Blooming Boganvillia & Jacaranda

**Mad Aussie** · 10-25-2009, 07:33 PM

On Sat morning I was on a long road ride that took us out to a town in the countryside not too far from where I live. Along the ride I saw things I wanted to photograph. Some I'd sworn many times to shoot and others grabbed me that morning.
So this morning I decided to take a quick drive out and see if I could get some nice shots before the predicted few days of rain started. The skies were already getting that dull, grey look we photographers hate so much

Here's a Boganvillia vine with a Jacaranda backdrop ...

**casil403** · 10-25-2009, 07:57 PM

Love the 1st shot the way the branch curls over the top....very neat!
Nice HDR too MA...not too in your face which is what I like!

**Mad Aussie** · 10-25-2009, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by casil403

Love the 1st shot the way the branch curls over the top....very neat!
Nice HDR too MA...not too in your face which is what I like!

Thanks Casil.
It's not an HDR though. I did take a set for that purpose but it didn't work at all.

**casil403** · 10-25-2009, 08:01 PM

Funny...on my monitor it has a bit of an HDR feel to it.....

**Mad Aussie** · 10-25-2009, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by casil403

Funny...on my monitor it has a bit of an HDR feel to it.....

It does ... but it's from the dodging and burning I did to enhance the clouds and open up the blooms a bit.

**Iguanasan** · 10-25-2009, 08:10 PM

Very pretty. I like number one quite a bit. Number 2 has such promise the way the red flowers lead your eye up the tree but doesn't quite get me there. And I like number 3 just for the colour explosion. Cool shots, MA.