In the pink ....

[Clicker]

Such an extravagant  flower ....it always feels abundant and luxurious ...

[Fogey]

I just love the treatment you've given this, Clicker.

 

[Clicker]

Thanks Fogey    but I cannot take much credit as all I did was  crop it very slightly to get rid of an over exposed top left  corner and then reduced the shadows in lower right and reduced the texture slider  to minus 29  and the clarity to minus 35 in Adobe Camera Raw ... and then just lightened the overall  exposure a wee bit . I think I took this pic with my  35mm f /1.4  fuji lens... I often use it with the lens wide open, manual focus  but under expose  and then  alter it in post-production. I bought a drone ... ( for hubby )last week ... he's hoping to try it out  as soon as he's read the instructions ... its just a small one  to try out first to see if we want a more expensive one if we find it useful and fun . Meanwhile I am toying with getting a lensbaby velvet 85 mm  lens that I rather like the look of ...Well  yer can't take it with ya can ya ?

[markknittle61]

Beautiful Peony, I love the way you processed the image Polly. I am ready for spring.

 

[Clicker]

Thanks Mark ... but I did very little to it  really .. a coupler of tweaks  that's all ... I think it is one of my favourite all round lenses the 35mm f/1.4.   

[Ryewolf]

Nice shot Polly, I looked at getting a Lensbaby System quite a few years back (it had the Lensbaby Composer + a few lenses)

[Kobione]

Love the colour in this one Polly, and the petal detail.

[markknittle61]

23 hours ago, Clicker said:

Thanks Mark ... but I did very little to it  really .. a coupler of tweaks  that's all ... I think it is one of my favourite all round lenses the 35mm f/1.4.   

Sometimes it doesn't take much to make a good image  into a great image.

[CMunzel]

Lovely, Clicker. I have spent hours photographing peonies but none of lovely as this. Needless to say they were bought from florists as they prefer a colder climate that ours.