Okay... Everyone should have access to a a flower garden somewhere... Lets see some of the beauties you have taken...
Here is one of mine. Took 588 today. Love digital cameras...
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/9417/1upload5pt.jpg
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Okay... Everyone should have access to a a flower garden somewhere... Lets see some of the beauties you have taken...
Here is one of mine. Took 588 today. Love digital cameras...
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/9417/1upload5pt.jpg
588 pics!!! just imagine what that would cost if it was film huh? great shot. if you run it thru ps go to brightness and contrast and adjust the contrast you will bring out more natural color then using auto levels in ps.
here is your pic John ran thru ps adjusted the contrast to +35 left the brightness at 0. the flower got a bit washed out but i was trying to bring some color out and i also reduced the file size in xat so that played a little with it to. but you see what i mean. all digital photos in my opinion need a little tweaking to bring out the real pic. just my 2 cents
http://thenetbuys.com/coppermine/alb...ohnsflower.jpg
come on Mikey...
where are your flowers? Overcast will not keep you from taking a flower pic there buddy...
i posted one last week here it is again just for John
http://thenetbuys.com/coppermine/alb...1/PICT0235.JPG
So... did you PS that one too?
actually no. i was happy they way it came out. i just downloaded firefox 1.05 good improvement. browser got alot faster.
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Pretty pretty! I'll see if I have some to add after a bit...
Okay here's a few! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
First 2 = an African daisy from my yard (taken with Fuji FinePix A303 on auto)...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...yclose_lg1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rdaisy_lg1.jpg
Next -- the coral begonia which is in a hanging planter on my porch....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...begonia_lg.jpg
And, crows love flowers too http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif...here's one taken with a low res binocular camera (just 1.8mp) at a far distance...he was enjoying himself amongst the dandelions....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...elion_crow.jpg
I like to join in with some beauties too....
Jolande http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b143/joto24/Roos.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Hortensia.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...aterlelies.jpg
Shot this yesterday out on the side of our househttp://thenetbuys.com/coppermine/alb...2/IMG_1633.jpg
here's anotherhttp://thenetbuys.com/coppermine/alb...2/IMG_1630.jpg
Jolande great shots.
Glenn bout time you get out and get some sun and take some pics http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif nice pics!
It's amazing what you can capture with enough pixels and a little macro capability
http://thenetbuys.com/coppermine/alb...2/IMG_1631.jpg
Very cool Glenn and Jolande! Love the colors and the compositions on most of em. It is nice to have others play the game.
Glen... Your last shot is so close up it must be preverted somehow... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
there's just something about closeups......
http://thenetbuys.com/coppermine/alb...2/IMG_1607.jpg
Here's one I took a few years back. Where we used to live we didn't have a back garden, just a concrete yard and a small one at that. Anyway, I bought some pots to pretty it up a bit and these were in one of them.....
http://www.postfive.com/pics/flower.jpg
I'm currently trying to recreate this in Xara. Wish me luck!!! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
great shots! Maya i didnt even see yours b4! they just popped in. those are great!
Saz good luck thats a great pic
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Beautiful pics everyone!!! I finally got a few posted too, edited into my previous posting above back a ways.
Haha cross posted with ya Mike! Thanks! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif (The center enlargement of the daisy would be sharper if I hadn't reduced it's file size for posting, but it would have been too slow to load).
Maya try this program. i use it all the time and it is amazing what it can do with virtually zero loss to detail and quality xat image optimizer
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif I'll look into that, Mike, it sounds pretty good!
Here's some pretty weeds down by the river nearby... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ildflowers.jpg
Looks like this post is going good.... guess I will pick another picture from yesterdays shoot...
http://img259.echo.cx/img259/6229/1upload9hb.jpg
i know i posted this one before in another post but here it is again.
http://thenetbuys.com/coppermine/alb...0001/tulip.jpg
Nice pics guys...
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Beautiful groups of Johnny Jump-ups and tulips guys!!
Here's a small pic of a bouquet from when I had 9 rose bushes in North Carolina...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3..._i_grew_nc.jpg
Maya Maya Maya how about sharing your talents with us. is there anything you cant do? great pics great 3d drawings great paintings on your website. i know bet ya cant cook. yup thats it. You have to much talent for one person. yet another great looking picture from the Great One Maya. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Ah gees! Mike, well, yep and I'm a great cook and even better baker -- very friendly with the oven, people beg borrow and steal for my cookies http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/eek.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif , cakes, pies, etc. and I end up sending lots of batches off for Xmas gifts at the holidays. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Is there anything I can't do???? http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Ahhhyep! I can't sing. I'll have to be satisfied with just cawing like a crow! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif CAW CAW CAW! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
I'll email ya my address at christmas time then http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif ...really, I oughta start up a bakery! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Everyone can just start sending me those checks! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Anyway...back to "flour" of another type....
A Shasta daisy from my yard
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...hastacrop2.jpg
...and some 9 foot tall sunflowers I grew in NC...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...wersnc_sm1.jpg
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Nice pics... maya
Wow 9ft tall whew. Great pics!
It's sooo easy taking 588 pics... I had to get two 1Gb XDs!!
Bracken...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...14img_6340.jpg
...and African violets...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...17img_6871.jpg
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Lovely Anton!
Here's a few more...who says weeds aren't pretty... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ydandelion.jpg
I took my river photo and added a crow I photographed separately...I use this as a desktop...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...owhaven2sm.jpg
In the deep freeze of winter this lone rose appeared...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...aryrose_sm.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Haven/rose.gif
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Lovely pics too, Maya! This is impossible to resist!
This is at Grotto beach, near Hermanus, in South Africa.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...02img_4682.jpg
And another good old English dandelion!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...06Img_5645.jpg
A walk through the Chase...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...07img_5734.jpg
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Wow! More beauties Anton!
Here's a hot peppery nasturtium from the yard today...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rtium_smhi.jpg
...also I found this pretty mason bee sunning himself... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...asonbee2sm.jpg
...and during yesterday's rainy weather this deer (Oregon coastal blacktail deer) I sighted from the kitchen window as it ate greenery...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ronhill_sm.jpg
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Great pics anton thanks for posting and Maya do i need to say anything? http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
took these earlier today and tweaked just a bit in ps. ran the contrast up to about +53 on both to real make them pop a bit
just a weed flower on macro shot
http://thenetbuys.com/coppermine/alb...001/flower.jpg
a newbie tomatoe
http://thenetbuys.com/coppermine/alb...01/tomater.jpg
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Cool Mike! Yep, all kinds of plants make interesting pics. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Here's a few of the Martha Washington geraniums in my flower garden...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...raniums1sm.jpg
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif hey, ya wanted pichurrrrs http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
it seems the non xara gallery has come to life since they turned off the attachements, i have more fun here then in the other forums. wish more people would post here but i think its because they see my name and johns so they stay away. look at my posts in other forums not many people look or reply anymore. but hey oh well. least me and john and now you have fun, thier loss.