Spring in Kentucky

[wsp_scott]

A couple dayhikes in the Red River Gorge at the end of April and beginning of May

April 23 - Bison Way Trailhead

Trilliums







Blue Phlox and Triliums




Dogwood








Mayapple


The Mayapple flower is tucked under the big leaves, very easy to miss


Geranium


Iris




Long-spurred Violet


Gladie Creek


My favorite photo of the day


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail?


Zebra Swallowtails? and one Pipevine Swallowtail? in the back




Wild Strawberry


Regwort?


Robin's Plantain?



April 28 - Auxier Ridge/Double Arch Trailhead

Pink Lady Slipper




Mountain Laurel buds


Yellow Lady Slipper




Black Locust flowers


Dogwood


Geranium


Trillium


Iris


Some sort of Violet


Coreopsis?






Courthouse Rock



May 6 - Rough Trail Trailhead on Chimney Top Road

Jump Rock in the Red River


Red River


Mountain Laurel








The view from Hansons Point

 

[Janice]

Beautiful flowers and scenery. I can see why the reflection shot is your favorite from that day! I love the lighting on many of your macros - how do you do that? We've got a lot of the same flowers blooming in the woods here in SE Michigan - mayapples, geranium, trillium, violets, etc. (no lady's slipper, though). But in the one spot in town where mountain laurel were planted, they're way behind. I love them and will have to wait a few more weeks!

 

[wick e. pedia]

Man, do I ever miss spending spring in the Gorge.

Great pics!

 

[wsp_scott]

Beautiful flowers and scenery. I can see why the reflection shot is your favorite from that day! I love the lighting on many of your macros - how do you do that? We've got a lot of the same flowers blooming in the woods here in SE Michigan - mayapples, geranium, trillium, violets, etc. (no lady's slipper, though). But in the one spot in town where mountain laurel were planted, they're way behind. I love them and will have to wait a few more weeks!

The first day's photos were shot with a Voigtlander 65mm macro lens, probably my "best" lens but not frequently used. I suspect what you mean by lighting is nothing more than I tend to edit them with a bit of vignetting so the sides/background fades away and the center flower "pops". So the first trillium is nice macro lens and some vignetting added in post and a beautiful flower to start with.

 

[Janice]

So, I'm playing around with my mayapple photos from this afternoon. Here is (1) my original and (2) the same one edited on iphoto's "styles" (with tone -100 and color 100). Is that what you did with the vignette? I've never played around with that and am trying to decide if I like the effect.

(1) original


(2) edited

 

[Bob]

I like #1 better.................

 

[wsp_scott]

So, I'm playing around with my mayapple photos from this afternoon. Here is (1) my original and (2) the same one edited on iphoto's "styles" (with tone -100 and color 100). Is that what you did with the vignette? I've never played around with that and am trying to decide if I like the effect.

(1) original
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(2) edited
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I don't edit cell phone photos and don't have an Iphone, but that seems to be the basic idea. You might try to push up the highlights a little, but the flower exposure looks pretty good, so I would not push it too much. All of this is probably easier with RAW photos if you have the ability to access that from your phone.