I thought I would try processing these first few a bit differently.









this is some kind of woodland plant I wish I could identify




Lobelia







Poppy
















Spider






Chives





Wild Rose





A purple flower (pin cushion?)





Finally, my irises have bloomed




thank you for looking

[Scootatheschool1990]

Wow, so vibrant! My fav is the wild rose. What settings do you have? Contrast saturation?

[charliezap]

A very nice well done series Tess.--charliezap

[Bob Harris]

your property abounds with beauty, wonderful photography.

[luftfluss]

All lovely flowers, but the one with the 2 hoverflies is extra-good, I love it!

[riff]

Great set Tess, just lovely. Thanks for posting, not much is blooming here yet, dandlions, strawberrys and a few other tiny blooms, chives are buds, but soon.

[Den]

The B&W and Color images are just great. I really like the first one with the house and chair in the background. Really sets up a feeling for me.

[luftfluss]

Came back for another look, it's a lovely set.

[tessfully]

Wow, so vibrant! My fav is the wild rose. What settings do you have? Contrast saturation?

Thank you for the great comment Scoot! For the rose I set the camera at ISO 400, 0 ev, f/5.6, as I shot in RAW I used an Aperture3 preset for the pp and then bumped the contrast and added a touch of definition to the petals. Glad you liked it!

A very nice well done series Tess.--charliezap

Thank you Charlie!

your property abounds with beauty, wonderful photography.

Thanks Bob... you are right.... I love this time of year with all the new vibrant colours. There is beauty everywhere, my friend, as your rambling ways and photos also show!

All lovely flowers, but the one with the 2 hoverflies is extra-good, I love it!

Ahh, thanks so much luftfluss. I am glad I included that even though the hoverflies are not in perfect focus. Something about the subtle textures of the poppy's petals and the colour really made that one special for me.

Great set Tess, just lovely. Thanks for posting, not much is blooming here yet, dandlions, strawberrys and a few other tiny blooms, chives are buds, but soon.

You must be further North than us riff? It seems one day there is nothing and suddenly overnight everything explodes with colour. Thanks always for having a look and commenting

The B&W and Color images are just great. I really like the first one with the house and chair in the background. Really sets up a feeling for me.

Den, I am so happy you mentioned the first one... it is my favourite and I wondered if it worked for anyone else. Thanks so much for commenting!

Came back for another look, it's a lovely set.

I am so honoured by your return visit! thank you!!

[slowpez]

Really enjoyed the B&W shots. Something different. The whole set just screams early summer. Beautiful colors on the others.

[Sailor]

Wonderful, as always. I'm especially taken with the B&W shots - the conversion seems to accent their dimensionality - i.e. it looks like you could reach into the screen and touch 'em.

Jer

[slackercruster]

Beautiful!!

Did you add the water drops with a spray or were they from nature?

How did you add the black border?

Thanks

[dcmsox2004]

simply outstanding tess... stunning color renditions... the definition is superb... dave m

[tessfully]

Sorry it has taken me this long to thank everyone for the kind comments!

Really enjoyed the B&W shots. Something different. The whole set just screams early summer. Beautiful colors on the others.

Thank you Susan!

Wonderful, as always. I'm especially taken with the B&W shots - the conversion seems to accent their dimensionality - i.e. it looks like you could reach into the screen and touch 'em.

Jer

Thanks Jer

Beautiful!!

Did you add the water drops with a spray or were they from nature?

How did you add the black border?

Thanks

The water droplets were either morning dew or just after the rain. The border is an option my post processing program offers when I export my images to share here. Thank you so much for having a look and commenting!

simply outstanding tess... stunning color renditions... the definition is superb... dave m

Very high praise Dave! Thank you so much!!