Ed Vatza
01-18-2008, 05:44 PM
I like wildflowers but alas December in Pennsylvania isn't exactly wildflower season. So I decided to try out my new Sigma 70mm f/2.8 Macro lens on my wife's flowering Christmas cactus. It bloomed in early December and has a few buds blooming now.
This isn't a "climb inside" 1:1 image (I have those too) but a full flower image taken with my Rebel XT and lens mentioned above. I had a flash and Sto-Fen diffuser on but did not use it for this particular image.
1.3 sec at f/22; ISO 200; 0 EV; No Flash. Image was cropped to 10x8 fixed aspect ratio and resized for POTN.
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s1/EdV_02/022_1.jpg
This isn't a "climb inside" 1:1 image (I have those too) but a full flower image taken with my Rebel XT and lens mentioned above. I had a flash and Sto-Fen diffuser on but did not use it for this particular image.
1.3 sec at f/22; ISO 200; 0 EV; No Flash. Image was cropped to 10x8 fixed aspect ratio and resized for POTN.
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s1/EdV_02/022_1.jpg