Experimenting with high-key

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- March 25, 2026 at 10:40 pm #547677
  Marty E
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  I’m experimenting with a new look & feel for me – high key. Eve’s Necklace
- March 26, 2026 at 9:16 am #547688
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  Very dreamy.
  - March 26, 2026 at 11:10 am #547694
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    Thanks, appreciate your description!
- March 26, 2026 at 10:57 am #547691
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  I like the soft focus look Marty, I’ve seen these in the wild but never knew what they were.
  - March 26, 2026 at 11:13 am #547695
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    Thanks Robert, this flowering tree (Sophora Affinis) is related to Texas Mountain Laurel. I used the off-black nylon stocking filter for this shot.
    
    https://plantids.com/2823-sophora-affinis.html
    - March 26, 2026 at 12:36 pm #547696
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      With what you posted I was able to figure out we have Sophora nuttalliana or the Silky Sophora or the name I know it by, White Loco Weed, here, they don’t get near as big but a very similar flower. I see them mostly on the edges of the bad lands and sometimes in the lower foot hills.
      - March 26, 2026 at 12:46 pm #547697
        
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        Beautiful, I’d love to see your shots if you find some. I think you live in photography heaven! Bluebonnets starting to bloom here & there although we don’t see huge spreads like those in Hill country near Austin
- March 26, 2026 at 12:52 pm #547698
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  I’m not sure I have any photos of it, I will have to look, there are over 200k photos in my library now, I definitely have it’s cousin the Purple Loco Weed.
  - March 26, 2026 at 2:31 pm #547700
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    Wow, gorgeous & you must have a magnificent library for sure! Do you have wildflowers blooming there now?
    - March 26, 2026 at 2:57 pm #547701
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      Just Dandelions so far.
      - March 26, 2026 at 7:14 pm #547706
        
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        Ah, dandelions are the stalwarts of the wildflowers
        
        March 26, 2026 at 7:28 pm #547707
        
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        They also make an excellent beer.
        
        March 27, 2026 at 7:36 am #547730
        
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        That’s interesting, I never heard that. I knew they also make a good soup. I’ve read that’s why their seeds were brought to America on the Mayflower – they cover the ground rapidly, make a good food (& beer) source & are excellent as herbal & medicinal remedies.
- March 26, 2026 at 8:57 pm #547711
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  I really like the soft, dreamy effect you’ve made to the Eve’s Necklace Marty @martye
- March 26, 2026 at 11:40 pm #547716
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  Thanks so much @bucweeet!
- March 30, 2026 at 2:39 am #547815
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  Love the softness Marty – both the photo and the tones 🙂
  - March 30, 2026 at 9:38 am #547829
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    Thanks for your kind feedback Dahlia, always appreciated!
- April 1, 2026 at 9:35 pm #547908
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  I like the general style and I think it suits the subject matter but I would like to bring a little bit of sharpness back into it. A matter of personal taste to be honest and maybe that’s just mine. For this particular treatment and subject matter I think the colour versions are a clear winner.
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