Flower Art
We have a solid week of rain ahead of us, so in between showers and thunderstorms (and writing and editing articles), I spent some time in the yard today. While sitting on the lawn tractor cutting the “back 40,” I noticed that many of the flowers I’d given up as past their prime were reinvigorated by the cool, wet weather.
So I took my macro lens out and played around in the afternoon overcast, catching a few images that reminded me of my mom’s still-life oil paintings. I usually think it prudent to leave the camera in the house on rainy days, but today’s result showed it was well worth the risk and no one melted (not even the dog) on this damp photo shoot.
Tricia Booker Photography 
Beautiful! The rain makes such a difference on our lovely gardening, doesn’t it?
Thank you! Yes, this was a good reminder that rain doesn’t always mean dull and dreary!
Beautiful photograph! I love that blue!
Thank you so much! I appreciate your comment!
This fabulous shot
Thanks very much!
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Beautiful photos! So colourful. Very inspiring and warming to view on such a rainy day here in our area. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your comments on my photos! I appreciate your feedback!
wow! real amazing how you captured the rain droplets. It made the flower more gorgeous. Keep on shooting Tricia!
Thank you! Notes like yours do keep me inspired to keep getting out there with the camera!
Hi Tricia,
That is one amazing photograph….I could reach out to touch it…its that real.Besides I love flowers of all hues size and shape…roses being my favourite. You will find a lot of them on my blog http://feelgoodmessages.blogspot.com.
Thank you for the compliment! I will be sure to visit your blog; I love viewing flower photos!
Stunning picture!
nice photo!
Lovely photo. 🙂
Love the raindrops on the flower.. such a precise and beautiful shot!
That is Absolutely gorgeous. I would love to paint that. I wish I can take pictures like that. What kind of camera do you use? I haven’t painted in a while but I feel so inspired- Congrats on FP!
Thank you! I used a Nikon digital SLR with a 105mm lens. I was shooting at 1/250th at F7.1 and hand held. Hope that helps!
Nice click Tricia 🙂
Really great shot! I love that you can see just the tip of the curly little stamen peaking out from the petals. 🙂
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The rain drops on the flower look stunning. This is an amazing shot, I love it!
Lovely depth of field – it looks painted. Congrats on the “Freshly Pressed.” 🙂
Maybe my favorite color and favorite flower all together with rain — great!
Thank you so much for sharing.
Crystal
Simple beauty.
A beautiful shot! The colors are stunning, and the water drops certainly add to the photo. Nice idea to bring your camera outdoors after the rain. I’m trying to learn more about photography, so this is a good lesson to not just shoot when the skies are sunny.
Breathtaking!
Soggy in NY here, this picture is gorgeous. I love how vibrant this is 🙂
Wow oh wow. Your photography skills are awesome! Keep up the good work!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love how vivid the colors turned out.
A Flower image increase the beauty of this site.
I likes photo.
So pretty! 🙂 Maybe I should start growing flowers. This makes me want to lol. Its rained here for a straight week too. Can’t seem to get a break from it. Love your pictures.
Wow, incredibly amazing!
beautiful
Beautiful! I don’t recognize it, do you know what it is?
Beautiful shot!
That’s gorgeous.
That pic is beautiful and I love the color! (and the raindrops) Congrats on FP!
Beautiful picture! Definitely worth taking the camera the camera out in the rain. 🙂
I must ask is that the true color of the aquilegia? I have had problems as purple comes out blue, plum colours come out purple.
nice click as they say,congrats.
Sometimes the damp weather is an excellent time for photography.
That flower study with the water drops is really nice.
All my best photos have always been taken on rainy days. I think the soft light works well for showing the true colors of things, especially flowers and leaves.
Great photo!
Beautiful 🙂
It’s funny how it reminds me of Tinkerbell. haha
Wow, you so captured a precious moment of a nature kiss. Absolutely lovely!!! Beautiful and Congrats on FP!
Wow, the purple color on that flower is radiant! Beautiful!
B E A U T I F U L!!!!!!!! Great work!
So pretty, Tricia! I could look at this flower all day!
Thank you so much for all of the wonderful comments! I really appreciate you all taking the time to post your thoughts and likes. It means a lot!
To answer your questions, this is columbine (Aquilegia) that’s been in my garden about 10 years. Its blooms are purple and pink. I shot this with a Nikon D3S camera with a 105mm F2.8 lens. The settings were ISO 2000, 1/250th at F7.1. Hand held. I edited it slightly in Lightroom, using the auto tone function and increasing the saturation slightly. The white balance was cloudy.
I’m really flattered to be FP and thank you all for your support and good wishes! Happy blogging!
Stunning pic, I love the colour and the composition. Where are the others? Congrats on Freshly Pressed. x
looks great, very vivid colors. i love macro work, thank you for sharing 🙂
Nice colors! I love the “dews” on the flower. Are you using a macro lens. I guess this is a regular lens? Nevertheless, it’s perfect. 🙂
simply breathtaking…i am writing a book, check out my blog if you get a chance 🙂
very beautiful photo
It is so beautiful! Rain makes our earth refresh! Thank you for your sharing!
Beautiful! 🙂
the rain drops on the purple flower gives it a fresh look – beautiful:)
i love it…
Absolutely beautiful color…beautiful photo. Wow, don’t you love spring? joni
nice work..!!
Beau-ti-ful!
Isn’t nature wonderful? Nothing can compete with those colors!
Congrats on being FP’d, Tricia! 🙂
Thanks so much! Very surprising!
Absolutely beautiful!
Excellent picture! What tipe of macro lens did you use?
Vivid. Brilliant. Delightful. Thanks for sharing and congrats on being FPed. Rain can make things so clean and pure, conducive to terrific photos. One of my best days for seeing gorgeous wildflowers was during some spring showers in Sion National Park. I swear I could see the wildflowers open up after each downpour. I post some of my nature shots periodically on my blog but nothing as exquisite as yours today.
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Pretty…
what camera do you have? It looks so fresh and vivid!
By “rain” do you really mean “sprinklers”? hahaha 🙂
That’s an inspirational photo, you should put up more.
love the vibrance and the depth of field!
Great shot…..love water drops on flowers!
Congratulations on being FP, this is a great shot! You captured them so nicely, what a beautiful colours and raindrops… and also the depth of the flower is amazing too. Well done. Thank you, Greetings and Love, nia
Congratulations on being freshly pressed with this great image. And thank you for posting this – it is so cheerful. The raindrops actually add to its beauty, and convey a measure of hope: yes it is possible to laugh in the rain!
Have a wonderful day,
Chris
thanks you verry much..
That is an AMAZING photograph!!! I have an idle interest in photography (I curse my damaged, dated, dented camera!) and I really like “soft” days – rainy days. I enjoy getting caught in the rain, seeing the lighting flash in the bellies of the weeping nimbostratus clouds, hearing the ominous rumble of thunder… Ah, I wish it was like that here!
Anyway, I think that this photo is gorgeous! *Grin* Any tricks to taking photos like this? Wait, let me guess – a good camera, an artistic eye, and a nice subject, eh?
Cheers,
Jade
good camera not so much. but the rest, you have right on! I have found that even cheap cameras can take shots like this if you know what you are doing. Which my mother likes to point out is a great reason not to spend several thousand on a new nice camera. 🙂
Fantastic picture, what camera did you use for this? its gotta be high mega pixels?
Gorgeous shot!
What camera takes such great photos?
nice photo..good job:-)
Fabulous shot …. inspired me to take my macro lens out and photograph my orchids. BEAUTIFUL …. !!!!
I love the vibrant colors!
Wow, that’s eye popping. i find blue difficult to capture on film so I am even more impressed.
good inspiration to shot exactly angel…beautiful
Classic nature shot! Good job…
Should I thank the creative eye which captured the essence of the moment or should I thank the person for having made the macro lens (I presume you used only 1 macro lens for this shot)?
I think, whichever the case, WOW to both of you!! 🙂
Makes the rain more bearable, doesn’t it?
Absolutely breathtaking. I can’t even believe the beauty of this photo. It almost brings tears to my eyes. Thank you for posting it.
Samantha
Your photographs are beautiful — congratulations on being FP’d!
Beautiful, very delicate image. I Like your Style of writing
Really beautiful as it is… I love this style..
So pretty! I love it:)
awesome color combination, so beautiful 😀
I did a double-take when I first saw your photo; real or hyper-realist painting? Wow, I love the dainty drops 🙂
thnx for the photos!
Amit
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Perfect focusing. Amazing capture!!
I get my best shots out in the rain. Although I need to find a safer way to get my lightning shots. On of these days I will get struck!
good camera not so much. but the rest, you have right on! I have found that even cheap cameras can take shots like this if you know what you are doing. Which my mother likes to point out is a great reason not to spend several thousand on a new nice camera. 🙂
What a beautiful photo! 🙂
Very nice shot!
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Very nice shot!
What a beautiful photo!
Beautiful !
Wow, so real……..
cool picture
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I could not resist commenting. Exceptionally well written!\