Pretty Pictures

This week I thought I would share some flower photos.

This is a Morning Glory taken at the Botanical Garden. Using Topaz Impression I blurred the background with a nice painterly effect.

This was taken at Hewitt Canyon east of Phoenix. I think it might be a Firecracker Brush but I’m not sure. Here again I used Topaz impression on the blurred background that was taken with my 70-200 and an extension tube to get that really close up look.

This is a Prickly Pear Cactus taken with my 24-105 lens. I used a motion blur to make the background a little more interesting.

This is an Easter Lilly taken on Easter… I put in a background of a wall with some texture  to highlight the Lilly.

This was taken with a 24-105 using an extension tube and lighting it from the upper left hand corner with a 580 EX Speedlite. The idea was to get a shallow depth of field that highlighted the texture of the flower. I like the colors that are subtly permeate  throughout the photo.

This Orchid was taken with a black background and using Photoshop I added a glow to soften the colors.

This Barrel Cactus was taken using my 70-200. Just another Pretty Picture.