[New post] Finally, Flowers

quietsolopursuits posted: "I'm going to finally get around to doing the post that I promised last week, nearly all flowers. But, I have to start with one bird photo, just to keep the streak alive. ;) Besides, there are flowers in that photo, even if they're out of focus. ;) " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Quiet Solo Pursuits Finally, Flowers by quietsolopursuits I'm going to finally get around to doing the post that I promised last week, nearly all flowers. But, I have to start with one bird photo, just to keep the streak alive. ;) Male American goldfinch eating thistle seeds Besides, there are flowers in that photo, even if they're out of focus. ;) Okay, for the real flowers, these were shot over the course of the summer, with either the Canon 100 mm macro lens on a 60D body, or the Canon 300 mm L series lens, 1.4X tele-converter, and on the 7D Mk II body. They're both great set-ups for flowers, the 100 mm lens makes it easier to get the exact angle that I want, if I can get close to the flower. The 300 mm lens and tele-converter gets the larger flowers without cropping, or I may have had to crop some of these because fences, water, or other obstacles prevented me from getting as close as I would have liked. There's not much else to say, so here goes. Purple loosestrife   Pokeweed   Pink   Sumac   Asiatic day flower   Asiatic day flower   Boneset   Unknown purple   Nature's flower garden   Mother's wort   Ox-eye daisy   Sulphur cinquefoil   Queen Anne's lace   Queen Anne's lace   Creeping bellflower   Creeping bellflower   Creeping bellflower Horsemint?   Horsemint?   Pickerel weed   Pickerel weed   Ironweed   Ragweed     Unknown grass     Soapwort   Goldenrod   Jewelweed   Jewelweed   Day lily   Enchanter's nightshade   Sweet pea   Great lobelia   Evening primrose   Rose of Sharon   Rose of Sharon   Goldenrod   Ground ivy?   Dame's rocket   Yellow hawkweed?   Bindweed Some of the photos are only fair, but a few are pretty good as well. I'm feeling pretty proud of myself, not because of the images, but only a few of these are unidentified. Lightroom has a database for keywords, and when I'm able to identify a flower, I add the species name to the keywords. I also put the color and size in the keywords, along with unidentified if I can't ID it. I use four sizes, tiny, for flowers less than 1/2 inch across. Small for flowers from 1 to 2 inches across. Medium, for flowers 2 to 3 inches across, and large for flowers larger than 3 inches. If I see a flower on some one else's blog that matches one of my unidentified flowers, I can easily look it up in Lightroom by color and size, then replace the word "Unidentified" with the species name in the keywords, and it's saved forever, all I have to do is look them up again if I forget their name. It works well for me so far. Here's a photo tip, or really, a photo editing tip. If your camera has trouble exposing certain color(s) of flowers, often it is yellow or red, or both, instead of lowering the exposure, try lowering the luminance for that color in Lightroom if you have that to edit photos. That's how I got the evening primrose to look as good as it did in that photo. Lowering the luminance for just the color that looks overexposed leaves anything else in the frame, such as leaves, exposed correctly. That's it for this one, thanks for stopping by! quietsolopursuits | September 3, 2015 at 4:14 pm | Tags: Birds, Flowers, Hiking, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Photos | Categories: Birds, Flowers, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Photography tips | URL: http://wp.me/p111oX-76p Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Quiet Solo Pursuits. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://quietsolopursuits.wordpress.com/2015/09/03/finally-flowers/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com