Flowers with CPL

[TheronFamily]

#1 - Subtle Form
In subtle form, the viewer drawn
To petals' form, with curve
A rise, a fall, not one being torn
The centre missed, the nerve!



#2 - Purple Frenzy
Such hues, intense, and many seen
From just one simple bloom
A line is drawn from three points being
The avenue to zoom.



#3 - Peaks 'n Precipices
With lens of bloom, and tubes extend
I zoomed here to the max
The feeling be of message send
Of lows, and highs, and caps.



#4 - Bud, is that You?
A play of mirth, suggested hence
Of one that once there'd been
The old, portray in fashion, dense
The new, in sharp be seen.



#5 - Mountain Mist
A favorite here from the bunch
This one it is to me
I know ye say, ye've dropped yer lunch
The fo-cus eludes, free.

Suggest of mist I bring to thee
And form then in your mind
The image that the eye wants, see
In repl-y thus, be kind.



At some point I am going to venture out and discover the impact of using the CPL with water droplets in macro, as these are notorious for causing blown highlights if not exposed for correctly.

PP was confined to Levels/Curves/Hue and sharpening.
All shots handheld, using SB-600 off camera with the SC-29 TTL cord and a homemade flashlight stand for flash from below.
Spot metering was used for the fill flash exposures.

Anyone else using CPL for their macro work, or am I smokin' the wrong brand again - LOL
Rgds.

[whaas2]

I like the third one the best. This is art and I appreciate your attempt to do it poetic justice. What flower are you using here? It looks to me like African Trailing Daisy.

[TheronFamily]

Originally Posted by whaas2

I like the third one the best. This is art and I appreciate your attempt to do it poetic justice. What flower are you using here? It looks to me like African Trailing Daisy.

wow! thanks hugely whaas!

it's the Cape Daisy (Osteospermum) native to South Africa.
You were very very close.

[Johnny Perkka]

poetry appreciated.

cool artistic aproach, (fresh after all the surgically precise stuff normally seen)..

Thanks, best post of the week IMHO

[TheronFamily]

bill clinton! kewl!
thanks for the karma there, appreciated

[transcape5]

Very artistic! I like the contrast of #4 best.

[ebears]

#4 appeals to me most of all - the beautiful subtle colours are lovely

[Lyle A]

That's the first poetic form I've seen.I like it.

[TheronFamily]

thanks transcape!

[TheronFamily]

thanks ebears and lyle

[Imagesgranted]

"bud is that you" i love that shot

[AfricanButterflies]

What I like about this forum is the wide range of styles I see, from Brian V's focus stacked colour electron micrographs to Kev's Turneresque beauties. I love them all! I think you are very good at managing bokeh and the way you've used selective focus here is great. And even Mountain Mist works because although almost all the image is out of focus, there IS a sharp edge leading the eye into those lovely fuzzy colours.

[impala65ss@msn.com]

I like the third one the best. Very nice DOF.