4 flowers with three lenses

[Luvwine]

Just a few random flower pics:

First with Zeiss VS 100-300, Second with Sony GM 100/2.8 STF, last two with the Voigtlander 65/2 apo-lanthar:

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice work, I especially like the 1st and 3r shots.

 

[Kyle Jones]

Second one for me!

 

[BarryHamilton]

#2 for me, too! Love the delicacy of the image.
One suggestion, if I may.....remove the dark-ish spot on the stem just below the flower bud. Should be very easy and would retain the pristine beauty of the image.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Stephen,

#4 for me and then #2. But a nice series of flower shots you have here.

Jim

 

[Pete Van Hamersveld]

I like the composition of #3 the best, especially the contrast between a new budding rose on the left and a open one on the right.

 

[Luvwine]

I like the composition of #3 the best, especially the contrast between a new budding rose on the left and a open one on the right.

Thanks--this is my favorite of these as well. My only regret is not leaving enough room around the budding flower. The shot was a focus stack and, with the lens I used (Voigtlander 65/2 apo-lanthar at F2) the lens extends as you focus closer. Thus, the magnification changes a bit when focus stacking and results in a final image that requires a bit of cropping....All part of learning one's tools. I still like the effect tho as by using the largest aperture, one can still blur the background and by combining images, one can get adequate depth of field. The rose in this image pops partly because of this, I think. Thanks for the comments on these. Interesting to see the diversity of opinions. I like them all, of course, or I would not have posted them. Each of these lenses can produce great results, but all with different character. This is part of the fun for me being something of a gear head.....

 

[Linda Combs]

Beautiful flowers!