Tones on Tuesday #71 4.2.13

Fighting some kind of bug which is why this is a little late. The link up will be open a day later as a result.

Sarah at Sarah Carletti Photography

I love the soft colors in the sky here and the way the road and fence leads your eye back to it. Thank you for sharing Sarah!

Susan at SWightR

The depth of field and muted light adds to the overall vintage feel of this photo. I also love the composition of the books. Thank you for sharing Susan!

Sivinden at Wait a Minute...

Amazing color and texture of the beautiful reflection. Thank you for linking up!

Sarah, Susan and Sivinden please go HERE to grab your showcase button.

Now it's your turn to share your photo with altered tones. Here are the guidelines for Tones on Tuesday:

• The basic idea is to share one photo where you have altered the tones. Such as a black and white, sepia toned, selective coloring or colored photo. Feel free to share the original and edit, or just the edit.
• Please share a photo that you have taken and edited yourself.
• One photo per photographer please. If you have more than one photo in your post please indicate which one is for Tones on Tuesday. If you link up more than once only the first photo will be considered for showcasing.
• Please link up with your permalink and not your blog address.
• Attach the Tones on Tuesday button or a link back here to your post.
• Leave comments for at least 3 other participants, share the love :o)!
• Have fun!

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This weekend the weather was gorgeous! I spent it going for a hike and then visiting the Bellevue Botanical Gardens for the first time. What an amazing place! It is full of many different garden areas and many of the flowers were blooming. I was able to play with my macro lens and capture some fun flower shots. The one below is my favorite. I am sharing it in black and white today, but on Thursday you can see it in color along with other photos from the shoot. My favorite thing about this shot is that the cluster of flowers was about the size of a half dollar and I was able to capture the detail and beauty of something that looked so ordinary at first glance. I had to use my tripod so I could use a high aperture number and get most of the flower in focus. 

Settings: ISO 800, 100mm, ss1/20, f/11 (on tripod)

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”  ― Frances Hodgson Burnett

Joining the link ups below. Be sure to check out the beautiful shots and join the Tones on Tuesday link up found further down!