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Baltimore butterfly sipping nectar from a Milkweed floret.
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Some beautiful wildflowers (aka Weeds) decorate a fence post. I called it a Weed Fence but I don't think it can stop the wildflowers from growing on either side of the fence!
Happy Fence Friday!
The first weed to blossom in the garden. The flowers are tiny and this plant is everywhere...time to start working in the yard again :-)
A macro shot of a dandelion with all the shoots ready to populate. A look at how a single dandelion can produce hundreds more.
A close-up of Butterfly Weed, a type of milkweed with clusters of bright orange flowers that attract numerous butterflies. Photographed at Thomas Mitchell Park near Mitchellville, Iowa.
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A little weed in a crack between the asphalt and concrete at the entrance of a city carpark. There's a trace of green, so it's still hanging on.
...weedout you
#sliderssunday
Please forgive the silly title. #2 of my mini series from maintanace work at the Olympiastadion Berlin; #1 is in the first comment.
The sliding part here is not only the selective colour. I had forgotten to activate the electronic level on my camera display when I had taken this bug's eye view shot and had relied on my eyes only to get a well aligned image. A big mistake, of course, because not only was the original image ever so slightly askew and off-center, but I had considerable wide-angle distortion in the background, the columns even looked a little fanned out. So I split the image in half in PS, foreground and background as different layers, and properly aligned each layer before I put them back together as one image.
One thing that I've learned by now about wide-angle shooting is: align and compose your image really carefully, take your time, it will spare you a lot of keystone correction work in post (and often a proper correction is impossible afterwards); unless you shoot deliberately at a dutch angle for a dramatic effect, of course.
I've also processed this photo as pure b&w, but I really liked the bright red colour dash of the cherry picker when I compared both final images. And I can already tell you as much: #3 in this series will be a selective colour image as well ;)
HSS, Everyone, and have a nice week ahead!
Nr. 2 meiner kleinen "Einsame Arbeit am Olympiastadion"-Serie (Nr. 1 findet Ihr im 1. Kommentar). Ich habe hier zwei Versionen fertig bearbeitet, eine als pures SW und eben diese mit selektiver Farbe, die mir im direkten Vergleich besser gefallen hat. Selektive Farbe funktioniert mit Rot ja besonders gut (aber nicht nur), finde ich, und der Hubsteiger hier war so schön leuchtend rot lackiert, dass sich diese Bearbeitung gewissermaßen aufgedrängt hat. Viel mehr Arbeit musste ich tatsächlich in die nachträgliche Ausrichtung des Bildes stecken: Ich hatte damals ausgerechnet bei diesem Bild aus der Froschperspektive nicht daran gedacht, die elektronische Wasserwaage zu aktivieren – ein großer Fehler, denn die zwei, drei Aufnahmen sind alle ganz leicht verzogen und gerade so nicht perfekt mittig, außerdem hatte ich im Hintergrund auch wegen der leichten Ausrichtung der Kamera nach oben starke Weitwinkel-Verzerrungen (die Säulen wirkten fast aufgefächert), sodass hier u. a. PS aushelfen musste. Dort habe ich das Bild zweigeteilt, in Vorder- und Hintergrund, habe beide Teile korrekt ausgerichtet und danach wieder zusammengefügt. Mittlerweile ist das erste, was ich einschalte, wenn ich mit einem Weitwinkel unterwegs bin, die elektronische Wasserwaage. Man lernt (zum Glück) nie aus ;)
Habt einen schönen Rest-Sonntag (der hoffentlich bei Euch nicht so trübe ist wie hier in Berlin) und einen guten Wochenstart; liebe Flickr-Freunde!
Het hoogovencomplex werd in 1902 door de "Rheinische Stahlwerke zu Meiderich bei Ruhrort" gebouwd, en werd later overgenomen door de Thyssen-groep. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog raakte het zwaar beschadigd, maar het werd in de jaren 50 weer opgebouwd. In 1985 waren de hoogovens van het complex te klein geworden om nog rendabel te zijn, en werd het complex gesloten. Tussen 1991 en 2002 werd het terrein als openbaar park ingericht.
I went to the park to take flower pictures but it was closed. So, I photographed this weed from my yard.
Senecio Vulgaris or Common Groundse (wiki)
Not pretty flowers but they are everywhere, I think everywhere in the world. Very tiny flowers.
Backlit shot on some weeds with an unexpected visitor in the frame, the wasp wasn't supposed to be there, but without it the picture might have had a different attractiveness.
Formosa Lily Lilium formosanum.
I pull the flower heads off whenever I see them but I took a photo of this one first.
A good ole South Georgia weed - I was going for Bahia grass, but I think this is something a little different.
HMM
Such a great variety of colors and contrasts in the gardens here. Some colors are familiar and some a like a blend of different colors. Enjoy the Spring season and the warmth of the Sun. The rains here have been pretty heavy and it shows in the grasses, shrubs and all the colorful flowers. Cameras busy daily accumulating the richness that lies before us. Savor the “Colors In Your Garden” as they are truly a gift. After spending time weeding gardens here I like you should “Was your🙏’s Thanks for viewing my work...