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Flowers

September 8th, 2007 by Benji Mast

Just in case you get worried that this is no longer a photoblog…

These were all take in Thailand at the Queen’s Botanical Gardens.

Sorry for the excessive compression on the thumbs. I didn’t realize it until I start to create the post because I was using a new app. to resize. Do us all a favor and view them full size. :)

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I took all of these water lily shots with a rotating polarizer to control reflections and therefore reveal more colors, the green of the leaves, pink of the flowers etc…

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This last pictures is my favorite of the ones shown. Maybe its the because the color is dominated by opposite colors, green and magenta, maybe its because of the freshness implied by the glittering droplets, maybe its the out-of-focus lines seem that merge and culminate in the bell-shaped flower. I think I may have just created art. What do you think?

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6 Responses to “Flowers”

  1. on 08 Sep 2007 at 11:01 pm   Aaron

    If your wanting favorites then I will mention that I like the 3rd and the last two better than the rest. My first impression of the last one is that the flower was soft (not sharply focused), but I do like the opposing colors.

    My first impression of the first picture was that it was a bit drab and boring, but its growing on me more now that I look at it.

    Were all of these taken with natural lighting?

  2. on 08 Sep 2007 at 11:04 pm   Aaron

    BTW I ought to mention that I hope that there will be many more picture posts like this one soon.

  3. on 08 Sep 2007 at 11:14 pm   Sandra Ramos

    …all I can say is WOW and KEEP IT UP!

  4. on 09 Sep 2007 at 3:41 am   Marvin Mast

    Happy Birthday, Benji!!!
    Nine Nine Eighty Nine!!
    Eighteen!
    Love,
    Dad

  5. on 09 Sep 2007 at 12:04 pm   Benji Mast

    FYI, 9/9/89, my birth date, is what my dear father is communicating. It took me a little bit to catch it.

    The flower is not sharp. I don’t care as much as I perhaps should. However, everything else works for me so I am overlooking the technical detail.

    No off-camera light on the Asia trip. I didn’t want to make room for a flash unit in my bag.

  6. on 12 Sep 2007 at 4:03 pm   Ralph Yoder

    WOW Benji…you may be on to something…has it ever occured to you that you may have found your niche in life. lol
    looks great
    btw…how did your dad like the logo i sent him?

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