Macro Flower Saturday

I stumbled upon Maia's blog, Macro Flower Pictures, the other day and decided to join her Macro Flower Saturday Meme.

I love taking macro shots and even though I couldn't grow a flower to save my life, unless it's on a veggie plant, I still love to photograph them.

Here's my shot of the day. The original SOOC and a version that I edited just because. I hope you enjoy them!

SOOC

Edited with PS CS3

I hope you enjoy!

It's Macro Friday! YAY!

I just love playing around with macro shots. The camera I use all the time is hubby's. He did buy me one, that is "nicer" than his, but guess what? I don't think it takes better macro shots, even though it's 10mp's and his is only 6. Soooo, I "traded" with him. :)

Onto to today's Macro Friday with Laura from Blogging From Bolivia. She takes stunning photos. I specially love the contrast photos and macro shots she takes. Check it out. Heck, why not join in? Come on ~ It's FUN!

Onto my photo for Macro Friday. I took this photo yesterday while wandering around outside with the camera. I'm giving you a before and after. Why? When I've shown only my edited photos, I've had some people ask to see the before photo. So, why not?  : )

SOOC Shot

I completely desaturated the green from the leaves in the background, added some more blues to make the center pop a bit, and brought on the sunshine. :)

A Canon PowerShot S3IS was my weapon of choice and PS CS3 my destruction tool.

Thanks for stopping by and remember to SMILE!

Before and After Blog Hop Thursday

I'm really enjoying these photo blog hops! The photos are all so beautiful! Some are very touching as well.

Today is the Before/After Blog Hop with Pixel Perfect. If you haven't checked out Monica's work yet, you really must. Her photos are stunning.

My photo this week is just a photo of a flower that I took yesterday and was practicing on having a single item in color with the rest black and white. In no way did I edit the color of the flower, yes they are that bright and beautiful! Each open flower is only about 1/2" at it's widest point.

This is my SOOC shot taken with my Canon PowerShot S3IS.

This is my edited version for today. I enjoy playing around in Photoshop CS3. That is my program of choice for editing photos for myself and in designing websites.

I love the way the color of the flower is so bright and just pops out at you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Have a great day everyone and remember to smile!!!