[Theme] Li'l Flowers

[Fons Baerken]

on a vase

[Bob Foster]

Grape Hyacinth - Muscari armeniacum

Very early appearance for my location (Oklahoma, U.S.).

[ColinM]

Grape Hyacinth - Muscari armeniacum

Very early appearance for my location (Oklahoma, U.S.).

Nice specimen, nice results Bob
There are none out near me in the UK yet

[Bob Foster]

Thank you Colin.

It has been an unusual winter: a cold spell in January apparently caused the crocii and narcissi to flower unususaaly late. February has turned warm. I'm hoping that the fruit trees do not flower early.

Bob

[Bob Foster]

Claytonia virginica Spring Beauty

[Fons Baerken]

Claytonia virginica Spring Beauty

Nice, and edible plant; which gear used Bob?!

[Bob Foster]

Fons,

Hasselblad X2D, 80/1,9.

I'd have had a fallen and rotting tree in the image had I framed it any other way. I could have vertically cropped, but sometimes I like the way this lens can soften the background.

Bob

[Fons Baerken]

Fons,

Hasselblad X2D, 80/1,9.

I'd have had a fallen and rotting tree in the image had I framed it any other way. I could have vertically cropped, but sometimes I like the way this lens can soften the background.

Bob

Indeed  -lovely and smooth backdrop-  result! Thanks again for sharing!

[Akira]

Claytonia virginica Spring Beauty

Love the elegant color!

[Fons Baerken]

Wisteria flowers

April 22

D850,  afs 24mm f/1.4g

[Bent Hjarbo]

on a vase

I like the colors, like Rembrandt.

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Aloe vera flowers, analog photo

[Birna Rørslett]

Bidens ferulifolia, setting sun as a backdrop.

Adding extension the the fast Viltrox 75mm f/1.2 is a surefire way of getting poor image quality with massive chromatic and spherical aberrations and of course a heavy loss of image sharpness. Oh well. I for one don't care in this case.

[golunvolo]

Classic Birna. Lovely as always

[Birna Rørslett]

Classic Birna. Lovely as always

Me or the flower?

I added 29mm extension to the Viltrox 75mm lens and that is way more than it can handle in a decent manner. In fact, even my thinnest Z extension ring of 11mm is too much. That is, if one cares for the stellar image quality this lens provides under normal usage.

Never, ever, believe extension has no impact because there is no glass inside it. A myth that takes many believers.