Liriodendron or the tulip tree flower, and not related to the tulip!
Category: Macro
Macro photography
Hope
A flower bud symbolises the hope for a brighter tomorrow
Ephemeral
One of the many wonders of the natural world! A dandelion seed head that requires nothing more than a puff of wind to set the winged seeds on a new journey of colonisation!
Photographed in Staines, UK with a Nikon D7000 camera. Post-processed in Lightroom and Color Efex Pro.
Zinnia – From my garden
These Zinnia flowers were grown from seeds purchased on my last visit to the US. I love the detail on these flowers and have tried to capture them in this photograph.
Photographed on 4th September, 2013 with a Nikon D7000, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 lens at ISO100, f/20, 1/250 with remote flash in slave mode.
Blue water lilies
Blue water lilies at the New York Botanical Gardens.
Artichoke!
The artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) is a type of thistle whose unopened buds (hearts) are used in Mediterranean cuisine. The photograph below is that of the wild (and therefore inedible variety) artichoke, also known as cardoon. That the artichoke is closely related to the thistle is clear from the purple head of petals that sit on top of the flower.
Photographed at the New York Botanical Gardens on 22nd July, 2013 using an iPhone 4S. Later processed in Adobe Lightroom simulating a single frame HDR.
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Here’s looking at you…..
The seeds of the lotus flower. Seeds in the floating fruit provide an eery alien vision.
Photographed at the New York Botanical gardens with an iPhone.
Wildflower Diaries – iPhoneography
I went out with my miniature macro attachment to the iPhone last week and captured photographs of a few wildflowers. Apart from the overall mediocre image quality (thank you Apple!) and extremely shallow depth-of-field, the macro adapter does a reasonably good job.
All photographs from an iPhone 4S with a macro lens attachment. Post-processed in Adobe Lightroom 5.0.
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Wildflower Diaries – Sainfoin
Sainfoins (Onobrychis viciifolia) belong to the pea family (Leguminosae/Fabaceae). My trusted Collins Complete Guide to British Wildflowers tells me that these are generally found in dry, calcareous grasslands, which is exactly where I found these growing!
All pictures with a iPhone 4S, the bottom two with an external macro lens attachment. All pictures corrected for contrast and white balance in Adobe Lightroom 5
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Wildflower Diaries – Heart of a dog rose
Using the iPhone macro lens attachment, the very heart of a Rosa canina (dog rose) flower.
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