Purple Heart by fbailey

Purple Heart

I bought an African Violet a few days ago.
Before I can kill it, I thought I'd preserve it with a photograph. This was taken faffing around reversing the camera lens to get a macro result. Huge fun:)
Fun? It's flipping hard & I've got a reversing ring to hold bits together!
Well done, it's a super image.
has to be a favourite
jx
May 26th, 2018  
Nicely done :) I have extension tubes never tried reversing the lens it sounds complicated!
May 26th, 2018  
Beautiful macro and so very well focused too.
May 26th, 2018  
@rjb71 Easy peasy, just take it off, turn it around, and hold it the wrong way round to the camera body. Holding it steady takes a bit of getting used to, but it can give some surprising results. Do give it a go:)
May 26th, 2018  
Gorgeous macro image! Love it viewed on black! :-)
May 26th, 2018  
Such rich color! We always like to have an African violet or two.
May 26th, 2018  
Wonderful rich colour, fab detail
May 26th, 2018  
Good colours
May 26th, 2018  
That’s wonderful. Would never have thought of swapping the lens around to get a macro shot. I have macro filters, and I’ve also now bought a specific macro lens
May 26th, 2018  
@phil_sandford Try it with the macro lens Phil, you might get a very nice surprise!
May 26th, 2018  
@fbailey may well do that 👍
May 26th, 2018  
Bep
Gorgeous colour.
May 26th, 2018  
lovely close up, gorgeous colour
May 26th, 2018  
Like four golden eggs! Really beautiful! fav
May 26th, 2018  
great color
May 26th, 2018  
This is stunning! Well done!
May 27th, 2018  
I like how there's a ? symbol near the middle! :D
May 27th, 2018  
Fantastic macro - congrats on experimenting!
May 27th, 2018  
What a great result.
May 27th, 2018  
The center of the flower is nicely in focus.
May 27th, 2018  
Excellent faffing.
May 27th, 2018  
Excellent shot...fav!
May 27th, 2018  
Lovely focus
May 27th, 2018  
Great close up.
May 27th, 2018  
I like this and also your humour regarding your ability to kill indoor plants. I'm the same.
May 27th, 2018  
@nzkites Today I shall Google 'care of African violets'. It won't work, but at least I will have tried:) Glad I'm not the only one!
May 27th, 2018  
Is it a house plant? I can grow stuff in the garden well but any plant entering my home is on death row!! I don't know why. My mother has green fingers for anything. She only has to drop by and do things to it and it thrives, but when she's gone it flops again! Sumptuous colour.
May 27th, 2018  
Wonderful close up and colour :)
May 27th, 2018  
@casablanca Sadly it is a houseplant - it would stand a chance in the garden! My mum was the same as yours with plants. She took many a dying pot plant home from mine and it soon recovered.
May 27th, 2018  
I had no idea you could reverse your lens - how fascinating. This has such incredible detail.
May 27th, 2018  
Amazing! Really nice on black. Faved
May 27th, 2018  
That's an effect I've never tried. Fabulous xx
May 27th, 2018  
Great result but sounds a bit technical for me!
May 27th, 2018  
Lovely colourful macro
May 27th, 2018  
Lee
Very nicely captured.
May 27th, 2018  
Fantastic macro and color!
May 28th, 2018  
Fabulous Macro...Fav
May 28th, 2018  
a fantastic result - really love this.
May 29th, 2018  
Very nice :)
June 2nd, 2018  
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