Hydrangea (a.k.a. Hortensia)

[DrLex]

The flowers get a different color depending on the acidity of the soil. These are all photos from the same single plant, it seems it's sitting right in a place where the acidity levels are on the threshold between the flowers becoming either blue or pink.

I also have a confession to make: practically all photos I have posted here until now were modified OOC JPEGs, because none of the programs I was using supported the ORF format from the OM-5. Now I have a development build of RawTherapee that supports it, so these are a few of my first processed RAWs. It does feel a bit like the training wheels have just been removed, but I think I already managed to beat the camera's JPEG engine here.

• OM Digital Solutions OM-5
• OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro
• ƒ/7.1
• 60mm
• 1/80s
• ISO 400

• OM Digital Solutions OM-5
• OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro
• ƒ/7.1
• 60mm
• 1/125s
• ISO 400

• OM Digital Solutions OM-5
• OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro
• ƒ/7.1
• 60mm
• 1/125s
• ISO 400

 

[AlbertM43user]

We have an annual Flower Show in our city every year. One of the most popular shooting event for every local photographers.

Every year there is a theme flower for the show, Hortensia was the main theme this year.

Might I share a few SOOC shots as below :