flowers

We went to The Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco this week.

The mesmerizing forms of frost flowers can be a bit confusing if one hasn't witnessed them before. The delicate, thread like crystals form beautiful flowers. Sometimes covering entire areas with their ethereal shapes. Frost flowers form in cold temperatures, normally after some precipitation...

. . . of a different kind. I was intrigued by "the shape of the light," and tried to capture it with three different cameras. The better half (aka spotter-in-chief) has put up with me for 43 years. I am blessed. Cheers, Jock

X-T2, 90mm

I'm still experimenting with capturing bees this year. Here are a few with the Fuji Xpro-2 and 50-230/4.5-6.7 OIS II SOOC JPGs 1 2 3 RAW processed in Capture One 20 4 5 6 My Kodak Panatomic-X film simulation SOOC 7 8 9

A6000 and 50mm Minolta

A6000 and 50mm Minolta with LED Spotlight

A6000 and 70-150mm Vivitar

Had some time before my wife got home this afternoon so I strolled around the neighborhood. Spring is in full swing here in the desert southwest A6000 and 70-150mm Vivitar Be careful. Things in the desert have a lot of barbs, needles and sharp edges. And they...

I recently acquired an F5 at a good price and shot a roll of E-6 to see if it was working properly. The images below are as processed by a local pro lab.

XF 50 on XT20. I also used ACR 9.9 on the RAW files and it did a great job.

A6000 and 50mm Minolta After dropping off my car at the auto shop, I walked home and took a few shots of the desert blooms.

Coolpix E4500 macro

nothing simpler than some wildflowers against a sea of lush green. 12 left to go.

The flower is about 0.7" (18 mm) across, and growing on the stone wall at the rear of my cottage.

A Red Campion caught in the late evening sunshine

The remains of a sunflower that has provided a winter cover and food crop for birds

Forgot the camera today so once again I was left to hunt around the house for a subject.