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Dandelion Seed Head in Monochrome...

Postby Remorhaz on Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:43 pm

I had previously shot some Dandelion seed heads with a macro lens and during post processing of those images I had felt I had got the basic composition right (angle of view, framing, etc) but I had felt that I had used too small a depth of field for the image I'd wanted so I had planned to shoot one again when the chance presented itself.

In this instance I have two versions - the first focuses again on the outer surface of the seed head with a much smaller aperture (f/16) this time to try and increase the depth of field and get more of the ball sharp.

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The second actually uses a wider aperture (f/5.6) for a smaller depth of field but this time I manually focused more towards the inner stems and heart of the seed head so that the outer "fluff" would be softer and the heart and the long stems of the seeds would be sharper.

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I'd really be quite interested to see which of the two (if any) people prefer - both the composition selection (area of focus and depth of field) and also the post processing technique - the first has a more natural black and white conversion whereas the second has a moonlit feel.
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Re: Dandelion Seed Head in Monochrome...

Postby bigsarg7 on Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:16 pm

Well I quite like #1......I Think it looks fantastic imo. it has an arty look to it, something i can see hung up on a white wall, it captured my attention for quite sometime, where as the second hadn't caught my interest as much, but still an awesome effort none the less!!

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Re: Dandelion Seed Head in Monochrome...

Postby aim54x on Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:08 pm

#1 for me, but I wouldnt mind seeing #2 with the contrast of like in #1
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Re: Dandelion Seed Head in Monochrome...

Postby Remorhaz on Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:17 pm

aim54x wrote:#1 for me, but I wouldnt mind seeing #2 with the contrast of like in #1


your wish... here is the second one processed using the same settings as the first...

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Re: Dandelion Seed Head in Monochrome...

Postby bigsarg7 on Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:14 am

well done with the re working!! it looks more appealing to me now and i like them both now, your re working brought more detail out in it, so yeah kudos!!
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Re: Dandelion Seed Head in Monochrome...

Postby aim54x on Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:17 am

bigsarg7 wrote:well done with the re working!! it looks more appealing to me now and i like them both now, your re working brought more detail out in it, so yeah kudos!!


Its a good thing I read all the replies...quite often people say exactly what I think!
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Re: Dandelion Seed Head in Monochrome...

Postby ozimax on Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:40 pm

Very nice photos of common objects, well done.
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Re: Dandelion Seed Head in Monochrome...

Postby blacknstormy on Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:48 pm

the reworked shot is just lovely !!!
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