^^^ @ draggons....I have no idea either but it sure looks neat!

Yet another wild vine.

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A flower pic taken today.

Buds

I'm really struggling with this topic... Here are a few attempts. Any criticism / advice welcomed!

I wish I had cleaned the bird poop off the leaf beforehand!

I'm really struggling with this topic... Here are a few attempts. Any criticism / advice welcomed!

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I wish I had cleaned the bird poop off the leaf beforehand!

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Not sure why you are struggling here Rob, them pics are OK..... ... but what are you doing with the poppy seed pod ... ? Perhaps don't answer that!...it could be incriminating ....

Edited January 30, 201412 yr by samuijimmy

Not sure why you are struggling here Rob, them pics are OK..... ... but what are you doing with the poppy seed pod ... ? Perhaps don't answer that!...it could be incriminating ....

It's even been scored already.

The pics look good to me. One way to enhance flower images is to sprinkle a few drops of water on them or use a water mister and spray them.

Thanks for the encouragement! I still hope to do a lot better. I found the poppy head growing in the garden of the Doi Pui Hilltribe Museum two days ago. I am guessing (hoping!) that it was there purely for demonstration purposes

^^^^ Probably one of these having a nibble, on the poppy !

A bright red flower ..

I'm really struggling with this topic... Here are a few attempts. Any criticism / advice welcomed!

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Flower shots look OK but maybe you are losing a little detail in the red rose. Red is a challenging colour on digital sensors and frequently needs the saturation reducing and luminance levels adjusting to realise the true colour and bring out the detail.

The bird dropping are easy.

Maybe the attached appeals?

I've adjusted the yellow channel also to reduce the background and emphasise the rose

Edited January 30, 201412 yr by fimgirl

Thx. Goodd advice yet again! I had a bad angle on the rose too, but in my defense it was behind a barrier, so I had to use a zoom lens!

This remains one of my main challenges for this year.

Outta likes ^

Probably the best time of day for getting flower photos is early in the morning, or on overcast days.... which of course is not always possible!

Road side, mobile flower stall.

The flowering trees are in full bloom now, winter didn't last long.

English name. Yellow silk cotton

Beautiful Pattaya in bloom 1

Beautiful Pattaya in bloom 2

Beautiful Pattaya in bloom 3 B)B)B)B)B)

More plant than flower, but there is just about a flower there.