It was another beautiful day here, but the forecast is quite dreary so I decided I’d better get to Highland Park to see the magnolias. I was also looking for some shots to meet the prompts for Picture Spring. We live just a block from Highland Park which was designed by the famous Fredrick Law Olmstead. It is always beautiful, but never more beautiful than in the spring time.
These trees are pretty, but the real prize today were the magnolias. As a group they aren’t particularly lovely as some are already past their prime and some have yet to bloom. Our strange weather pattern this year must account for some of that. I took my Tamron 28-300mm lens with me today. Of the three lens I own, it works the best for macro shots. Some day I would love to have a good dedicated macro lens. But I was pretty pleased with the shots I got today, and had some more fun with the new Pioneer Woman actions.
Nothing done here but a little sharpening.
On this shot I used the Colorize action and reduced to opacity to about 50%.
I ran the Fresh Color action on this one.
This is the Seventies action. It’s really been a lot of fun playing around with these.
The Sunshine action.
Vintage.
Fresh Color.
This is for Picture Spring, the Awakening prompt for April 12. I ran the Colorize action again on this one.
And for today’s prompt: a soft focus. Sadly, my favorite shots don’t match a prompt.
Sorry to overdose you on magnolias, but they are short-lived!
Gorgeous! I love them all, especially the one with the 70’s action. Seems so soft and romantic.
I love them all! I find that the Colourize Action and the 70’s Action are the ones I’m drwan to the most when I use them and I think I like them the best on these shots today as well. How do you find the tamron lens? I don’t have a zoom and I’m interested to get one(one day)obviously hand held is ok? I have borrowed a dedicated zoom from my brother-in-law and it was best used with a tripod.
These are really amazing.
Oh, beautiful shots 🙂 The 70’s action is my favourite too!
Karen, I’m sorry – I’ve just remembered that while I was away you left a comment asking about the alphabet dies I used in my ribbon tutorial and I completely forgot to get back to you! I have a feeling that I bought them in a sale which may have been an end of line sale, so it could well be that they’re no longer available, sorry x
love, love, LOVE the shot for the Awakening prompt! I’ve never used “actions” so I guess I need to add that to my list of stuff to learn.
The magnolias are beautiful and it was wonderful looking through all the photos.
It’s so interesting to see the different actions “in action”. I really do need to learn how to photoshop (although I suspect my photos will never look like yours..:))
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