lilacs

cant see em without thinking of Lilac wine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PC68rEfF-o

"...why is everything so hazy?" vaseline!

[jackie edwards]

a bit jealous as we are headed toward cold weather and this is my favorite flower! the effect came out well. did you put it right on your lens?

[kali]

@jackies365 no! just on some clear plastic held over the lens

[GaryW]

exquisite photograph, I love the effect achieved.

[Dianne]

Lovely soft image.

[Nicole Campbell]

My white lilac is flowering at the moment, I would love a purple one too

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely - my favorite

[Jennifer]

lovely colours and softness

[Marcy]

The hazy effect works so well here -- soft and lovely. Thanks for trying the Vaseline challenge.

[kali]

@gazzatron thankyou Gary @nicolecampbell dont know if i have ever seen a white one, only purple shades @marcy0414 always fun, i actually used lipbalm, a little more opaque perhaps

[Maggie]

Lilac days - reminds me of the day my best friend gave birth to twins and I picked a large bunch of lilac to take to her.

[Jclaireyp]

Lovely shot, so calming.

[*lynn]

marvelous work! thanks for sharing your secret ...this would make a beautiful card. FAV

[Mel Marie]

Very creative I love it!

[JackieR]

Hello Kali, we are get pushed partnered again. How do you fancy interpretting spooky - but without a hallowe'en prop?

Love this photo and adore that song (Elkie Brooks' version!)

[kali]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond haha i listened to several versions including Elkie and even Miley Cyrus! but i always come back to Jeff

i can try for spooky...

[Tom]

Very cool and creative use of vaseline

[Yao RL]

I love Vaseline shot.

[JanM]

Haha, such a pretty flower but this shot made me blink a few times to clear the smear in them. Clever!

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

jeff buckley, love his music! and now I have another song in my head: 'strawberry wine' ryan adams.

[Walks @ 7]

Cool!

[kali]

@overalvandaan never heard that before, nice

[DbJ_365]

Interesting effect with the vaseline. Not sure if I've seen an image done naturally with this effect (as opposed to software simulated), and the natural effect...not surprisingly...is much better than simulated for sure.

[Jane Pittenger]

Fun job with teh vaseline...lovely bouquet as well