Blossom 2

Although your crocus are lovely, I think these photos of imperfect flowers are more interesting. In this one the leaves and stems take precedence over the blossoms. This gives the photos more character, more depth. Unfortunately this photo is a bit out of focus. Do you have image stabilization in your camera? I threw out a lot of poorly focused photos until I got image stabilization (I still have many poorly focused). I'm getting an additional camera to do more macro photography, so I guess I'll be using my neglected tripod. (Must stop being so lazy and get serious for a change)

Ransford,

 

Hi! Well, I regret to confess that Image stabilisation I gots, and it STILL came out like this. This is a classic result from Mrln not realy knowing how to drive her camera to best ability. I LOVED the colours on this - taken a few mins after the crocii in fact, but I think I had the shutter speed too slow in an attempt to get the light on a windy day - with a silly macro lens as well!! The primroses in the same group were taken later that day and came out a lot better - not waving around in the breeze so much of course, either.

 

A bit more mastery, and this would be a killer shot. As it staqnds, I agree with you 100%. I leave it up there blurred and all, because the colours *still* are wonderful to my eye, and I use it as a sort of colour inspiration pic!!

I can't tell you how many pictures I have deleted because of blurring or some other failure on my part. On the occasion when I find that special promising image, I take lots of pictures in the hope one will come out right. That's the advantage of digital (or wealth). Even so, sometimes I find an image that just can't be corrected to the level it deserves. I rarely feel that an image is so good that it should be kept despite its weakness.

Since I crop a lot, I often discover part of a picture deserving of development even though I was not truly aware of its beauty. Often this means it is not properly focused. Then I am faced with the decision to save it anyway as you have here or go to work in Photoshop and try to turn it into something very different from what it started out to be. It gives me great pleasure just to look. Photography allows me to look and play. Then I think "What does this all mean? What am I doing?" Many years ago I majored in Art History in college and I have always considered the making of graphic images a noble endeavor, even though for most of my life I did other things. Now that I am closer to the end of my life than the beginning, I worry over the wisdom of the way I spend my time.

At any rate, you definitely did the right thing in posting this image. I enjoyed looking at it again.

Ransford