Macro Flowers...

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Macro Flowers...

Postby Remorhaz on Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:55 am

My father is an avid gardener so whilst we were staying at their house I spent a late afternoon wandering in the backyard with my 90mm macro lens.

I also shot with my SB-900 flash shooting through a popout diffusion panel. It was still quite bright out and I was getting decent shutter speeds with a relatively closed aperture but I was trading ISO to do so, using the flash allowed me to lock the ISO at 400 and use a high shutter speed (1/250) to help counteract movement this close (I was shooting hand held) whilst also allowing me aperture freedom to gain depth of field depending on how close I was. None of these were exceptionally close up macro shots but I was more looking to get some nice flower shots (and if anyone knows what the other 3 flowers are?).

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Re: Macro Flowers...

Postby Matt. K on Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:48 pm

All excellent.....but that first image is just soooo sensual! Superb! It's very difficult to photograph flowers without making it look like a catalogue fr a gardening magazine. I also think the last image is beautifully crafted.
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Re: Macro Flowers...

Postby colin_12 on Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:50 pm

Hey Rodney, nice work as always.
The second pic is an Allium of some kind.
The third and fourth are Pentas.
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Re: Macro Flowers...

Postby aim54x on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:31 pm

Nice work Rodney...I need to find more time to take photos. I feel like I am failing miserably at the moment.
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