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Some studio flora

Postby Geoff M on Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:05 pm

Trying out some natural light/flora setups in the studio. Black card b/g, white reflector to LH side and above, window light from the RH side on all these.

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and a B&W for something a little different.

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Re: Some studio flora

Postby Reschsmooth on Mon Oct 01, 2012 2:08 pm

Wonderfully soft light and the subjects have been well placed to make most use of it.
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Re: Some studio flora

Postby biggerry on Mon Oct 01, 2012 3:22 pm

All nice shots Geoff, great lighting and good compos..
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Re: Some studio flora

Postby zafra52 on Mon Oct 01, 2012 3:50 pm

Lovely photos. Specially, the last 3.
I always ind red very difficult to photograph.
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Re: Some studio flora

Postby Remorhaz on Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:56 pm

Geoff - #3 really sings for me - not exactly sure why - it's not the best exposure of the set but I really like it - the nice curve and the deep colour and the way it falls into shadows all over the place
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Re: Some studio flora

Postby sirhc55 on Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:33 pm

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Some studio flora

Postby chrisk on Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:46 pm

Soft light ? Sheesh, I dunno about that. Looks pretty hard to me hence the drama and contrast. A brilliant set. Just brilliant.
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Re: Some studio flora

Postby sirhc55 on Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:11 pm

Geoff, I have a book titled grandiflora by gary heery and saskia haveekes. This book should have never been published as the majority of the photos are only about 5% as good as yours.

Keep at it because your method is perfick as Dell Boy would say. :up:
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Re: Some studio flora

Postby Geoff M on Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:27 pm

Thank you all for the positive comments they are greatly appreciated and encouraging. I am happy with the results but I am sure further improvements are possible. The limitation for me will be the lack of variety in available blooms unless I go to the florist. That said, the wife for once, would probably not object to me spending money on my hobby.
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Re: Some studio flora

Postby aim54x on Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:19 am

You are winning all around there Geoff!. Love the concept and beautifully executed. I would have to say that the monochrome is the weak link for me
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Re: Some studio flora

Postby Geoff M on Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:39 pm

I had another play today, this time using differnet coloured b/g to see what works best. I prefer the plain black, but in some circumstances another colour will allow more detail to be seen. I guess it all depends on the colours of the subject being photographed.

The majority of all these shots were taken at around 0.4 sec @f20, ISO200. I need to increase the shutter speed/ISO, as some movement can be seen at 100% due to vibrations through the tabletop :roll:

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I also tried one with just foliage rather than flower blooms.

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Re: Some studio flora

Postby Remorhaz on Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:44 pm

I quite like the green background - the triptych isn't to shabby either.

The last is nice too but not up to par with the pea? flowers
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