Flower pics

Went today to a local greenhouse/nursery, to see if the manager would let me take some shots of the plants and flowers. He happily consented, so here are a few. The first one, I forgot to turn off "Auto sensitivity correction" custom function... ISO 800 was the result... :mad2: However, I think the noise is pretty well hidden, something that for sure would never have been possible with my FZ7K. :thumbsup:

Flower center close-up.
Attachment 63545
PENTAX *ist D with PENTAX SMC PENTAX-F 100mm F2.8 MACRO lens. Macro-tripod used.
1/100 second @ F5
ISO 800
150mm (35mm equivalent)
Multi-segment metering mode
Aperture-priority

Sea of color.
Attachment 63546
PENTAX *ist D with PENTAX SMC PENTAX-F 100mm F2.8 MACRO lens. Macro-tripod used.
1/160 second @ F2.8
ISO 200
150mm (35mm equivalent)
Multi-segment metering mode
Aperture-priority

Pink.
Attachment 63547
PENTAX *ist D with PENTAX SMC PENTAX-F 100mm F2.8 MACRO lens. Macro-tripod used.
1/13 second @ F6.3
ISO 200
150mm (35mm equivalent)
Multi-segment metering mode
Aperture-priority

Lone flower.
Attachment 63548
PENTAX *ist D with PENTAX SMC PENTAX-F 100mm F2.8 MACRO lens. Macro-tripod used.
1/13 second @ F6.3
ISO 200
150mm (35mm equivalent)
Multi-segment metering mode
Aperture-priority

Two flowers. (Round background bokeh...?)
Attachment 63549
PENTAX *ist D with TAKUMAR-A ZOOM F3.5-4.5 28-80mm lens (MF-only). Macro-tripod used.
1/40 second @ F4
ISO 200
120mm (35mm equivalent)
Multi-segment metering mode
Aperture-priority

Sorry, I do not remember their names. Honest thoughts and/or critiques, comments greatly appreciated...

They are beautiful! Gives me a great idea too! I'm so bored with the cold, I want summer :D
Thanks for sharing these. I love the last one, it's alos one of my favorite flowers :)

Some nice flower shots.
Flowers are easy to shoot unless you want something that stands out from the crowd and yours do.

Nice shots! Yep, can't see the noise in pic #1. Now I can't wait for the tulip fields here in WA to start blooming.

Ray

Those are excellent shots, Alex. As Frog said, you did well not just getting your average flower shot.

Thanks for the replies and comments, everyone. :)

The last shot posted here I set the contrast and saturation options in the camera to "high". At default intensity, colors turned out quite flat-looking.