These beautiful white lilies are blooming in a neighbor’s yard. They look so fresh and pretty, even on a sultry day. I feel so fortunate to live where I do. Every body seems to have different flowers, allowing me to vicariously enjoy flowers without having to grow them myself.
In addition to my regular processing in Raw Therapee and the GIMP (described in Photo Processing Workflow) I gave these a painterly effect using Topaz Studio 2.
Portraits of artichoke flowers in black and white.
Some early blossoms emerging. These ornamental plum blossoms are the first fully blooming ones I’ve seen this year.They emerge at different times from year to year, so I hypothesize that they are triggered by temperatures more than hours of light. But it could be some combination. Hopefully they won’t be nipped in the bud by a sudden cold snap.
For Wordless Wednesday and Cee’s Flower of the Day.
The photos were taken with my Sony RX10iv camera, F/4 and ISO 100. I used Raw Therapee, the radiance filter in Topaz Studio 2 and the GIMP to process these photos. My basic workflow.
This cherry tree can’t wait for spring. The delicate pink blooms are a bit battered by raindrops. I hope the next blast of winter isn’t too hard on the tree.
I used Raw Therapee and the GIMP to process these images.
For the Whatsoever is Lovely blog challenge.
My variegated amaryllis has been a lovely thing in my life this week, actually throughout the entire holiday season.
I added a painterly effect to the above images in Topaz Studio 2.
For the Whatsoever is Lovely blog challenge.
Black and white treatments of an heirloom rose.