Close Ups

My husband got me some beautiful flowers for Valentine's day.  I was about to throw them away yesterday (they were definitely past their prime), but I decided to take some pictures of the better looking ones first. 

I tried out the new close up lenses that I have on them.  I used the +4 and the +10 lens on them.  I really like the way they turned out.

 

I took the pictures in front of a window with the morning sun coming through.  I set a piece of white copy paper on the table with another piece of white copy paper propped up as the backdrop (very fancy setup, I know).

 

 

 

I used Picasa to edit the images. I played around with the highlights and shadows settings to see what it would do to the photos.

 

I love how I can use the touchscreen on my camera to pick the area I want the camera to focus on and it blurs everything else in the background.  I just love photos with a slightly blurred background! 

 

I know this is pretty basic photography, but I am just learning it and I am loving it!!!