Hello Floral Fans,

Late May and early June is a fantastic time of the year in the Edmonton area. This is when most trees are blooming, and herbaceous plants of all descriptions are making a push to the sun, and doing their best to attract the attention of pollinators with their showy reproductive parts. I only wish I had more free time to exercise my shutter finger. Here are a few more images, all from my yard.

1. Primula sp. (unknown cultivar)

very nice colors Ken

Per

Lovely set Ken ! I especially like 3 and 4, that is one gorgeous iris. Love how you have captured it in the last shot.

Birdie

Ken,
Very fine shots here. I most like the Iris shots. The closeup detail on number 3 is sweet but the sharpness and shadow tones of number 4 is excellent. Thanks for sharing. - RC

Great shooting Ken! #3 and #4 give great mood, I really like.

Khai

Ken, Glad to see you enjoying the wildflowers in Edmonton.
I particularly enjoy 3 & 4. Thanks for sharing.
Steve

Great work.
all images are little soft.

I really enjoyed this set Ken. I must say that the iris is a stunner. Wild iris are one of my favorites and this one rocks, super shot

Tim

Ken, a common trait for these is they appear a bit on the soft side. Still I really like the last one
Socrate

Very nice comp in #1 but try to avoid distracting peek through the leafs parts.
Great job and sharpness on the whites in #2.
Love the comp in #3. It might need just a little bit more DOF and sharpness.
The last one is excellent. Very well done, Ken.
Chris

I'll take #4 for the win Ken.
Eric

Gorgeous colors....#4 for me.

#1 the image looks a bit soft to me, the exposure a bit bright perhaps. The lower flower seems to hold more sharpness than the upper? The comp is very likeable

#2 center needs to be sharper, a shot from overhead is often not too flattering and often does not express much depth or form IMO. Look for different angles that show layers of the flower or interesting views.

#3 I like where you were going with this one Ken, IMO it needs a bit more of an anchor point to draw in and lock then drift back and enjoy I am putting up and interpretation of what could be done, in Curves there were adjustments at the dark and light ends only. Additional sharpening was applied, a boost in Vibrance and a spike in the orange hues. I post it only because it for me is easier to 'show' than 'tell'

#4 How bout that! Simply gorgeous Ken, though more sharpness would be nice I can appreciate this nicely lit shot and that knock out BG you have here, very very sweeeet. If you care to push it then I think the potential is there, you captured more than you may realize, the shot is a dream shot Ken, that is all good and I love light like this. I also include a little rework, slight crop, slight vibrance, slight curves and applied sharpening.

Your are seeing good things, push yourself to see more when you find light and subjects like this, higher. lower, angles that place it on amazing BG's, line up other colors in the BG to echo or what ever is around you and the light!

I'm KarlA and I like florals

very nice Ken.. the last is my favorite

Lothen wrote:
very nice colors Ken

Per

Thank you Per!

birdied wrote:
Lovely set Ken ! I especially like 3 and 4, that is one gorgeous iris. Love how you have captured it in the last shot.

Birdie

Thank you Birdie! I appreciate your positive comments. Last is my fave too and it is a lovely iris.

Callisto wrote:
Ken,
Very fine shots here. I most like the Iris shots. The closeup detail on number 3 is sweet but the sharpness and shadow tones of number 4 is excellent. Thanks for sharing. - RC

Thank you very much sir! I appreciate you stopping and commenting.

Major_K wrote:
Great shooting Ken! #3 and #4 give great mood, I really like.

Khai

Many thanks Khai!

Shiva dancing wrote:
Ken, Glad to see you enjoying the wildflowers in Edmonton.
I particularly enjoy 3 & 4. Thanks for sharing.
Steve

Thank you Steve. Appreciated.

Jonathan Huynh wrote:
Great work.
all images are little soft.

Thank you for commenting Jonathan.