Saturday, February 9, 2008

Last day of aperture

From the bouquet I got for my birthday today (do you like how I oh-so-subtly slipped that in there so you would all wish me a happy birthday?)

Shot with 100mm macro lens on tripod. F2.8:
F22:
CC always appreciated!

22 comments:

summerbl4ck said...

love it. i love macro photography. i'd love a macro lens. thx for sharing

Val said...

Love the DOF in the first shot. Oh, and happy birthday!!!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday! Hope it was a good one! I love these and the color is shouting Spring...now if it would only get here!
cari

Sarah Phipps said...

That is such and neat photo. I love the pictures people have been posting of flowers. i think I will give it a shot.. Happy Birthday.

Ginnie said...

Happy Birthday to you! I hope you go out and do something fun.

Beautiful shots! I can't pick a favorite.

Anonymous said...

I hope you had a great birthday. Nice DOF and color.

Jess said...

What a beautiful flower! Great examples of the different apertures too. :)

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you had a great day today!

Unknown said...

Your flower pics are stunning. tfs.

For Over 29 Years... said...

Happy birthday! Love these shots!

Mom2Drew said...

The pink is a nice color boost to all the white around here. Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Stacey said...

What beautiful shots. I love the detail and color. Nice job. Happy Birthday!

Reds said...

Happy birthday to you!!! Lovely flower!!

Mandy said...

Oh my word! Outrageous! I just love to see this color with all of this snow we are getting. The world feels like an infinite abyss of white!

Kelly said...

Very, very pretty. I love macro and am working to get better at it.

Wonderful

pakosta said...

gorgeous!
i want some flowers!
tara

Farrah Jobling said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I love the pink!

April said...

happy birthday!! mines on monday..i'm not very sutle!! hee hee! those are gorgeous flowers.

Amy said...

Gorgeous! I prefer the first shot, the dof is fabulous, I love shooting macro too and seem to use f/2.8 a lot. That 100mm is a great lens! Happy Birthday!!!

Tori said...

Pretty color in the flower! Nice DOF in the first one.

Tori said...

Ooh... and I clicked enter before I finished...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)

Stacey said...

Happy birthday! Beautiful flowers

Tera Fraley said...

Love this, reminds me of spring!! Such a pretty picture!