RHS Cardiff

I went to the RHS flower show in Bute Park. These are a couple of my better photos. 

 I think this one works well with the colour contrast. I think the seed pods of one of the flowers behind adds texture and I tried with it in focus as well but it didn't look as good as that meant the background wasn't as soft. I took this on my Pentax K-r, on my macro lens at 135mm focal, f/3.5, 1/100 secs with the ISO at 200.

 I found this on a display for a Fusia society. I thought it looked cute with just the one petal up as if to show the inside petals and stamen. I took this on my Pentax K-r, on my macro lens at 135mm focal, f/3.5, 1/50 secs with the ISO at 200.

This was in a box on the display for organic vegtables. The focus of this photo is the Romanesco Broccoli. I like the contrast betweet the broccoli and the cabbage in colour and texture. However I should have made sure that the entire row of broccoli was in focus as the one in the bottom corners tip is out of focus. I took this on my Pentax K-r, on my macro lens at 135mm focal, f/3.5, 1/100 secs with the ISO at 200.

This is one of my favourates as I love the way the leaf has curled around the bud to protect it. you can see the detailed veins in the petals and the slight tinge of green that will disappear as the flower matures. The focus slips a little at the bottom of the bud. I took this on my Pentax K-r, on my macro lens at 135mm focal, f/5, 1/500 secs with the ISO at 200.

This is a species of grass that is very similar to Bamboo. I have used this image to create a lino print that has worked very well. I think this works well as the subject fills the photo. You can see the mature stems but also at the top right you can see some new growth which is brighter and so drags your eye up to it but in the bottom middle the stem is lighter so that drags your eye back down. I took this on my Pentax K-r, on my macro lens at 135mm focal, f/3.5, 1/50 secs with the ISO at 200.