Keukenhof Reds

KeukReds, originally uploaded by s_raghu20.

Its an scanned image, and therefore not so sharp anymore. But, I love the complete/total red color that oozes out of the flower petals.

Some might say that the red channel is overblown, but I beg to differ.

Bee on a flower

Bee on a flower, originally uploaded by s_raghu20.

It was a photo hunting day for me, June in Switzerland, perfect time of year for spring photography.

And I found this bunch of bees hovering around this plant full of budding flowers. The colors from the flowers were great as it is, and the bees were giving the shots another dimension.

First time for me to shoot insects, though not in the macro sense. Still, I liked it very very much.

Rose

Rose, originally uploaded by s_raghu20.

A wonderful rose (though not a perfect rose) I caught last spring in Winterthur.

It was a rose bush, and I had to go the max of my zoom range

Violets

Violets, originally uploaded by s_raghu20.

While walking to my gym, I found this small bunch of violet flowers (dont know the exact name.. :( ) blossoming in the middle of dry leaves at the bottom of a tree.

Couldnt resist shooting since it gave me an interesting contrast. It was pretty sunny too, so the sunlight also played a role there.

Afterwards I sat down on my laptop to touch the saturation a bit before posting here.

Remarks ?

Red hot tulip...

I am not convinced about the level of redness this particular flower should have, but I still like the shot somewhere.
To me, it feels like the flower is of color fire-red... comments ?

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A gentleman (Matt Simpson) suggested on dpreview that I could have processed the image as posted here, with which I absolutely agree. Reduced noise and cropping have brought the image in much more prominence.

Tiny Purple beus...

Small yet beautiful...

Flower in Lauterbrunnen

 

Shot in Lauterbrunnen in July 2007. Shared today :)

Forest Of Reds

Forest Of Reds, originally uploaded by s_raghu20.

Another one from my old photo set of Keukenhof photos from The Netherlands.

Touched a bit with PS...

Comments..

Tulip

SingleTulip, originally uploaded by s_raghu20.

Tulip_drop, originally uploaded by s_raghu20.

Courtesy George, I am starting to look at post processing even more... This one is an altered version of the original photo

Anybody care to comment...

Violet beauties

violets_Keuk, originally uploaded by s_raghu20.

From Keukenhof Gardens in The Netherlands.

Pink Tulips Lit by Afternoon Sun

Pink Tulips Lit by Afternoon Sun, originally uploaded by danagraves.

What lovely light effect ...
Absolutely creative and fantastic photograph... :)

Forest of Tulips...

Flowers_field, originally uploaded by s_raghu20.

This one give me a feel that I m standing in front of a huge wall of Tulips. Though George said its not as sharp as he would want it to be, but then he always says that for all my photographs...

Sometime I wonder if he's actually telling the truth... !!!

Isnt that striking ?

SingleFlower_striking_keuk_cropped, originally uploaded by s_raghu20.

I find this one very interesting.

Primarily for the background that almost completely dark. And therefor the flower kind of stands out. The colors have come out pretty nice as well.

Roses

Three Roses

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