You can look, but you'd better not touch.

[ancient_mariner]

Bluebells grow in woodlands, right? Which means tree and wood are all around, which means not just shooting the flowers in isolation.

So I took this first shot, then looked at the tree behind the flowers - all ready to grab the first kid that picked a handful.
Whichfordbluebell-9746 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr

Whichfordbluebell-9749 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr

Gotta get there....
Whichfordbluebell-9730 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr

This looks a little like the classic 'praying hands' to me.
Whichfordbluebell-9762 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr

And a basking crocodile.
Whichfordbluebell-9765 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr

And sometimes they're just a bit spartan.
Whichfordbluebell-9696 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr

C&C welcome.

 

[reheat module]

Lovely clarity and focus at the target points in these.

 

[ancient_mariner]

Thanks Paul. I picked up an old manual focus 135 f2.8 a couple of months back, and love the way it renders both in and out of focus areas for this kind of shot

 

[smr]

#3 for me. nice dof variation.

 

[ancient_mariner]

Thank you. Second, third and fifth are my faves.

Do you think I've lifted the colour of the bluebells too much? I'm starting to wonder a little now.

 

[SFTPhotography]

Praying hands composition for me, its the most appealing and the subtle light just lifts it slightly

 

[ancient_mariner]

Thanks Steve.

 

[Kevin O'Brian]

Fantstic approach and detail captured Toni enjoyed them all!

 

[ancient_mariner]

Thank you Kevin, that's really kind.

 

[Cloudforest]

I like 4 & 5 the most. Nice framing and point of focus and lovely light. On my laptop monitor the colour seems right.

 

[ancient_mariner]

Thanks Pete.

 

[69Bonni]

3,4 and 5 are my pick Toni, that lens is doing a good job for you too!
I think if I were pushed I would pick 5, Nice work Toni

 

[ancient_mariner]

Thanks Steve, for dropping by to comment.