect love
Tulips are by far my most favourite flower.
I am fascinated by their beauty from the moment they start to bloom and open, to way beyond their prime. As these
flowers mature, the colours intensify and they start taking on delightful new formations...
Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone. Enjoy your weekend.
Copyright© 2012 Kim Hojnacki
This image is protected under the United States and International Copyright laws and may not be downloaded, reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without written permission.
More from my mom's backyard. I had to get a chair to stand on to take this picture. This rose plant didn't get cut back last year, so right now all the roses are 7 foot up.
Light falling in soft patches on birth and decay. Scattered bluebells challenge the legion of green blades. In a battle they have almost won before and before and before. A smell of rich brown earth and wild garlic pervades everything.
This is usually the look I get when Cooper knows I'm going out, it's sad, the look on that dog's face nearly breaks your heart, makes for a good photo though.
A simple trick to soft focus photography, Vaseline. Years ago when Catherine and I were shooting film a little trick we learned, and had fun with was to add {smear} some vaseline on a spare UV or clear filter. DO NOT do this on your lens!! You smear the petroleum jelly around the outer edges of the glass and try to leave the center of the filter clean and without the vaseline on it. A little alcohol on a paper towel can be used to clean the center should you get some of the jelly where you don't want it. Two other tricks to try that will give you a soft focus look is hair spray sprayed around the out perimeter of the filter, and you also can try shooting through a nylon stocking (with your wife's leg out of it) :) I haven't done this in years and I just thought about it again, found myself an unused filter, smeared the vaseline on it, and had some fun shooting the above images. Now you can buy soft focus filters, or for a much higher cost a LensBaby, and both will yield similar, but not quite the same results. But save yourself some money, smear 15 cents worth of vaseline on that filter and have some fun with it!