Flora & Fauna

"Cozy Cosmo". 9/26/10, 7:26 PM. Cut flower gardens, Thomas E. Ricks demonstration gardens, Rexburg, ID. f/5. 1/40 sec. - Nikon D60. Tripod, silver reflector card--which gives the warmth in the petals. For this image I also created an adjustment layer and changed the exposure, offset and gamma to brighten and then masked everything back in except the main flower at about 50%. I then came back with a 100% mask in the corners to create a slight vignette.

Cosmos are my favorite flower. :)


"Sun Ladies". 9/26/10, 7:31 PM. Cut flower gardens, Thomas E. Ricks demonstration gardens, Rexburg, ID. f/5.6. 1/40 sec. - Nikon D60. No edits.

I was trying to get a different perspective on some sunflowers, and happened upon these little ladies. Love it when that happens.


"Veronica Tea". 9/27/10, 10:46 AM. Thomas E. Ricks demonstration gardens, Rexburg, ID. f/8. 1/200 sec. - Nikon D60. I cropped the image slightly and also created an adjustment layer and changed the exposure, offset and gamma to brighten; then I masked back in the corners slightly.

I'm a lover of my aperture mode, but have difficulty getting really close to anything with it, so I decided to try out my macro mode on this shot--happily.


"In the Nasturtiums". 9/27/10, 10:55 AM. Thomas E. Ricks demonstration gardens, Rexburg, ID. f/5.6. 1/125 sec. - Nikon D60. I cropped and rotated the image and again created an adjustment layer and changed the exposure, offset and gamma to brighten (it's kinda my favorite); then I masked back everywhere but where the grasshopper is.