The Flower Thread - Page 8

**Dori1960** · 09-01-2011, 03:24 PM

I am so sad to hear of the changes you mentioned. :(

The apples look good enough to pick, I can almost taste one!!

**Done_Fishin** · 09-01-2011, 03:27 PM

apart from the loss of wildlife there is also the loss of photographic material .. a sad time indeed for that small community ...

**Dori1960** · 09-01-2011, 03:36 PM

Precisely! That is what is so sad about it! I cry when I see another building go up.

**WereBo** · 09-01-2011, 04:53 PM

That's a fair crop of apples there DF and some wonderful shots of 'em - They sorta remind me of going out with Mum & Dad for the 'Sunday Spin' around Kent, when it was full of orchards, waaay back last century (well, during the early 60's

) - Which bit of the UK were you visiting?

I agree about the loss of habitat for the wildlife, I was reading an article, a few years ago, which mentioned that since the end of WWII, England has lost approx 45,000 miles of hedgerows! That plus the 'prairie-farming' techniques is leaving our countryside as a mono-culture, only useful for food production

**Done_Fishin** · 09-02-2011, 03:18 AM

@ Werebo .. Three Bridges, Near Crawley West Sussex .. just South of Gatwick Airport ..

**WereBo** · 09-02-2011, 04:58 AM

Ahhhh.... Some beautiful countryside down there - Thanks DF

**Done_Fishin** · 09-05-2011, 11:12 AM

Hibiscus

This flower was showing abeautiful purple/ mauve colour yet try as I would I could not repeat the colour in the picture .. even by editing

Lily .. ???

fuschsia

**Done_Fishin** · 09-05-2011, 12:08 PM

Forgot to put this one ..

Summer Gladiola

sjb007 · 09-05-2011, 12:18 PM

Wonderful colours DF

Here is a clover ball...... It a shame this months common theme photo gallery is blue and not green!

**Done_Fishin** · 09-05-2011, 01:01 PM

I know what you mean .. and it looks like you got virtually all the different shades of green in that one photo ..

**WereBo** · 09-05-2011, 05:54 PM

Beautifully vibrant pics DF, though I had to put my dark-glasses on for 'em

I know what you mean about the blue/purple effect, when I snapped the Cornflower (below)on my balcony earlier this year, that had lost it's purple tinges too. I suspect it's cos the human eye can see further into the Ultra-Violet range than the camera sensor can.

@ sjb - That's a beautiful but strange plant there, it's a pity the flower was in the shade though, I'd love to see more detail of it.

**Dori1960** · 09-06-2011, 07:36 AM

These are some stunning flower shots!!!

**Done_Fishin** · 09-06-2011, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WereBo

I know what you mean about the blue/purple effect, when I snapped the Cornflower (below)on my balcony earlier this year, that had lost it's purple tinges too. I suspect it's cos the human eye can see further into the Ultra-Violet range than the camera sensor can.

most likely that there are limitations to the sensors .. I have experienced problems with yellows too especially flowers and road lights .. road lights tend to upset the focusing system .. this was a first though with "blues"

**Leo G** · 09-06-2011, 12:02 PM

I have problem with purples and reds, especially reds. They will blow out the sensor a lot easier than any other color. If you have a histogram that separates the colors you can see how the red will be clipped while the rest of the colors are in range. This is the problem I have on my D70S Nikon. Not sure if the CMOS sensors still have this problem, I know the CCD sensors have it.

**Dori1960** · 09-06-2011, 01:39 PM

Do you shoot raw? I was skeptical about RAW vs JPG until I researched and did some experiments using Nikon`s ViewNX2. You really DO have more control over your shots when using RAW. Also, try to underexpose by about -.3 stops, that has worked for me as well. The D70S is a fine camera!

**WereBo** · 09-06-2011, 04:18 PM

Unfortunately, my camera doesn't have the RAW facility, it's jpg's only

**Dori1960** · 09-07-2011, 05:22 AM

That stinks!

**Acuta73** · 09-07-2011, 05:28 AM

Remember back to my Prowler case mod? Remember I could never get the dang thing to show up as purple, only blue?

I feel that pain. lol

**Leo G** · 09-07-2011, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dori1960

Do you shoot raw? I was skeptical about RAW vs JPG until I researched and did some experiments using Nikon`s ViewNX2. You really DO have more control over your shots when using RAW. Also, try to underexpose by about -.3 stops, that has worked for me as well. The D70S is a fine camera!

I don't have the software to shoot raw. And the red problem is a known issue. I always shoot -.3EV for outdoor shots. The rest of the time I adjust it to whatever is needed.

I was shooting this particular flower and I had to go to -1.3ev to get the flower to be unclipped and by then everything else was pretty dark. I ended up shooting and doing a layered shot. Its a pain, but it works.

**zuluclayman** · 09-07-2011, 06:19 AM

You can edit jpegs in Camera Raw if you have that as a plug-in for Photoshop - it gives you some better options than Photoshop for recovering detail, adjusting white balance etc. I'm not sure if you can do so in UFRaw - the plug-in for GIMP which can also be used as a stand alone RAW editor.