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A portion of the flower area in the Bellevue Botanical Garden in Bellevue Washington is relected in raindrops from the heavy showers in the region early this morning. The light was right and the convex shape of a raindrop created the scene. {hand held, available light only, no artificial light source, no manipulationg].
My wife asked me to get some shots of this flower...said it reminded her of fire. So, my goal became to make it look like fire. I could have done this pretty simply by finding the right angle and directing warm light at it, but I would have lost the detail of the outer leaves. So I chose to use three light sources. A warm light angled from above attempting to focus on the center, a cooler light from the bottom right, and a 4000K light from a distance of several feet. I think it came out pretty much how she envisioned.
I really do not use Photoshop in my macro work. I adjusted the exposure in the RAW editor but that's about it. No re-coloring, cloning, or other Photoshop enhancements in this shot.
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This is a close up shot of a mint stalk from a plant in my garden. Again, another plant that does not generate much interest from a distance but is complex and beautiful when you get close. This plant has such cool colors so I used 5500K light temperature to shoot it. A warmer temperature would produce a very different result.
I rarely use Photoshop in my macro work. Only thing I did is adjust the exposure in the RAW editor.
Now, looking at this same cycadian structure up close, we can easily see the similarities in structure between this plant and the better-known pine cone structures. Notice the shape of the finger-like protrusions. These modified leaves are actually producing pollen. Their fuzzy surfaces dramatically increase surface area for wind dispersal. That's something else to consider, folks, cycads don't have the luxury of pollinators to do the dirty work for them, they must rely mostly on the wind for fertilization.
Closeup of a little friend I found on an garden flower. He was placed back in the flower bed after his photo shoot.
Equisetum hyemale. I have early memories of Equisetum growing in the shores of Lake Michigan. I thought it was great fun to ruthlessly pull them apart because they would break at the segments and make a lovely popping sound, You could then reassemble the segments like a puzzle or make chains of them. I'd like to think i have a lot more respect for nature these days so now I'll stick to photographing them and appreciating their unique beauty.
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