Bruce Murden
05-21-2009, 02:50 PM
Not to be foiled by breezes and completely clear skies this time, I managed to photograph some yellow trout lilies (Erythronium americum). I did the best I could with the breezes, shooting more open than I would have liked, or faster ISO which is grainy on my camera, or both.
Then I got this idea: use my small diffuser (it's 12" / 30cm or so across when open), which was all I brought, and use it as a shield and a white backdrop. Shadows from trees fell on the diffuser, making it mottled, so I converted the BG to pure white in PS, after some of the basic contrast & levels adjustments in LR.
Nikon D80, Nikkor 105 macro, ISO 200, 1/60 @ f/11.
In addition to the normal image C&C, I'd like your thoughts on the framing here, since I needed to do a double stroke in order to separate the white image from the black background in a more appealing manner.
Then I got this idea: use my small diffuser (it's 12" / 30cm or so across when open), which was all I brought, and use it as a shield and a white backdrop. Shadows from trees fell on the diffuser, making it mottled, so I converted the BG to pure white in PS, after some of the basic contrast & levels adjustments in LR.
Nikon D80, Nikkor 105 macro, ISO 200, 1/60 @ f/11.
In addition to the normal image C&C, I'd like your thoughts on the framing here, since I needed to do a double stroke in order to separate the white image from the black background in a more appealing manner.