Ed Vatza
08-05-2009, 09:09 AM
I was out looking for birds this morning when I came across a small stand of Coneflowers along the edge of small pond. All I had with me was my Canon 50D and a 300mm f/2.8L IS lens w/ 2x TC mounted on a tripod. Feeling particularly lazy, I didn't bother to remove the TC. I just kept backing up until I was able to both focus and fill the frame with the flower. Fortunately it all came together before stepping backwards into the second, larger pond right next to the small one! :D
In this case, the pond was lit by the early morning sun just rising high enough to hit the water. And being still water, the pond had a lot of green junk (algae?) floating on much of surface ergo the green tint in most of the background. Flash would have helped darken the background but alas, no flash. So I had to settle for green.
Image was made at 06:49:45 this morning.
1/60 sec @ f/11; ISO 800; -1/3 EV; Focal length 600mm (effective focal length 960mm) - yes, overkill for a flower shot!
In this case, the pond was lit by the early morning sun just rising high enough to hit the water. And being still water, the pond had a lot of green junk (algae?) floating on much of surface ergo the green tint in most of the background. Flash would have helped darken the background but alas, no flash. So I had to settle for green.
Image was made at 06:49:45 this morning.
1/60 sec @ f/11; ISO 800; -1/3 EV; Focal length 600mm (effective focal length 960mm) - yes, overkill for a flower shot!