Category Archives: floral

Unforgotten, Remembered, and Elevated

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Columbus Botanical Garden

I have the luxury of using some personal time to give myself this week off from work. I have no particular plans other than to enjoy it one day at a time. Of course, the weather has been questionable but I’m rolling with it. Yesterday was overcast with the threat of rain but it was good conditions for more floral macros at the Columbus Botanical Garden.

I had specific images in my head. My previous visit highlighted flowers as they continued past their prime and I anticipated finding more to shine a spotlight on. More work has been completed as the garden gets ready for their Shine: A Celebration of Nature & Wonder event and the majority of the flower beds have already been recycled. The rose garden still held my fascination though, and I was able to come home with a few beauties.

As much as I have enjoyed processing these faded flowers with the bleach bypass approach I wanted to try something different. I don’t recall where I came across Greg Noire’s preset pack for Lightroom but this processing is from his B&W Ninja pack. The preset name is ‘Clean Cut’.

Unforgotten
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/160s, f/5.6, ISO 100

Remembered
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/200s, f/5.6, ISO 100

Elevated
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/80s, f/8, ISO 100

Tomorrow Will Be Ok

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In the Yard – ITY74

Tomorrow Will Be Ok
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/160s, f/3.3, ISO 100

Faded Glory

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Revisiting past images

I have been happy with the results of my recent floral images of subjects past their prime. I looked into my previous posts and found quite a few more beauties I wanted to revisit. I’m also working to add a gallery to this blog’s home page for Faded Glory. Here are a few I found from 2016 & 2019…

Faded Dreams
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/125s, f/2.8, ISO 200

as goes the summer…
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/1000s, f/2.8, ISO 200

Summer Slips Away
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/1000s, f/2.8, ISO 200

You Had Me At Hello

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Columbus Botanical Garden

You Had Me At Hello
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/1000s, f/3.5, ISO 100

Puffball

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Squared – SQ201
Columbus Botanical Garden

Puffball
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/200s, f/8, ISO 100

After the Departing

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Wordless Wednesday
Columbus Botanical Garden

After the Departing
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 160

After The Frost

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Columbus Botanical Garden

We had our first frost this past week. Still not a fan of the cold but the temps eventually got up close to 50 degrees so I shouldn’t complain. We are back to mid 70’s this week and should hit low 80 by Thursday. Mornings will be a little on the cool side but I can live with that…

Although I know the botanical garden is preparing for the holiday event I stopped over Sunday to see how the few remaining flowers handled the frost. Not great, but it is to be expected. It works for me though because I think there is a different beauty in a flower past its prime. What do you think?

Peek-a-Boo
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/400s, f/5.6, ISO 100

Don’t Cry
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/800s, f/3.2, ISO 100

Just Say Goodbye
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/125s, f/5.6, ISO 140

Radiate

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Silent Sunday
Columbus Botanical Garden

Radiate
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/320s, f/5.6, ISO 100