Play Day

garyt

Took the day off from work today to play a bit. The local Indians have a small park nearby that has a rose garden in it. Most of the roses were already passing. Thought I'd play a bit with natural light versus fill flash to see what the results were. What do you think? All shosts have been noise adjusted, that's all.

Natural light


Fill Flash


natural light




Natural light


Fill flash


natural Light


Fill flash


Like this one just because a hover landed right before the shot.

Argos

Gary,

My $0.02, for what it's worth...

The first flower isn't all in focus, deeper DOF would have been nice. In general, I prefer natural light and only use fill flash when I absolutely HAVE to use it -- but that's a personal preference, and likely not shared by most folks.

For instance, your last pair of shots -- the fill flash took care of some slightly harsh shadows, but at the cost of making parts of the flower look washed out. What kind of diffuser are you using on the fill flash?

Argos

TwistedJ

I like the natural light better especially against the coral/orange one. I have one of those in a mini rose hard to shoot its true color unless its a bright sunny day.