{"id":2422,"date":"2012-05-06T23:20:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T06:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2012-05-06T23:21:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T06:21:13","slug":"lensbaby-flowers-wk-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/06\/lensbaby-flowers-wk-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Lensbaby Flowers — wk 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

\"1141-0058-Lily\"<\/a>

Lily<\/p><\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"1141-0079-Colorful-Vase\"<\/a>

Colorful Vase<\/p><\/div>\n

Then I moved onto the roses bushes. Early this morning this rose started opening — by this afternoon, it had opened.<\/p>\n

\"1141-0080-Opening-Rose-Bud\"<\/a>

Opening Rose Bud<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are three rose buds, just about to start opening.<\/p>\n

\"1141-0094-Three-Rose-Buds\"<\/a>

Three Rose Buds<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, I returned to another rose, to get some detail of the edges of the petals.<\/p>\n

\"1141-0106-Rose-Bud-Petals\"<\/a>

Rose Bud Petals<\/p><\/div>\n

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