Blueberry Dream resides in my Pop's backyard in an old Mexican clay jug. This purple violet lily was moved to my studio for a photo shoot. Blueberry Dream was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro lens.
Image solution: focal length @ 105mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / metering mode - combination of in camera matrix metering, combined with spot metering on three points with a hand held meter for optimal light balance. / 1/160sec. - f/2.8 / exposure comp @ -1.3EV / ISO @ 200 / white balance @ cloudy /
AF - Mode @ manual / lighting solution - two speedlights angled @ 45 degrees with attached defuser, bounced off a 36" gold disk reflector for warm light. speedlights were powered down to 1/4 lumin burst on manual mode, combined with a 36" soft box and a 36" defuser panel in front for additional dispersal of light pattern forming a misty soft glow. / color space @ sRGB / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +3 degrees / support platform - tripod assist / cable trigger release /
Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:
Last edited by Harold Davis; 02-05-2010 at 03:46 PM.
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Gus, I think Nicki hit it. You should do a coffee-table book with all the wonderful macro shots you've come up with lately.
Very artistic and original.
Congrats
Gus. Recently I commented on one of your flower images that was mostly blurred. I thought it absolutely necessary that the focal point of such an image be in sharp focus. No one agreed with me, or at least no one commented on this observation. I thought about this later, and have seen several images that did not meet this requirement yet were good images. Not flowers, but blurred motion images. However, when I see this excellent image I feel I was correct in my original accessment, that the focal point of such an image should be in sharp focus. Good Job!
Of course I could be incorrect why this is such a good image, and it could be for other reasons....
Last edited by WIlliam Maroldo; 07-23-2008 at 08:00 PM.
Gus
I have a small suggestion. Bill's comment made me think about what is it that works in this image. For me, a strong element of the image is the line of motion from left to right. But then it points right to your signature icon, and that ruins it for me. I also can't find another spot for it in this tight image (tight meaning the image holds together throughout the canvas)
Congrats
Gail
Gail: I like the way you think. You got me thinking some more about the image, in the context of your observations.Sometimes photographs have elements in them that lead the viewer's eye away from the image, off the canvas so to speak. This is to be avoided. Perhaps the motion of this image does lead the eye away from the image, not to dwell there as the photographer would like.~Bill
Last edited by WIlliam Maroldo; 07-23-2008 at 11:16 PM.
Blueberry Dream
