Life cycle study - Lily of the Valley

**Wicked Dark** · 08-26-2010, 04:08 PM

Phew. These berries I've been watching turned orange before I go into forced hiatus. Am still processing some and have to re-shoot others because I strangely missed the focus point. Luckily they aren't going anywhere. And neither is that tiny spider. She stuck there the whole time I shot.

E-30 | OM 90mm f2 macro | ISO 100 | f11 (probably) | 4/10 sec | 4" post for camera support

**QuietOne** · 08-28-2010, 12:33 AM

Just about all the ones here are red now, some of them shriveled. These are cool. (Perhaps literally, if that's frost I'm seeing on the top?)

**Wicked Dark** · 08-28-2010, 07:40 AM

Nope, not frost yet, what you're seeing are the remnants of the flower blossom.

I hope that the shriveled part holds off for a few weeks so I can shoot them. I just don't know if I'll be physically able if it happens too soon, which would be a bummer and kind of ruin my project. Maybe I'll send my husband down and just stand over him and direct.

**Wicked Dark** · 09-17-2010, 11:36 AM

Here's an update. A loner on another stem is shriveled (oh I love that word), but I'm not happy with the shots I've taken. The focus is off for some reason. But here is the trio from the other shots -

**Wicked Dark** · 10-01-2010, 10:05 AM

I know you guys are bored with this by now, but I shot this a few minutes ago and love it. The overall shades of brown and gray with that pop of red and the leaf shapes really work for me. Anyway...

E-30 | ZD 12-60mm | ISO 200 | 1.6 sec | f9 | barley bag ground support

**JAS_Photo** · 10-01-2010, 10:59 AM

And back to the earth. Nice capture, WickedDark! The photo looks better on your website btw.

**Iguanasan** · 10-01-2010, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Wicked Dark

I know you guys are bored with this by now, but I shot this a few minutes ago and love it. The overall shades of brown and gray with that pop of red and the leaf shapes really work for me. Anyway...

Not sure why you keep thinking were bored by this 'cause were not! The colours are very nice here and very fallish. Nicely captured and it's been a very cool tale.

**Wicked Dark** · 11-01-2010, 10:30 AM

OK, I believe you. You're not bored, but I was and my photos prove it. Lousy, but still indicative of what they looked like a couple weeks ago. The banana phase.