Some buds, flowers and seed heads in the garden

[GardenersHelper]

These were captured yesterday in our garden using the 55-250 STM on the 70D, all using natural light. I may have added the 500D close-up lens for some of them. All were hand-held.

The fifth, sixth and seventh were around the side of the house out of the sun and even with ISO 800 the shutter speeds of 1/80 and 1/100 sec were too ambitious given the quite strong, gusty breeze. So the sharpness isn't very good for them, but I liked the shapes and colours despite that. I'll increase the ISO next time though.

There are larger versions in this album over at Flickr.


0725 001 2015_05_19 IMG_2652 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr


0725 010 2015_05_19 IMG_2685 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr


0725 019 2015_05_19 IMG_2724 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr


0725 023 2015_05_19 IMG_2760 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr


0725 024 2015_05_19 IMG_2778 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr


0725 025 2015_05_19 IMG_2799 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr


0725 026 2015_05_19 IMG_2807 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr


0725 029 2015_05_19 IMG_2871 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

 

[sbowler579]

The shapes and colours are very nice indeed, the first catches my eye overall.

 

[GardenersHelper]

The shapes and colours are very nice indeed, the first catches my eye overall.

Thanks Steve.

 

[Maver!ck]

Yes, agree with Steve, first one for me. Quite a nice light on it.

 

[Neil Burnell]

Another vote for the first one, although all of them are very good indeed Nick!