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Blooming 2

Posted by Viewfinder (Bradenton, FL, United States) on 8 September 2007 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

My D80 is here. But this is another test of my new Panasonix Lumix point & shoot. Our blue plumbagos are in bloom and were just about screaming at me for their portrait to be taken. So I was glad to oblige. Again, in macro mode (I think, not sure about this one)...

Whatever mode, where me and this new Lumix are concerned, I'm beginning to believe this could be the start of a long friendship.

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Comments (18)

tyan from Singapore, Singapore

congrats VF!This is nice! thanks so much for your encouragement at my blog,yes i must learn to go by my convictions and not bother abt what others say...:)

8 Sep 2007 5:08am

Olaide from Fort Collins, United States

this is beautiful. nice work here.

8 Sep 2007 6:35am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

they look soooo soft

8 Sep 2007 9:58am

Mandy from Johannesburg, South Africa

The colours are great VF. I'm sure that you and your Panasonic are going to have a long and happy future together!! :) I love your DOF. Is the focus on the green shoot next to the cluster of blooms? I really like it and I'm glad I inspired you to shoot some more flowers!!! hahaha. Now I know what types of flowers I nee to go look for!

Bring on the pics of your new baby..... I can't wait to see what you can do with it! :) Blessings for a fabulous saturday!

8 Sep 2007 10:06am

Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom

Lovely gentle shot of these beauties embracing the sunlight :)

8 Sep 2007 12:01pm

zoloper from Bucuresti, Romania

nice clean shot :) do i see a glow effect ? or is it the sun in on my lcd :P

8 Sep 2007 12:07pm

Wolfgang Prigge from Canada

We can see that the point and shoot cameras have come a long way. So if one wants to travel light, they do the job, as your postings for today and yesterday show. As I have only a point and shoot (Canon PowerShot S3 IS), I try to get the best out of it. For example I got some really good results when I tried taking flowers or insects (or both) with the optical zoom to the maximum, programm set to portrait, at about 1 meter distance. The 12X optical zoom is roughly equivalent to a 400 mm zoom on a 35 mm camera, and the portrait programm gives more blurr to the background.

8 Sep 2007 12:45pm

jen from Alpharetta, United States

Great shot and I have to ask...where did you get the D80?

8 Sep 2007 1:09pm

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

This is pretty. The focus seems to be on the leaves just past the flower though rather than the flower. I don't have a point and shoot so I'm not sure how they focus. I think my son has the same Lumix camera. He is happy with it too.

8 Sep 2007 2:58pm

Eleftheria from Athens, Greece

This plant is called:"Blue bango". We had this many years ago in our garden.

8 Sep 2007 3:09pm

Pixadilly from Sanford, FL, United States

Good luck with the D80. I love mine! Nice photos, too.

8 Sep 2007 3:59pm

Rabbit from Richmond, United States

You have my heart today - i LOVE blue flowers, they are my favorite no matter what variety.

8 Sep 2007 5:24pm

adalove from Alcala de Guadaira, Spain

Very nice flowers, like the softness in the image.

8 Sep 2007 6:30pm

Rebel Szczesny from Big Apple - NYC, United States

A fine "non-screaming" floral portraiture. Excellent.

8 Sep 2007 6:40pm

R from Nowhere and Everywhere, United States

Very nice capture Man with Majestic Views !!! love the colors here , congrats on the new camera arriving :)

8 Sep 2007 8:45pm

Nick Passantino from Bronx, United States

great colors.. nice soft image.

8 Sep 2007 10:51pm

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Wow everybody, another really busy day away from the computer, and it looks like this will be a night like that too. So thank you all for coming by, for leaving such postitive and encouraging comments, and for being such special Am3 friends. D80 shots coming soon...

8 Sep 2007 11:07pm