Magnolia Dreams

[Iguanasan]

Stopped into the Halifax Public Gardens again today to check on the blooming magnolia's and got the following shots after getting rained on.

12045

12046

12047

[Greg_R]

Very cool. The first one for me, love the green fading into black.

[Mad Aussie]

Very cool. The first one for me, love the green fading into black.
Ditto

[johnbriner]

Nice capture. Love the first picture, but of course, all of them are excellent.

[Matt K.]

Great set, Iggy. Love the bokeh in all of them, but especially #1; I have to agree with Greg_R on this. Also love the ass end of a bug sticking out in #2, though .. :laughing:

[Iguanasan]

Thanks all. Dragged my tripod to work this morning to catch these. Couldn't figure out why I was still off on the focus a bit until I realized 1/20s and it was raining rather heavily off and on which moved the darn flower. D'oh! Oh, and I didn't see that bug until after I was editing. I thought it was part of the flower when I first saw it.

[Hillbillygirl]

Very nice set Iggy, and especially #1 here also.
That "bug" sure looks like a skeeter to me, not looking forward to that season.

[aubintbay]

Nice shots Iggy. I noticed the bug pretty quick on the second one too. Probably only because I hate mosquitoes!!

[Iguanasan]

Thanks, HBG and Aub! I think you are both right about the mosquito. And I hate the darn things too! ;)

[thoughton]

Great background in the first one, although I prefer the crisper petals and mozzie in the second one. The third one seems a bit soft to me.

[Bol Ray]

even though its a little soft, 3rd one for me.

[asnow]

I thought I had already commented on these Iggy. Oh well better late than never.
Love all of them, especially the water drops and bokeh.

[kat]

I'm with thoughton. Love the fade on the first but the crisp of the second. Mosquitoes!!! Ugh....