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Postby leek on Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:05 pm

I was passing the local florist this morning and thought I'd kill 2 birds with one stone...
1. Buy Mrs. Leek a nice bunch of tulips
2. Set myself an exercise with the tripod, SB-800 and 105mm lens

Here are some of the results... The first 2 are with the 105mm lens only and the last two are with the 105mm & a +4 closeup filter.

#2 is a little bit noisy due to the flash not fully reaching the subject - oh, how I need that extension cord...

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I'd love to hear what you think... or what I could have done better... :lol:
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Postby krpolak on Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:14 pm

Composition and detail are great, but...to extend that I would extra light up background to almost pure white. White and yellow it is a nice combination :)

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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:18 pm

Nice shots John, and a very wise strategy I admitted don't buy my wife flowers much, but I'm happier with the idea if I get to shoot them aswell.
I'd agree with Krystian that a whiter background would enchance these shots.
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:58 pm

Nice photo’s John with a nice thought attached. I would go the opposite way and shoot the background to black :wink:
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Postby thaddeus on Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:24 pm

mrs leek suggests you get some roses next time
and the time after that she'd like you to do some jewellery shots!
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Postby stubbsy on Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:46 pm

John

Another great bunch of flower shots (boom-tish)

Looking at these and your dandelion posts almost makes me want to experiment with macro photography. These are beautifully rich in their detail. Personally I think a white background might be a little flat with these.
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Postby Glen on Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:54 pm

thaddeus wrote:and the time after that she'd like you to do some jewellery shots!



:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Does Mrs Leek know the flowers have been used first?


Like the first two shots, including the above comments about choice of backgrounds
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Postby leek on Wed Sep 28, 2005 7:04 pm

Glen wrote:Does Mrs Leek know the flowers have been used first?


Oh yes... I never hide anything from her... She's psychic... It's just much easier to volunteer the information... :lol:

(The only thing I haven't publicised is the cost of the camera equipment... But SHE KNOWS!!! :-) )
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Postby leek on Wed Sep 28, 2005 8:14 pm

stubbsy wrote:almost makes me want to experiment with macro photography.


Only almost Stubbsy??? :lol:

You have the tripod & flash - what's holding you back... A set of Hoya close-up filters to fit your 50mm lens would cost you $100 - You'd be amazed at the results you can get just with that...
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Postby stubbsy on Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:46 pm

leek wrote:
stubbsy wrote:almost makes me want to experiment with macro photography.


Only almost Stubbsy??? :lol:

You have the tripod & flash - what's holding you back... A set of Hoya close-up filters to fit your 50mm lens would cost you $100 - You'd be amazed at the results you can get just with that...

Thanks John :evil: :evil: :evil:

I don't have any more room in my bag for new lenses + I'm still learning how to take landscape shots + I don't want to spend any more cash :wink:
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Postby pippin88 on Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:48 pm

I can always lend you my macro lens Peter.
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Postby ozimax on Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:49 pm

Really like #1 John, the background is unusual and effective. Max
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Postby stubbsy on Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:53 pm

pippin88 wrote:I can always lend you my macro lens Peter.

You guys are really bad for my bank balance. Wish I could lose weight as easily :wink: :lol:
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Postby leek on Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:40 pm

stubbsy wrote:I don't have any more room in my bag for new lenses


A pack of 3 close up filters doesn't take up much more room than a box of matches... I'm sure you could fit that in... :-)
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