May Photo Assignment: Flowers [Archive]

jdesigns

05-02-2006, 03:18 AM

April showers bring MayFlowers! (I don't know what rain in April has to do with pilgrims, but........)

Once again, thanks to everyone who participated in last months assignment! Great turnout! :wave3:

Now get out there and lets see some flowers! :goodjob:

I'll post mine later tonight. I had to cook the wife dinner, so I couldn't shoot them at the moment! :D

Breez

05-02-2006, 03:52 AM

I am so mad that I didn't do the water one. But I will try to join you guys here, I am not nearly as good as all of you... but I have been "lurking" on the photography thread and I think its time to add a few of my pictures.

These tulips were at the Bellagio lobby in Las Vegas:

http://i2.tinypic.com/x1afzo.jpg

Lnzbug

05-02-2006, 04:14 AM

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I couldn't believe the size of this peony I saw at an abandoned nursery. I tried to root this but it didn't take:(

PhoenixRising

05-02-2006, 04:42 AM

Oh boy, I just happen to have some just taken tonight! Yeah!~

First one, in color, from my Canon 20D. Second one, in Pure Black and White, shot from my Canon Rebel XT.

EvilinaDM101

05-02-2006, 09:46 AM

Woo-hoo!! :clap: I have some flower shots!! BUT I'll take more too!!

Here is my first flower shot . . .

JonK

05-02-2006, 12:09 PM

Bleeding Hearts!!

John K.

jdesigns

05-02-2006, 03:06 PM

Now this is how a monthly assignment should be! 5 replies in the first day already! Cool! :goodjob:

Keep it up everyone! :wave3:

Dottydeb

05-03-2006, 03:06 AM

I took these here at my house.

Lnzbug

05-03-2006, 04:30 AM

You'll be sorry you picked flowers for the assignment:)

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Lnzbug

05-03-2006, 04:33 AM

Here are some more.:p

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jdesigns

05-03-2006, 05:50 AM

Ok, here's one from me!

:D

jdesigns

05-03-2006, 06:08 AM

Hey TJ, I can do B&W too! :goodjob:

PhoenixRising

05-03-2006, 06:43 AM

Hey TJ, I can do B&W too! :goodjob:
Now, is that PURE Black and White, or just put through a Paint Shop?

Either way, it looks great!

Here is one, taken with my Canon Rebel 35mm Camera, Kodak 400 speed film, Black and White, of course.

Lens was a straight 50mm, nothing fancy.

licibug

05-03-2006, 07:07 PM

I got a digital camera, and love to take close up shots! Here are too many.

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Sequim Lavender Festival that we try to get to each year. If you like long walks, visit the Dungeness Spit Lighthouse!
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The occasional sunflower pops up in a lavender field.
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These have flowers too, they are in full bloom now in the Northwest US.
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Flower the ladybug
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A butterfly visits our garden.
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Shining in the light!
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California poppy
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Borage Flowers are very pretty but can be quite prolific. Easy to pull however.
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Pretty in pink, our backyard.
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One of my favorites.

Breez

05-03-2006, 07:37 PM

Here are some pictures I took in my back yard this morning.
I shot these with a lumix (panasonic) DMC-Fz30k (whatever that means, hehehe)

http://i2.tinypic.com/x3i9w4.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/x3iemu.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/x3ihw8.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/x3iidg.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/x3iio2.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/x3irn4.jpg

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Here are some of the roses I cut on Sunday, the house is full of flowers!
http://i1.tinypic.com/x3ium8.jpg

TatorTot

05-04-2006, 01:52 AM

http://www.devaneyhight.com/vortex/cherry.jpg

http://www.devaneyhight.com/vortex/dogwood.jpg

http://www.devaneyhight.com/vortex/dogwoods.jpg

http://www.devaneyhight.com/vortex/sun_flowers.jpg

TODDREY

05-04-2006, 05:17 AM

A Valentine's Day window display I designed for my store...I nicknamed it "VICE"...all things sinful including a flower, gambling, jewelry, wine, smoking, and of course (what we sell) chocolate.

Chocolaterie STAM (TODDREY1@aol.com)
Chocolaterie STAM
Need chocolate? Email me for info.

PhoenixRising

05-04-2006, 08:48 AM

TatorTot

05-04-2006, 02:44 PM

this one didn't show up with the rest of mine:
http://www.devaneyhight.com/vortex/dogwoods-2.jpg

Kender

05-04-2006, 07:39 PM

Not the greatest I have done, but it's an interesting pic. :) I'll have to do some hunting this weekend while it's all nice and sunny out.

Breez

05-06-2006, 01:39 AM

WOW

All the photos are so beautiful! I just love this months topic mater!:D

PhoenixRising

05-06-2006, 05:40 AM

Agreed. And I can see all the pics now! Yeah!

bockegg

05-06-2006, 05:52 AM

Hello, and please check out my new honeyb pics that I just posted today. Plenty of azalias in bloom.
Mike

Freaky Beetle

05-06-2006, 04:20 PM

I took this one just outside Tokyo Disney at a shopping mall:

Breez

05-06-2006, 05:44 PM

I took this one just outside Tokyo Disney at a shopping mall:

That looks unreal! I love the colors! just beautiful!

Photo

05-06-2006, 07:27 PM

For those of you who enjoy black and white!

JonK

05-06-2006, 08:09 PM

Hi Everyone!

Great Flower photos, there Awesome:clap:

John

pdoel

05-08-2006, 01:19 AM

Well, until I'm sure there's no more fear of frost, I can't really plant flowers yet. So here are some wild flowers that came up early.

TatorTot

05-08-2006, 01:24 AM

http://www.devaneyhight.com/vortex/5_rose.jpg

http://www.devaneyhight.com/vortex/5_rose2.jpg

EvilinaDM101

05-08-2006, 08:57 AM

Here's a few more! All taken with my Sony CD Mavica 350

Shutterbug

05-08-2006, 07:26 PM

I took this 2 weeks ago ...so there you go.....
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, AL

Shutterbug

05-09-2006, 08:55 AM

More from that same day.
I was trying out some pro color film......me likes it:)

Shutterbug

05-10-2006, 07:42 AM

The thing I love about B&W, you see much more of the line and shape and are not distracted by color.

PhoenixRising

05-13-2006, 09:06 AM

More Flowers

thunder bug

05-16-2006, 05:41 AM

First pictures.

jdesigns

05-16-2006, 05:45 AM

Oooo! The Big Man finally makes an apperance! Hi Bill! :wave3: I see the D50, and you, are doing a good job so far! :goodjob:

thunder bug

05-16-2006, 05:53 AM

Hello Justin, Yeah been messing around just no time. Now Iam trying to learn how to make them smaller.

jdesigns

05-16-2006, 06:01 AM

Hello Justin, Yeah been messing around just no time. Now Iam trying to learn how to make them smaller.

They look good on my screen. What program are you using to resize? Maybe I can help. :D

(Did you hear that I destroyed one of my cameras on Friday? Ripped the lens and ring right off the body. Don't know if it's repairable yet.)

http://www.pbase.com/pearsonphotography/broken_d100

thunder bug

05-16-2006, 06:09 AM

Bummer, Iam using the program that came with the cam (picture project in touch) ?

jdesigns

05-16-2006, 06:21 AM

Try this to resize: When you download the photo's to your designated folder on the computer, use Windows Explorer (right click Start Button and choose Explore) to go to the folder. Right click on the image and choose "Resize Pictures." You can choose several sizes: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, or 240x320. (Of course, if you pics are shot vertically, the numbers will be reversed)

That should make things much more simple! :wave3:

PhoenixRising

05-16-2006, 10:29 AM

It was raining this early AM, so I went out to my drive way, and took these shots in the rain. Nothing fancy here with the color ones; just a re-size.

With the Pure Black and White ones, I just fiddled with the contrast and brightness, (since Justin suggested that I do that)

PhoenixRising

05-16-2006, 11:05 AM

One more from the rain...

Fowvay

05-21-2006, 06:55 AM

Sigh I have been hyper busy and completly missed last months assignment... I finally got out to the park today to do some shooting but alas all the spring flowers were dead and gone.

I did manage to get one shot though... so here it is. :)

yellowherbie

05-23-2006, 01:52 AM

Quick

Shutterbug

05-23-2006, 04:43 AM

We're running out of May!
3 more from our Wales trip.
They have pink honeysuckle there, cool.
The one with the wee pumpkin is a cornucopia arrangement. There are flowers in there.

JonK

05-27-2006, 12:27 AM

May Flowers!!

JonK

05-27-2006, 12:31 AM

May Flowers!!!

JonK

05-27-2006, 12:39 AM

May flowers!!

jdesigns

05-27-2006, 12:49 AM

Great turn out so for this month!

Nice work everyone! I'm glad you are all enjoying it! I am proud too! :goodjob:

yellowherbie

05-27-2006, 08:24 PM

Okay,

how in the world do you put the black frame around the pics?

yellowherbie

05-27-2006, 08:37 PM

Does anyone need any Herb's? I have some... This stuff smells sooo good...

yellowherbie

05-27-2006, 08:42 PM

As some of you know, I moved over to Eastern Washington, and I could not go home for Mothers Day, so I had my Dad buy my Mom some Rose bushes. Here is a picture that she sent me. She is using the rose's to start her memory garden for Aunt Carol..

PhoenixRising

05-28-2006, 03:54 AM

Okay,

how in the world do you put the black frame around the pics?
You go MS PAINT and put a black frame around it...you put a black frame around the picture, and then fill it in with what ever color you want; I used black here.

jdesigns

05-28-2006, 04:08 AM

Okay,

how in the world do you put the black frame around the pics?

What program are you using for your manipulations? MS Paint, Photoshop, Picasa, or something else? Knowing this will help us tell you the best way to do it. :D

macdave

05-28-2006, 04:58 AM

Here are a few from the Buchart Gardens in Victoria BC

jdesigns

05-28-2006, 06:31 AM

What should next months photo assignment be? Go visit this thread (http://www.newbeetle.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9037) and let me know what you think! :wave3:

yellowherbie

05-29-2006, 04:48 PM

What program are you using for your manipulations? MS Paint, Photoshop, Picasa, or something else? Knowing this will help us tell you the best way to do it. :D

paint. Thanks for doing that TJ, I just think the pictures look way better with a frame around it..

slugo

05-29-2006, 07:15 PM

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only opens once a day but fun when it does

yellowherbie

05-29-2006, 11:11 PM

Very Cool! slugo!

Breez

05-29-2006, 11:17 PM

Very nice cactus shot. very nice.

Everyones pics were very enjoyable, thank you!

manoverboard987

05-31-2006, 04:15 AM

i had hoped to get to the botanical gardens, but may was too busy a month for me. i did manage to get a couple pictures though.

this is the only flower we have outside at our house (in the only square foot of actual dirt we have - the rest is sand):

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a107/manoverboard987/random%20crap/100_0434_640x480.jpg

these are from a dozen roses that my uncle got my aunt for their 50th wedding anniversary:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a107/manoverboard987/random%20crap/100_0755_640x480.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a107/manoverboard987/random%20crap/100_0748_640x480.jpg