With all the flowering plants around, it was time to use the Lensbaby again. The irises in our garden have started to open this last week. A couple of plants got blown over by the strong winds, so I snipped them and put them in a vase this morning. With the Lensbaby attached, I made one image of the stem below the flower.
Lily
The Lensbaby is really great for making images of flowers. The lens has a sweet spot that is in focus; all other parts of the image are thrown out of focus. For the iris, I decided to use a really colorful vase — we did not have much choice for a single tall thin flower! Here is an image of part of the vase.
Colorful Vase
Then I moved onto the roses bushes. Early this morning this rose started opening — by this afternoon, it had opened.
Opening Rose Bud
Here are three rose buds, just about to start opening.
Three Rose Buds
Finally, I returned to another rose, to get some detail of the edges of the petals.
Rose Bud Petals