Note: This image is the first in a series of five compositions using the Lensbaby to show case Mother Nature's beautiful ladies of the garden. I dedicate The Ladies of The Garden collection to Miss Fabs Forns; my friend, teacher and mentor; who has guided me with the patience of a Saint for the past four years. This very special lady, is the one who has opened up my mind and taught me to look at the world through a rose colored glass; and paint it in the kaleidoscope of my imagination...:)
Meet Lady Electra from the pineapple patch; one of Mother Nature's beauties; from Pops garden. Lady Electra was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Lensbaby 3G, with a +10 macro lens attachment.
Image solution: focal length @ +/- 50mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / metering mode - combination of in camera matrix metering and hand held spot meter, sampling three anchor points for even light distribution. / insert manual aperture disk of f/5.6 / shutter speed @ 1/1000sec. / ISO @ 100 / white balance @ cloudy / color space @ sRGB / AF - mode @ manual / lighting solution - used two speedlights with attached diffusers and yellow gelatin filters; each @ 45 degree angles; speedlights were powered down to 1/3 lumen burst on manual mode, each one behind additional diffuser panels. A 36" soft box was used at a 90 degree angle to achieve the soft glow. / exposure comp @ -1.7EV / tone comp @ +2 degrees / hue adjustment @ +3 degrees / saturation factor @ +3 degrees / support platform - tripod assist; using a macro focusing rail / cable trigger release /
Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:
Last edited by Harold Davis; 02-05-2010 at 04:55 PM.
Gorgeous colours, looks like a painting. Wow what a set up! Lots of work. The only thing I might have done differently is added a bit more at the bottom and cropped a bit more at the top. Funky pic.
Golden Pineapple
