Cape Daisy with CPL

Kevin

Osteospermum, native to South Africa.

#1 - Subtle Form
In subtle form, the viewer drawn
To petals' form, with curve
A rise, a fall, not one being torn
The centre missed, the nerve!



#2 - Purple Frenzy
Such hues, intense, and many seen
From just one simple bloom
A line is drawn from three points being
The avenue to zoom.



#3 - Peaks 'n Precipices
With lens of bloom, and tubes extend
I zoomed here to the max
The feeling be of message send
Of lows, and highs, and caps.



#4 - Bud, is that You?
A play of mirth, suggested hence
Of one that once there'd been
The old, portray in fashion, dense
The new, in sharp be seen.



#5 - Mountain Mist
A favorite here from the bunch
This one it is to me
I know ye say, ye've dropped yer lunch
The fo-cus eludes, free.

Suggest of mist I bring to thee
And form then in your mind
The image that the eye wants, see
In repl-y thus, be kind.



At some point I am going to venture out and discover the impact of using the CPL with water droplets in macro, as these are notorious for causing blown highlights if not exposed for correctly.

PP was confined to Levels/Curves/Hue and sharpening.
All shots handheld, using SB-600 off camera with the SC-29 TTL cord and a homemade flashlight stand for flash from below.
Spot metering was used for the fill flash exposures.

Anyone else using CPL for their macro work, or am I smokin' the wrong brand again - LOL
Rgds.

Cuong

Beautiful pics and poems. I've never tried CPL with my macro work, but it's an interesting idea.

Cuong

Skippy

Kevin wrote:

Osteospermum, native to South Africa.

#1 - Subtle Form
#2 - Purple Frenzy
#3 - Peaks 'n Precipices
#4 - Bud, is that You?
#5 - Mountain Mist
At some point I am going to venture out and discover the impact of using the CPL with water droplets in macro, as these are notorious for causing blown highlights if not exposed for correctly.

PP was confined to Levels/Curves/Hue and sharpening.
All shots handheld, using SB-600 off camera with the SC-29 TTL cord and a homemade flashlight stand for flash from below.
Spot metering was used for the fill flash exposures.

Anyone else using CPL for their macro work, or am I smokin' the wrong brand again -
Rgds.

Hi Kevin,
I've never seen the need to use a CPL
For the most part when doing Macro, I'm usually trying to add light,
not take it away.

A CPL is equivalent to -2 stops, plus your also taking it down by -1.7,
that adds up to your taking away -3.7 ? .... seems a lot to me.

But hey if this is workin for you, then keep using it by all means

Very nice series, I particularly like Image #4 .... Skippy
.

Kevin

Hi Skippy

A CPL is equivalent to -2 stops, plus your also taking it down by -1.7,
that adds up to your taking away -3.7 ? .... seems a lot to me.

not entirely true, lest I'm misunderstanding it.
It's -2 for ambient which gives the shallower DoF, then -1.7 for subject (I use spot metering for fill flash)

Not so?

GOLDENORFE

Hi Kevin,love #2 &3 very nice series,not keen on last one though.
phil.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Kevin

Cuong wrote:

Beautiful pics and poems. I've never tried CPL with my macro work, but it's an interesting idea.

Cuong

thanks cuong, appreciate

Kevin

thanks there phil!

tlee

Very pretty. I absolutely love #1 and #4.

Kevin

tlee wrote:

Very pretty. I absolutely love #1 and #4.

thanks indeed tlee!