Flower time

DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
edited February 23, 2007 in Holy Macro
I couldn't find any interesting critters to shoot :D

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Same flower with 36mm of extension tubes on the 100mm macro lens (shot wide open at F2.8):

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Another shot at F2.8, different flower...

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C&C always welcome :)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    I couldn't find any interesting critters to shoot :D
    Same flower with 36mm of extension tubes on the 100mm macro lens (shot wide open at F2.8):
    Another shot at F2.8, different flower...
    C&C always welcome :)

    Image number one resembles a sea of green with a lilly floating in it :D
    has that tranquil flow to it ........ nice one thumb.gif ..... Skippy
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  • Glenn NKGlenn NK Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2007
    Quite frankly, the first one makes me envious.bowdown.gif

    Very well done.

    Now I will be so bold as to ask - how did you do it?
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    Image number one resembles a sea of green with a lilly floating in it :D
    has that tranquil flow to it ........ nice one thumb.gif ..... Skippy
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    Thanks Skippy!
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2007
    Glenn NK wrote:
    Quite frankly, the first one makes me envious.bowdown.gif

    Very well done.

    Now I will be so bold as to ask - how did you do it?

    Well, I could lie and say that I'm some sort of "Photoshop Ninja" but the honest truth is that I just let the aperture and the light paint the background for me.

    I shoot hand held so here's how I made all those images: Set your camera to shutter priority 1/250 of a second (or whatever the max flash sync speed is for your camera). Set your ISO to 200 initially -if the light is low you may have to go to ISO 400. If there is a lot of light and you're getting an Fstop above F4 then drop down to ISO 100. You want to shoot with a very small aperture -the shot you like was taken at F3.2. Set your flash to -2 1/3 EV -just enough light to give you some detail in the shadows, but not enough to blow out the highlights. Compose the image (no cropping allowed! ;) ) and press the shutter button. The light and the aperture will do all of the Photoshopping for you mwink.gif

    Note: If the depth of field is very small then experiment with putting the point of sharp focus at different areas of the frame...
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2007
    that 1st one is so beautiful loved that green background iloveyou.gif great photos
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    that 1st one is so beautiful loved that green background iloveyou.gif great photos

    Thanks Awais!
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