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[zancro]

I had a little free time today so I photographed the flowers we got at the farmers market over the weekend. I used both the

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[tropical_hermit]

i always love your flower shots! :)

the last one is my favorite... such vibrant colors!

[zancro]

Thanks... you obviously have me on speed dial! I was still making an adjustment to the entry when your comment came in!

[taotianone]

talk about girlie parts, this one made me blush. i've never seen pistils and stamens that close. this is almost floraporn.

[oh yeah, the color, comp, and depth of field was pretty sweet too]

[zancro]

Yeah... I've often had difficulty really seeing the two things as different visually.

[yo_sarrian]

#3 is awesome... especially the leaf curling around the stem :)

[zancro]

Yeah... I really liked the leaf curling too.

[bitterlawngnome]

the first and last ... the colours had me time travelling to cold-war-era Hungarian propaganda newspapers

[zancro]

Interesting that you would pick those two since they are from different cameras. I'm not sure what that propaganda looked like... but if it was color like this... WOW!

[bitterlawngnome]

The top one is closer to what you'd see in those magazines. Because they printed on a very cheap grade of paper they tended to go for high contrast saturated colours (that then got greyed down by the paper) ... but it's the *choice* of colours too, somehow the aesthetic is very much of that time and place.

[zancro]

I'm really drawn to the way this new camera deals with color! (and b/w for that matter) I want to go back and re-shoot everything I've done with it!

[mistresscara]

Stars! Fireworks! OH wait, flowers!!! So pretty, thank you. :)

[zancro]

:~)