[Markulous]

Not a great one for flaaaaars but with the hint of Spring you've got to take the opportunities if they present themselves! Taken lunchtime yesterday and today.

Don't give a fig
Beginnings of a fig on an otherwise totally bare branch






Camelia sprig






Camelia bud
Probably should remove that branch at the top!





Succulent
Liked the sun backlighting





Stamens
Went for the abstract look with the sun providing an inner glow and the narrow DOF






As always, welcome any comments - good, bad or indifferent!

[silver]

back lit plant works really nice,. the background on the stamen pic is great

regards removing braches,. easier at time of taking than with editing app,. it's all easy to not notice something till you get home!

Sil

[Rob Barron]

I love the Succulent, it really does work well with that lighting. The last image works very well too, the well defined stamen heads contrast well with the blurred surroundings. I also like the Camelia bud and sprig, especially the way the hairs are captured on the leaves. The only one that does little for me is the Fig which doesn't really contain enough of anything to hold my attention. All the rest make a great set so good stuff as usual Mark.

Cheers,
Rob

[fionaB]

i love the detail in the thrid one where you can see all the tiny fibres on the edge of the leaves and yep the succulent is a cracker! wish i had something other than weeds in my garden to shoot. oh yeah and daffodils which i HATE! thought i had dug them all out last year must have missed a bunch

[nichpr]

Boy am I jealous - we still have snow on the ground..............

- Paul

[Sonsey]

Yep, Spring is finally showing sign's of arriving, great set of shots with loads of detail Mark

The Succulent backlighting is my favourite!

[Markulous]

Many thanks for the comments, everyone! Much appreciated!

If I'd have removed that branch, Sil, I'd have cut a chunk of the plant!
Very rarely do I disturb the area around the shot (except dead leaves, grass, etc) - as much in order to prevent the risk of 'losing' what I saw as much as anything else!

Irony is, Paul, I'm impatiently awaiting this current fall of snow we're meant to be getting - bit of hail so far but that's all!

[chickadee]

Love the camila bud.
we have autum over our side ,so will be busy planting bulbs love the look of daffodils in paddock just growing wild .Plus the excitment in the garden with bulbs coming through oh and lets not forget the baby animals .Have 6 months to wait for that look. In the meantime will enjoy autom.

[Madpup]

Number three for me, well done.

[Bundybear]

one word....nice!

[karen fiona]

, well done,you really have captured spring, very detailed macros, totaly love the green one that looks light up, excellant work



karen

[Markulous]

Hey, thanks! Glad you liked them!

This time last year was enjoying an Oz autumn - so hope you do too!

[Australopithecus]

All very nicely done. I especially like the last two because of the interesting light and angles.

Frank