Nasturtium Macro
Like my recent post Nasturtium Bud, these nasturtium flower details are also lurking behind anti-deer mesh. Eventually you will see the mesh.
For now though, I am tiptoeing around the edges of that story – just because it is bedtime, this is quicker, and I just wasted an hour looking for an image that I must have lost, perhaps for good. So, I don’t have a lot of energy left for you kind readers. Hope you like this blaze of colour. Yellow and red, a fantastic combination in nature.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon EF 100mm/f2.8 macro lens, ISO100, f2.8, 1/400th (top) and 1/640th (bottom).
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burnt embers 
These are great. I’m always frustrated at trying to photograph my nasturtiums – never happy with the results. I hadn’t thought of going in this close. Wow! Nicely done.
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What I have found with these shots is that my camera is not rendering the colours as well as I like and I have to adjust the luminance levels for the reds and oranges especially. Then they are more satisfying. But, macros work too, they are so in-your-face bright in colour.
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At first I liked the first image but after looking at the second a little longer I prefer that one. There’s more…mystic to it from the shallow DoF. 😀
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Mystical dragons if I am to believe my viewers:) Thanks David. It is wonderful to capture the mystic in a photo, something to strive for in fact!
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The colours are indeed gorgeous. I like the abstraction in the second one – I see a dragon.
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Thanks Karen. I am surprised at the response to the second one. I would have sworn the first shot would be hands down favourite. But, it is a pleasing reaction because I like that one a lot too.
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The dew looks wonderful. These are one of my favourite flowers: so pretty, easy and fast to grow and you can eat both flowers and leaves.
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Thanks Ashley. The deer agree with you in all respects. Me too.
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Oh! You have deer where you live?
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In abundance to the point that angry gardeners are convincing politicians that a ‘cull’ is required. Rather than find ways to live with them. The other day I watched 4 large deer walk about 5 feet away from me outside the window, step through the hedge into the neighbour’s yard and start browsing on some of the things not protected behind barriers.
The deer mesh in the garden I have been watering is doing the job, the deer trim the stuff that pokes through the mesh, and pull a bit more through for afters, but leave lots for the humans.
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Beautiful! You can see the energy of the flowers.
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Thanks Ryan – you are right, loads of energy in the blossoms. Even if constrained by plastic webbing. Just waiting to explode onto my sensor!
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You’re right – yellow and red is an awesome (I’ve been hanging around my teenage niece) combination. I don’t think a monochrome conversion would do these flowers justice.
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It’s very good for us older folk to hang around with the younger generation. I had my 20-ish niece stay for a week this summer. Her youth, combined with being French, made for a delightful time.
Monochrome is not what these flowers are about. Ask the birds and the bees, the will agree.
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I am sorry you couldn’t find what you were looking for, but also glad you didn’t – because these are very nice.
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Thanks Melinda, that is very kind of you, considering they are not even black and white!
This morning is a great example of how WP no longer counts views properly. I have 21 likes (which is amazing for 7:45am – thanks everyone), but only 12 views registered. It explains why my views are declining even while my subscriptions are going up, but WP won’t acknowledge that there is a problem with their Reader format. In fact they had the gall to tell me, when I pointed out someone could reblog from Reader without even reading all of a post, that I always had the option of making my blogs Private. It takes very large ones to trot out that option.
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Yes – so large that one would think trotting would be very difficult.
I have the same situation re. views versus likes. The stats have been downgraded from an “educated guess” to a “guess.” I guess.
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Guess is too lofty a word for it. From a data measurement point of view (not to mention the black box) it is the proverbial garbage of “garbage in – garbage out” fame. Meaningless.
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These are magnificent!
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Thanks Lisa! Glad you like them.
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Great shots – especially love the second one
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Thanks Paula. The dew was limited that morning, but the little pockets that I found were lovely in the light.
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this is an awesome shot!
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Thank you Alex, and welcome to my blog! I hope to see you again.
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Cheers!
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